Frauenzell Abbey
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Frauenzell Abbey or Priory (Kloster Frauenzell) was a house of the Benedictine Order located at Brennberg
in Bavaria
in Germany
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Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the monastery was founded in 1321 by Reinmar of Brennberg. At first a cell or priory of Oberalteich Abbey
, it was granted the status of an abbey in its own right in 1424.
It was dissolved in 1803 in the secularisation of the period. Some of the buildings were used for the accommodation of the school and the minister's house; the rest were sold to the villagers.
Brennberg
Brennberg is a municipality in the district of Regensburg 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
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Oberalteich Abbey
Oberalteich Abbey or Monastery was a house of the Benedictine Order in Bogen in Bavaria.-History:...
, it was granted the status of an abbey in its own right in 1424.
It was dissolved in 1803 in the secularisation of the period. Some of the buildings were used for the accommodation of the school and the minister's house; the rest were sold to the villagers.