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Frontal view of Frauenthal Convent from the entrance courtyard: a white convent building with a brown tiled roof and dormer windows, an arched porch at the center, flanked by two large leafy trees; partly cloudy blue sky, with a paved path and green benches in the foreground.

Zug

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The canton of Zug brings together 2 places referenced on Swiss Highlights: 0 natural sites, 2 heritage or cultural sites, 0 villages and 0 towns.

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Frontal view of Frauenthal Convent from the entrance courtyard: a white convent building with a brown tiled roof and dormer windows, an arched porch at the center, flanked by two large leafy trees; partly cloudy blue sky, with a paved path and green benches in the foreground.

Cistercian abbey · Zug

Frauenthal Abbey

Traditionally founded in 1231, with no surviving charter, the abbey went through the 1528 Reformation before being restored by Abbess Anna von Fulach in 1552. Since 2021 it has been a civil-law foundation, still home to a community of nuns.

The industrial building of Lorzenweid, with its white façade of arcaded windows and hipped roof topped by a small bell turret, is reflected together with the neighbouring turbine house in the calm waters of the canal, under a blue sky with white clouds.

Former mill on the Lorze, ISOS site

Lorzenweid industrial site

The complex sits on the Lorze, whose hydraulic power once drove the mill's turbines; the weir of the Hagendorn power station survives on the river, alongside a road bridge and a wooden bridge.

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Frontal view of Frauenthal Convent from the entrance courtyard: a white convent building with a brown tiled roof and dormer windows, an arched porch at the center, flanked by two large leafy trees; partly cloudy blue sky, with a paved path and green benches in the foreground.

Cistercian abbey · Zug

Frauenthal Abbey

Traditionally founded in 1231, with no surviving charter, the abbey went through the 1528 Reformation before being restored by Abbess Anna von Fulach in 1552. Since 2021 it has been a civil-law foundation, still home to a community of nuns.

The industrial building of Lorzenweid, with its white façade of arcaded windows and hipped roof topped by a small bell turret, is reflected together with the neighbouring turbine house in the calm waters of the canal, under a blue sky with white clouds.

Former mill on the Lorze, ISOS site

Lorzenweid industrial site

The complex sits on the Lorze, whose hydraulic power once drove the mill's turbines; the weir of the Hagendorn power station survives on the river, alongside a road bridge and a wooden bridge.