Kastl is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Amberg-Sulzbach
Amberg-Sulzbach ( bar, label= Northern Bavarian, Amberg-Suizboch) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It surrounds but does not include the city of Amberg. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Neustadt ...
in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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.
A notable part of the village is
Kastl Abbey
Kastl Abbey (german: Kloster Kastl) is a former Benedictine monastery in Kastl in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria.
History
The monastery, dedicated to Saint Peter, was founded in 1103, or shortly before, by Count Berengar II of Sulzbach togethe ...
, one of the monasteries in the area.
References
External links
official homepage of the municipality Kastl
Amberg-Sulzbach
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