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Schonau
German Benedictine visionary

Schonau

Elisabeth of Schönau was a German Benedictine visionary.

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She was an abbess at the Schönau Abbey in the Duchy of Nassau, and reportedly experienced numerous religious visions, for which she became widely sought after by many powerful men as far away as France and England.

How locals move

Getting around Schonau the local way

  • Get aroundThe town Edingen-Neckarhausen is on the opposite side of the Neckar and can be reached either by ferry (travel times and prices) or via the wide footbridge along the side of the railway bridge.

From Wikivoyage: Ladenburg, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Giles Laurent (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.