Monreal - Maria Laach - Alken

Monreal is a town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and is part of the district of Mayen-Koblenz. Monreal has 757 inhabitants. The Abbey of Maria Laach is located in the municipality of Glees in the Eifel region, southwest of Lake Laacher See near Andernach (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). The abbey church is considered one of the most important buildings in the Staufian style. Alken is a town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and is part of the district of Mayen-Koblenz. Alken has 662 inhabitants. The town is an Ortsgemeinde and is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Mosel. The town lies on the Moselle River, and Thurant Castle lies above it.