Seeon Abbey

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Seeon Abbey, lakeside

Seeon Abbey (

Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Seeon-Seebruck in the rural district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany
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History

Seeon Abbey was founded in 994 by the

St. Emmeram's Abbey in Regensburg. The monastery is on an island in the lake Seeoner See, part of the present-day municipality of Seeon-Seebruck. The abbey soon developed a significant scriptorium, producing manuscripts not only for the abbey's own use but also for other monasteries and churches. Their most important client was Emperor Henry II, who presented many volumes to the Bishopric of Bamberg, which he had founded in 1007.[1]

Toward the end of the 11th century the abbey church was re-built in the Romanesque style, but this building stood for only 100 years or so, before in about 1180 it was replaced by the present church, terminating in the east with an apse. More alterations in the late

cloisters
are also worth seeing.

The original of the Madonna and Child (or the Seeoner Muttergottes, created in 1433 by the "Master of Seeon", as the anonymous artist is known) is considered one of the most beautiful representations of the subject. Since 1855 it has been in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, but a copy has stood since 1947 on the high altar of the present parish church. The sacristy at Seeon contains a far older Madonna of about 1380.

Engraving from "Topographia Germaniae des Matthaeus Merian", c. 1644

The church originally had only one tower, that is, the north one, built to the model of that at

Lady Chapel, an oratory and a crypt beneath the chapel of Saint Barbara
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Until the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 Seeon was a place of learning and culture: Joseph Haydn was a guest here, and Mozart was active here between 1767 and 1769.

After 1803 the abbey was dissolved and the buildings were turned into a castle, and used later at various times as a medicinal spa, convalescent home and barracks. The infirmary and the library were demolished, and a causeway constructed connecting the island to the mainland.

In 1989 the premises were eventually acquired by the government of the administrative region of Oberbayern and after a lengthy restoration reopened in 1993 as a cultural and educational centre, which is now used for concerts, exhibitions, seminars, conferences and workshops.

Since 2017, the

Prime Minister Leo Varadkar of Ireland (2019);[2] President Klaus Iohannis of Romania (2020);[3] Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița of Moldova (2023);[4] President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola (2023);[5] President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (2024);[6] and Deputy Prime Minister Mariya Gabriel of Bulgaria (2024).[7]

Burials

Note

References

  1. ^ Andreas Rinke (January 5, 2017), Norway PM says UK lacks negotiating experience, fears 'very hard Brexit' Reuters.
  2. BILD
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  3. ^ Agerpres (3 January 2020), Președintele Iohannis, vizită de lucru în landul Bavaria Agerpres.
  4. ^ Christian Deutschländer (21 December 2022), CSU-Klausur erstmals wieder in Seeon: Mit Metsola und Rhein Münchner Merkur.
  5. ^ Christian Deutschländer (21 December 2022), CSU-Klausur erstmals wieder in Seeon: Mit Metsola und Rhein Münchner Merkur.
  6. ^ Christiane Rebhan (5 January 2024), Klausur im Kloster Seeon: Die CSU ist auf der Suche nach mehr Einfluss im Bund Der Tagesspiegel.
  7. ^ Christiane Rebhan (5 January 2024), Klausur im Kloster Seeon: Die CSU ist auf der Suche nach mehr Einfluss im Bund Der Tagesspiegel.

External links

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