Abbeys and monasteries
The state's famed churches and other sacred buildings are still today important places of pilgrimage and witnesses to the deeply held faith of the people of Bavaria. Many of the monasteries in Bavaria were closed down during the secularisation of 1802/1803. From 1817 permission was once again given for new monasteries to be founded.
Today Bavaria‘s monasteries have become important and attractive tourist landmarks. Most of them are well preserved, still inhabited by their religious order and living witness to the state’s rich past. Below is a list of the most important, most beautiful and most breathtaking monasteries in Bavaria.
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Benedictine Abbey of Niederaltaich »
After the Bavarian Duke Odilo of the Agilofinger family founded the monastery, Charlemagne took over Niederaltaich as an Empirical Monastery in 788.
Seeon Monastery ("Cultural and Educational Centre for the District of Upper Bavaria") »
The Benedictine monastery was founded 994 by Aribo I, Count Palatine, and inhabited by monks from St. Emmeram in Regensburg. Today the complex is used as a cultural and educational centre.
Pauline’s Fathers’ Monastery Mariahilf ob Passau »
Pauline Fathers’ Monastery Mariahilf ob Passau »From the city of Passau the "heavenly ladder" leads to the Pilgrimage Church and Pauline Fathers’ Monastery Mariahilf.
Ottobeuren Abbey »
Formerly a Benedictine abbey, Ottobeuren Abbey is now a priory, near Memmingen in the Bavarian Allgäu. It was founded in 764 by Blessed Toto, and dedicated to St. Alexander, the martyr.
Monastery of St. Mang »
The former cells of the Benedictine monks house valuable works of art and archaeological finds from the over 1000-year history of this former abbey.
Abbey of Waldsassen »
Abbey of Waldsassen is located on the River Wondreb, Upper Palatinate, near the border of Bohemia. This celebrated Cistercian monastery was founded by Gerwich von Wolmundstein, a Benedictine monk in 1128.
Monastery of Roggenburg »
According to tradition, the monastery of Roggenburg was donated by three brothers of the lineage of the Earls “von Bibereck” in about 1126. The first “Canons Regular of Prémontré” came from the nearby monastery of Ursberg.
Frauenchiemsee Monastery »
Frauenchiemsee Monastery was founded by Duke Tassilo, and the monastery church was consecrated in 782 by Bishop Virgil of Salzburg. In 788 the monastery came into the possession of Charles the Great, and passed from him to his grandson Ludwig the German.
Monastery Benediktbeuern »
The monastery Benediktbeuern, founded in 739, is the oldest and one of the most beautiful one in Upper Bavaria.
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