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  Convent of Wurmsbach -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Convent of Wurmsbach is located in (additional info and facts about Bollingen) Bollingen near (additional info and facts about Rapperswil) Rapperswil, (A landlocked federal republic in central Europe) Switzerland.
In 1261 the convent was established and it was linked to the Abbey of St. Urban in Wettingen.
During the Villmerger wars in 1656 and the (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French invasion in 1789 the nuns fled the convent.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/convent_of_wurmsbach.htm   (246 words)

  
 Rapperswil article - Rapperswil canton St. Gallen Switzerland lake Zurich castle pilgrimage - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The main sights of Rapperswil are its roses, the castle, the reconstructed wooden bridge to Hurden with its bridge chapel, a chapuchin monastery.
There are also a number of churches, chapels, as well as the convent (Wurmsbach) nearby.
The convent of Wurmsbach was established in 1259 and today houses an institute for girls.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Rapperswil   (674 words)

  
 WURMSBACH
In both occasions the convent was completely burgled, with the consequence that there are not many treasures left.
The convents is renowed for its location at the lake side.
Gardening takes a great deal of time because the land of the convent is considerable.
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 Bollingen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is located on the north bank of the lake of Zurich and is part of the political municipality Jona.
The convent of Wurmsbach is located in the village.
This page was last modified 20:12, 3 May 2005.
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 Dictionary convent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats
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So, even if the event itself may be doubted in its authenticity, the date mentioned turns out to be a piece of very precise and plausible information.
Two other 12th-century sources, a chronicle of the convent of St Peter of Mont Blandin and a vaticinium of St Eleutherius, point to the vision’s year 1141 as well.
It was at a short distance from Heloise and the Paraclete convent.
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 Paxworks.org
They carry their ceremonial bowls filled with sacred local gifts: Gangajala, water from the sacred Bhagmati River, Godugdha, cows milk; Vilva, wood apple, Aegle marmelos leaves, Dhaturo, thorn apple, and Rudraksha, beads strung on a yellow thread.
I almost said, as I used to, I cannot find my feet, but that phrase has lost its meaning.
I ride to Wurmsbach, the Dominican convent where the nuns Gregorian Chant sustained me during so many summers.
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