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title: Aerial View of Einsiedeln Abbey
author: Marc O. Gloor
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9809/aerial-view-of-einsiedeln-abbey/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Aerial View of Einsiedeln Abbey
_Authored by Marc O. Gloor_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9809.jpg)
## Image Caption
An aerial view of [Einsiedeln Abbey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Einsiedeln_Abbey/), 31 km south of Zurich, Switzerland. The monastery was founded by the Benedictine monk and hermit Saint Meinrad around c. 835 CE.
## Cite This Work
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Gloor, M. O. (2019, January 07). Aerial View of Einsiedeln Abbey. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kloster-einsiedeln-flugaufnahme.jpg) by [**Marc O. Gloor**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kloster-einsiedeln-flugaufnahme.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 07 January 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.