Stephansried is a settlement in

Ottobeuren Ottobeuren ( Swabian: ''Ottobeire'', Medieval Latin: ''Ottobura'') is a market town and municipality in Bavaria, Germany, located 11 km southeast of Memmingen near the A7. It is famous for Ottobeuren Abbey, situated next to the Basilica. Th ...

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Location

It lies East from

Memmingen Memmingen (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Memmenge'') is a town in Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is the economic, educational and administrative centre of the Danube-Iller region. To the west the town is flanked by the Iller, the ...

History

Stephansried was first mentioned in a document dated from 1083. There was a monastery South of the village. Its foundation document was signed on 31 December 1099 by Ottobeurer Dienstmann Hartnid von Stephansried. The parish church was built in 1494 on the territory of Ottobeuren monastery. 70 people lived here in 1564. There stood here 81 houses here in 1811, and its inhabitants’ number was 16. In 1842 several buildings were destroyed, among them there was

Sebastian Kneipp Sebastian Kneipp (; 17 May 1821 – 17 June 1897) was a German Catholic priest and one of the forefathers of the naturopathic movement. He is most commonly associated with the "Kneipp Cure" form of hydrotherapy (often called "Kneipp therapy" o ...

’s home as well.

Famous persons

priest, naturopathist was born here on 17 May 1821.

Gallery

File:Kneippdenkmal 02.JPG, Memorial File:Stephansried 2.jpg, Kneipp Memorial File:Stefansried - panoramio - Mayer Richard (7).jpg, Church

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