The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the

Benedictine Confederation The Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict ( la, Confœderatio Benedictina Ordinis Sancti Benedicti) is the international governing body of the Order of Saint Benedict. Origin The Benedictine Confederation is a union of monasti ...

consisting (with one exception) of monasteries in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. It was founded on 26 August 1684 by

Pope Innocent XI Pope Innocent XI ( la, Innocentius XI; it, Innocenzo XI; 16 May 1611 – 12 August 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 to his death on August 12, 1689. Poli ...

(1676-1689).

First Congregation

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

Andechs Abbey Andechs Abbey is a Benedictine priory in the municipality of Andechs, in the ''Landkreis'' of Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany . A place of pilgrimage on a hill east of the Ammersee, the Abbey is famed for its flamboyant Baroque church and its ...

Attel Abbey Attel Abbey, also Attl Abbey (german: Kloster Attel or ''Attl''), was a Benedictine monastery, later a home for the disabled run by the Brothers Hospitallers, in the village of Attel near Wasserburg am Inn in Bavaria, Germany. History The monaste ...

* Benediktbeuern Abbey * Ensdorf Abbey * Frauenzell Abbey * Mallersdorf Abbey *

Michelfeld Abbey Michelfeld Abbey (german: Kloster Michelfeld) was a Benedictine monastery in Auerbach in der Oberpfalz in Bavaria, Germany. History The monastery, dedicated to Saint Michael and Saint John the Evangelist, was founded in 1119 by Bishop Otto I of B ...

Oberaltaich Abbey Oberalteich Abbey (german: Abtei Oberalteich or ''Kloster Oberalteich''; sometimes ''Oberaltaich'') was a Benedictine monastery in Bogen, Bavaria, Germany. History The monastery, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was founded in c. 1100 by Co ...

* Prüfening Abbey * St. Emmeram's Abbey * Reichenbach Abbey * Rott Abbey *

Scheyern Abbey Scheyern Abbey, formerly also Scheyern Priory (german: Kloster Scheyern), is a house of the Benedictine Order in Scheyern in Bavaria. First foundation The monastery at Scheyern was established in 1119 as the final site of the community founded ...

Tegernsee Abbey Tegernsee Abbey ( German Kloster Tegernsee, ''Abtei Tegernsee'') is a former Benedictine monastery in the town and district of Tegernsee in Bavaria. Both the abbey and the town that grew up around it, are named after the Tegernsee, the lake on the ...

* Thierhaupten Abbey * Weihenstephan Abbey *

Weissenohe Abbey Weissenohe Abbey (german: Kloster Weißenohe) was a Benedictine monastery in Weissenohe in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria, Germany. History The monastery, dedicated to Saint Boniface, was founded by Aribo IV, Count (''"Pfalzgraf"'') of t ...

* 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. 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 St. Boniface's Abbey (german: Abtei St. Bonifaz) is a Benedictine monastery in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It was founded in 1835 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, as a part of his efforts to reanimate the country's spiritual life by the re ...

(1858) * St. Stephen's Abbey, Augsburg * Braunau in Rohr Abbey (1984) * Ettal Abbey (1900), with a dependent student house in Munich * Metten Abbey (1858) *

(1858) * Niederaltaich Abbey (1918) * Ottobeuren Abbey (1893) * Plankstetten Abbey (1904) *

* Schäftlarn Abbey (1866) *

Wechselburg Priory Wechselburg Priory, formerly Wechselburg Abbey (Kloster Wechselburg) is a Benedictine priory in Wechselburg in Saxony, dissolved in the 16th century and re-founded in 1993. First foundation Dedo V of Wettin founded the monastery, dedicated in ...

(in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

, a dependent house of Ettal) (1993) * Weltenburg Abbey (1858)

External links

Bavarian Congregation webpage

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