TALK:WEINGARTEN ABBEY

A fact from Weingarten Abbey appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 February 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Weingarten Abbey, a Benedictine monastery near Ravensburg, Germany, which was founded in 1056, was once one of the richest monasteries in Southern Germany?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/February.

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German wikinews has reported here that the closter will be closing due to a shortage of monks. German news reports:

Schmidt, Berit (2009-09-25). "Benediktinerkloster Weingarten schließt" (in German). mz-web.de Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. dpa. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
"Der Nachwuchs fehlt Kloster schließt nach 953 Jahren" (in German). n-tv. dpa. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-09-25.

- 84user ( talk) 21:53, 25 September 2009 (UTC) reply

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