Herchen

                    name

Herchen

            latin name

Herchen, Herchingen

[Hergingin, Herghyngen]

            founded in

1248 (between: 17th October 1247

and 19th June 1249)

         inhabited by

nuns

       mother abbey

  daughter abbeys

          dissolved in

1803, incorporated into Merten

(Augustinian nuns) between 1582

and 1^st July 1624

                to visit

ruins (masonry as a part of a building)

            address 1

Katholisches Pfarramt St. Peter Herchen

Höher Land 8

D-51570 Windeck-Herchen

Germany

               phone 1

+49 (0) 2243 2262

            address 2

Gemeinde Windeck

51570 Windeck

Germany

               phone 2

+49 (0) 2243 6010