Bavarian Congregation
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The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the Benedictine Confederation
Benedictine Confederation
The Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict is the international governing body of the Order of Saint Benedict.-Origin:...

 consisting (with one exception) of monasteries in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

.

It was founded on 26 August 1684 by the Blessed Pope Innocent XI
Pope Innocent XI
Blessed Pope Innocent XI , born Benedetto Odescalchi, was Pope from 1676 to 1689.-Early life:Benedetto Odescalchi was born at Como in 1611 , the son of a Como nobleman, Livio Odescalchi, and Paola Castelli Giovanelli from Gandino...

 (1676-1689).
Until the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 the following abbeys belonged to the congregation:
  • Andechs Abbey
    Andechs
    The Benedictine abbey of Andechs is a place of pilgrimage on a hill east of the Ammersee in the Landkreis of Starnberg in Germany, in the municipality Andechs. Andechs Abbey is famed for its flamboyant Baroque church and its brewery...

  • Attel Abbey
    Attel Abbey
    Attl or Attel Abbey was a monastery, originally of the Benedictines, later of the Brothers Hospitallers, in the village of Attel near Wasserburg am Inn in Bavaria, Germany.-History:...

  • Benediktbeuern Abbey
    Benediktbeuern Abbey
    Benediktbeuern Abbey is a monastery of the Salesians of Don Bosco, originally a monastery of the Benedictine Order, in Benediktbeuern in Bavaria, near the Kochelsee, 64 km south-south-west of Munich...

  • Ensdorf Abbey
    Ensdorf Abbey
    Ensdorf Abbey was a house of the Benedictine Order located at Ensdorf in Bavaria in Germany.Dedicated to Saint James, the monastery was founded in 1121 by Pfalzgraf Otto of Wittelsbach....

  • Frauenzell Abbey
    Frauenzell Abbey
    Frauenzell Abbey or Priory was a house of the Benedictine Order located at Brennberg in Bavaria in Germany.Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the monastery was founded in 1321 by Reinmar of Brennberg...

  • Mallersdorf Abbey
    Mallersdorf Abbey
    Mallersdorf Abbey was formerly a monastery of the Benedictine Order and is now a Franciscan convent in Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg in Bavaria.-History:...

  • Michelfeld Abbey
    Michelfeld Abbey
    Michelfeld Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Auerbach in der Oberpfalz in Bavaria, Germany.-History:...

  • Oberaltaich Abbey
  • Prüfening Abbey
    Prüfening Abbey
    Prüfening Abbey was a Benedictine monastery on the outskirts of Regensburg in Bavaria, Germany. Since the beginning of the 19th century it has also been known as Prüfening Castle...

  • St. Emmeram's Abbey
    St. Emmeram's Abbey
    St. Emmeram's Abbey , now known as Schloss Thurn und Taxis, Schloss St. Emmeram, and St...

  • Reichenbach Abbey
    Reichenbach Abbey (Bavaria)
    Reichenbach Abbey is a monastery of the Brothers Hospitallers, formerly a Benedictine monastery, in Reichenbach am Regen in Bavaria, Germany.-History:...

  • Rott Abbey
    Rott Abbey
    Rott Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Rott am Inn in Bavaria, Germany.-History:The monastery, dedicated to Saints Marinus and Anianus, was founded by Count Kuno of Rott ....

  • Scheyern Abbey
    Scheyern Abbey
    Scheyern Abbey, formerly also Scheyern Priory is a house of the Benedictine Order in Scheyern in Bavaria.-First foundation:...

  • Tegernsee Abbey
    Tegernsee Abbey
    Tegernsee Abbey or the Imperial Abbey of 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 are named after the Tegernsee, the lake on the shores of which they are located...

  • Thierhaupten Abbey
    Thierhaupten Abbey
    Thierhaupten Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Thierhaupten in Bavaria, Germany.-History:The monastery, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, last of the Agilolfings...

  • Weihenstephan Abbey
    Weihenstephan Abbey
    Weihenstephan Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Weihenstephan, now part of Freising district, in Bavaria, Germany.-Monastery:...

  • Weissenohe Abbey
    Weissenohe Abbey
    Weissenohe Abbey 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 of the Chiemgau...

  • Weltenburg Abbey
    Weltenburg Abbey
    Weltenburg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Weltenburg in Kelheim on the Danube in Bavaria, Germany.-First foundation:...

  • Wessobrunn Abbey
    Wessobrunn Abbey
    Wessobrunn Abbey was a Benedictine monastery near Weilheim in Bavaria, Germany.It is celebrated as the home of the famous Wessobrunn Prayer and also of a Baroque school of stucco workers and plasterers in the 18th century....



All these monasteries were dissolved in 1803, however, and the congregation lapsed at that point.
The congregation was re-established by Pope Pius IX
Pope Pius IX
Blessed Pope Pius IX , born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal...

 on 5 February 1858, comprising to begin with three monasteries re-founded by Ludwig I of Bavaria
Ludwig I of Bavaria
Ludwig I was a German king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states.-Crown prince:...

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