Knechtsteden Abbey
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Knechsteden Abbey (German: Kloster Knechtsteden) is a former Premonstratensian abbey in Dormagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since the 1890s a house of the Spiritans. It was founded in 1130, and in 1138 building began on the church, which was created a basilica minor in 1974.
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51°04′37″N 6°45′09″E / 51.077°N 6.7525°E
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- Monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Premonstratensian monasteries in Germany
- Churches in North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1130 establishments
- Religious organizations established in the 1130s
- Basilica churches in Germany
- Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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