Paring Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Langquaid

Langquaid

Langquaid is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany.-Ortsteile:Villages affiliated to the administration of Langquaid are*Adlhausen*Hellring*Leitenhausen*Niederleierndorf*Oberleierndorf*Paring*Unterschneidhart...

 in the district of Kelheim

Kelheim (district)

Kelheim is a district in Bavaria, Germany, bound by the regions Regensburg, Landshut, Freising, Pfaffenhofen, Eichstätt and Neumarkt.-Geography:...

 in Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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History

The monastery, dedicated to Saint Michael, was founded in 1141 by Gebhard von Roning, as a monastery of the Augustinian Canons, which it remained until 1598. It was re-founded in 1616 as a Benedictine abbey, which was dissolved in the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803.

External links

Klöster in Bayern: Paring