Bavarian Congregation

The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the Benedictine Confederation consisting (with one exception) of monasteries in Bavaria, Germany.

It was founded on 26 August 1684 by Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689).

Until the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 the following abbeys belonged to the congregation:

• Andechs Abbey
• Attel Abbey
• Benediktbeuern Abbey
• Ensdorf Abbey
• Frauenzell Abbey
• Mallersdorf Abbey
• Michelfeld Abbey
• Oberaltaich Abbey
• Prüfening Abbey
• St. Emmeram's Abbey
• Reichenbach Abbey
• Rott Abbey
• Scheyern Abbey
• Tegernsee Abbey
• Thierhaupten Abbey
• Weihenstephan Abbey
• Weissenohe Abbey
• Weltenburg Abbey
• Wessobrunn Abbey

All these monasteries were dissolved in 1803, however, and the congregation lapsed at that point.

The congregation was re-established by Pope Pius IX on 5 February 1858, comprising to begin with three monasteries re-founded by Ludwig I of Bavaria: Metten; St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich, with Andechs Priory; and Weltenburg.

As of 2013^[update] the members of the congregation, with the dates when they joined the congregation where known, were:

• Andechs Priory, dependent on St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858)
• St. Stephen's Abbey, Augsburg
• Braunau in Rohr Abbey (1984)
• Ettal Abbey (1900), with a dependent student house in Munich
• Metten Abbey (1858)
• St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858)
• Niederaltaich Abbey (1918)
• Ottobeuren Abbey (1893)
• Plankstetten Abbey (1904)
• Scheyern Abbey
• Schäftlarn Abbey (1866)
• Wechselburg Priory (in Saxony, a dependent house of Ettal) (1993)
• Weltenburg Abbey (1858)

• (in German) Bavarian Congregation webpage
• The Confederation of Benedictine Congregations Archived 2018-08-24 at the Wayback Machine