Engelberg Abbey
A Benedictine monastery dedicated to Our Lady of the Angels, standing at the head of the valley in the mountain resort of Engelberg. The village grew up around it and takes its name, angel mountain, from the abbey.
- Where
- Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 46.8206, 8.4097
Get the Engelberg Abbey stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Engelberg Abbey. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Obwalden volume with your photos and a note.
Near Engelberg Abbey
Titlis 5.8 km
A 3,238 metre glacier mountain above Engelberg, the highest summit of the range north of the Susten Pass. It was the site of the world's first rotating cable car, which carries visitors up to the summit station and its snowfields.
Stanserhorn 13 km
A 1,898 metre mountain above Stans in the canton of Nidwalden. The way up is by a historic funicular followed by a cable car with an open upper deck, and the summit looks over Lake Lucerne and a long line of Alpine peaks.
Aare Gorge 19 km
A narrow chasm the Aare has cut through a limestone ridge near Meiringen, carved by meltwater as the last Ice Age ended. Walkways run for about 2 kilometres between cliffs up to 50 metres high, and at its tightest the gorge is only a metre wide.
Tell's Chapel 20 km
A small chapel on a ledge at the foot of the Axenberg cliffs, on the shore of Lake Lucerne. It marks the spot where William Tell is said to have leapt from a boat to escape, and it faces the Rütli meadow across the Bay of Uri.
Bürgenstock 20 km
A 1,128 metre mountain rising straight out of Lake Lucerne, with a large resort built on its ridge since the late 19th century, some 600 metres above the water. A cliff path leads to the Hammetschwand lift, an outdoor elevator fixed to the rock face.
Reichenbach Falls 21 km
A waterfall dropping 250 metres above Meiringen, reached by an old funicular. Arthur Conan Doyle chose its upper fall for the struggle between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem.
Mount Pilatus 21 km
A jagged mountain massif overlooking Lucerne, whose highest peak, the Tomlishorn, reaches 2,128 metres. The summit can be reached by cable car from Kriens or, from Alpnachstad, by the steepest cogwheel railway in the world.
Rütli 22 km
A mountain meadow above Lake Lucerne where, in Swiss tradition, the oath founding the original Confederacy was sworn. It is treated as a national monument, and can only be reached by boat across the lake or on foot from Seelisberg.
Questions
Where is Engelberg Abbey?
Engelberg Abbey is in Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Titlis (5.8 km), Stanserhorn (13 km), Aare Gorge (19 km).
How do I get the Engelberg Abbey stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Engelberg Abbey and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Obwalden volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Engelberg Abbey before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Obwalden volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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