Neuburg Abbey

Coordinates: 49°25′08″N 8°44′27″E / 49.41889°N 8.74083°E / 49.41889; 8.74083
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Neuburg Abbey.

Neuburg Abbey (

Saint Bartholomew, and part of the Beuronese Congregation
.

History

First foundation

The monastery at Neuburg was founded in 1130 by Anshelm, a monk from the Benedictine

Cistercian reforms, and with the assistance of the nearby Schönau Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, Neuburg became a Cistercian nunnery.[1] This at last boosted its fortunes, both spiritually and financially, resulting in a period of lively building activity during the 14th century. But another decline set in, and in 1462 at the instigation of Frederick I, Elector Palatine
, the community reverted to the Benedictine observance.

During the

Reformation
, in 1562, the nunnery was suppressed.

Private property

The premises then became the property of the Electors Palatine, and were put to a variety of purposes, including in the 1660s and 1670s a

Frauenstift
, or a collegiate establishment for the accommodation of unmarried daughters of the nobility. The Stift lasted only a few years, but had an enduring influence on the name of the place, which from this point on has generally been known as Stift Neuburg.

In 1706

Goethe
, and after his death to his wife's relatives, the von Bernus family.

Second foundation

In 1926 Neuburg was reacquired for the Benedictines from the poet and mystic Alexander von Bernus, and resettled by Beuron Archabbey. It was elevated to the status of an abbey in 1928.

The problems of the new foundation were great, and the first abbot, Adalbert von Neipperg,

Ruhrgebiet
.

Serious development of the community began in 1948, under the newly elected second abbot, Dr. Albert Ohlmeyer. In 1960 the restored and extended church was dedicated. After Dr. Ohlmeyer's death in 1976 the community elected Dom Maurus Berve, and after his early decease in 1986, Dom Franziskus Heereman from the

Benedictine Admont Abbey in Austria was elected abbot.[3] He resigned in 2018.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ the nuns were first recorded as Cistercians in about 1303
  2. Werschetz in Yugoslavia
    in 1948
  3. ^ "Kloster Neuburg hat neuen Abt".
  4. ^ "THEMEN | DOMRADIO.DE - Katholische Nachrichten".

External links

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