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Frauenburg

The name Frauenburg was given to many towns in German-speaking countries in the Middle Ages. The name usually originates in the construction of a fortified chapel, church, or monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Cities or parts of cities in Austria, Bavaria, and Hesse bear this name. In Hesse, the Frauenburg is an abbey initially founded as a daughter house of the Abbey of Fulda. The Abbey and the Frauenburg were, however, constructed between the 8th and 10th centuries in what was at the time the region known as Thuringia.

Another Frauenburg is one known as Frombork, Poland.



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