Ensdorf Abbey
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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
.
It was dissolved in 1556 but restored in 1669, only to be dissolved again in 1802 in the secularisation of the period.
The premises were taken over in 1920 by the Salesians of Don Bosco
, who still occupy them.
Ensdorf, Bavaria
Ensdorf is a municipality in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria in Germany....
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...
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...
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Dedicated to Saint James, the monastery was founded in 1121 by Pfalzgraf Otto of Wittelsbach
Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach
Otto IV, Count of Wittelsbach was a descendant of Count Otto II of Scheyern and Richgard of Weimar-Istrien. Otto entitled himself after Wittelsbach Castle near Aichach from 1116 onwards, served Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor and was Count palatine of Bavaria since 1120.Otto was married with Heilika...
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It was dissolved in 1556 but restored in 1669, only to be dissolved again in 1802 in the secularisation of the period.
The premises were taken over in 1920 by the Salesians of Don Bosco
Salesians of Don Bosco
The Salesians of Don Bosco is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in the late nineteenth century by Saint John Bosco in an attempt, through works of charity, to care for the young and poor children of the industrial revolution...
, who still occupy them.