Beuron
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Beuron is a municipality
in the district of Sigmaringen
in Baden-Württemberg
in Germany
. Beuron is known for the Beuron Archabbey
and the Beuron Art School
for religious art.
Beuron is divided into subdistricts :
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
in the district of Sigmaringen
Sigmaringen (district)
Sigmaringen is a district in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Reutlingen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Bodensee, Constance and Zollernalbkreis.-History:...
in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
in 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...
. Beuron is known for the Beuron Archabbey
Beuron Archabbey
Beuron Archabbey is a major house of the Benedictine Order located at Beuron in the upper Danube valley in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
and the Beuron Art School
Beuron Art School
The Beuron art school was founded by a confederation of Benedictine monks in Germany in the late nineteenth century.-Notables:In addition to the first abbot of Beuron, Maurus Wolter , who founded the abbey with his brother Placidus in 1863, the early leaders of the artistic school were Father...
for religious art.
Beuron is divided into subdistricts :
- Hausen im Donautal
- Langenbrunn
- NeidingenNeidingenNeidingen is a village with approximately 100 inhabitants and part of the municipality of Beuron. Neidingen–historically important as health retreat and place of death of Emperor Charles the Fat whose death ends the Carolingian Empire the last of the great Frankish kingdoms of the Early...
- Thiergarten