Biburg Abbey () was a

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monastery located at Biburg in

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, Germany.

History

The monastery, dedicated to the

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, was founded in 1132 by Konrad and Arbo von Sittling-Biburg, sons of the Blessed Berta of Biburg, who gave their castle to the

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for the purpose. The foundation was originally a double monastery for both men and women; the nunnery however burnt down in 1258 and was not re-built. In 1555 the monastery was dissolved and the premises came into lay hands. In 1589 the

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obtained the buildings, which were taken over in 1781 by the

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. In 1808 the monastery was secularised and passed into the possession of the Bavarian State. Klöster in Bayern: ''Biburg – ein Ort mittelalterlicher Askese'', Christine Riedl-Valder
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