Fahr Convent
Fahr Convent, (German: Kloster Fahr) is a Benedictine convent located in the Swiss municipality of Unterengstringen in the canton of Zürich. Located in different cantons, Einsiedeln Abbey and Fahr Convent form a double monastery, overseen by the male Abbot of Einsiedeln, no converse arrangement appears to be available for the Abbess of Fahr. Fahr and Einsiedeln may be one of the last of such arrangements to survive.
Kloster Fahr | |
Fahr Convent as seen from the west, Unterengstringen in the background | |
Location within Canton of Aargau Fahr Convent (Switzerland) | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Order | Order of Saint Benedict |
| Established | 22 January 1130 |
| Mother house | Kloster Einsiedeln |
| Dedicated to | Our Lady |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel |
| Controlled churches | 3 |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Judenta and Luitold von Regensberg |
| Abbot | Urban Federer OSB, Kloster Einsiedeln |
| Prior | Irene Gassmann OSB (since 2003) |
| Site | |
| Location | Würenlos, Canton of Aargau, being an enclave within Unterengstringen, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 47°24′30.42″N 8°26′21.48″E |
| Public access | allowed |
| Other information | extensive agriculture by the nunnery, monastery shop and restaurant |
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