Maria-Rickenbach
Maria-Rickenbach is a Benedictine monastery for women. It is situated above the village of Niederrickenbach in the municipality of Oberdorf in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden. The monastery is accessible only by cable car from Niederrickenbach Station on the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line.[1]
The monastery was established after a 1528 painting of the Madonna was placed in a hollow maple tree on that site. Subsequently unable to remove the painting, which was considered miraculous, the church and monastery were established around the tree, which is now enclosed by a shrine. The monastery is often associated with Engelberg Abbey.
Nuns from this monastery founded the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Nodaway County, Missouri, in the United States, who now have their motherhouse in Clyde, Missouri.
References
- ↑ Swiss Confederation. map.geo.admin.ch (Map). http://map.geo.admin.ch/?selectedNode=node_ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill1&Y=675325&X=197881&zoom=8&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.swissboundaries3d-gemeinde-flaeche.fill&layers_opacity=1&layers_visibility=true&lang=en. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
External links
- History of the monastery
- Maria-Rickenbach official page (in German)
- Article in English about biking the area
Coordinates: 46°55′36″N 8°25′38″E / 46.926726°N 8.427297°E