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Bavarian Congregation

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The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the Benedictine Confederation consisting (with one exception) of monasteries in Bavaria, Germany.

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It was founded on 26 August 1684 by Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689).

First Congregation

Until the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 the following abbeys belonged to the congregation:

  • Andechs Abbey
  • Attel Abbey
  • Benediktbeuern Abbey
  • Ensdorf Abbey
  • Frauenzell Abbey
  • Mallersdorf Abbey
  • Michelfeld Abbey
  • Oberaltaich Abbey
  • Prüfening Abbey
  • St. Emmeram's Abbey
  • Reichenbach Abbey
  • Rott Abbey
  • Scheyern Abbey
  • Tegernsee Abbey
  • Thierhaupten Abbey
  • Weihenstephan Abbey
  • Weissenohe Abbey
  • Weltenburg Abbey
  • Wessobrunn Abbey

    • All these monasteries were dissolved in 1803, however, and the congregation lapsed at that point.

    Second Congregation

    The congregation was re-established by Pope Pius IX on 5 February 1858, comprising to begin with three monasteries re-founded by Ludwig I of Bavaria: Metten; St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich, with Andechs Priory; and Weltenburg.

    As of 2013 the members of the congregation, with the dates when they joined the congregation where known, were:

  • Andechs Priory, dependent on St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858)
  • St. Stephen's Abbey, Augsburg
  • Braunau in Rohr Abbey (1984)
  • Ettal Abbey (1900), with a dependent student house in Munich
  • Metten Abbey (1858)
  • St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858)
  • Niederaltaich Abbey (1918)
  • Ottobeuren Abbey (1893)
  • Plankstetten Abbey (1904)
  • Scheyern Abbey
  • Schäftlarn Abbey (1866)
  • Wechselburg Priory (in Saxony, a dependent house of Ettal) (1993)
  • Weltenburg Abbey (1858)

    • References

    Bavarian Congregation Wikipedia
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