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| Benediktbeuern | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 3.617 (2019) | |
| height | 617 m, 640 m | |
| Tourist info | 49 (0)8857 248 www.benediktbeuern.de | |
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Benediktbeuern is a holiday village at the foot of the Benediktenwand im Tölzer Land and known by the eponymous Benedictine Abbey, the oldest monastery in Upper Bavaria.
background
The village of Benediktbeuern emerged as a settlement for monastery workers and monastery subjects and was first mentioned in 1160 as "Laingreb" (Laingrube). In the following years the place was administered by the abbey and was therefore always heavily dependent on the economic strength of the monastery. After secularization, the village became independent and in 1865 it was renamed "Benediktbeuern".
In modern times, in addition to agriculture, trade and industry, tourism has increasingly developed as an economic mainstay in Benediktbeuern.
Joseph from Fraunhofer
Joseph from Fraunhofer (* March 6, 1787 in Straubing, † June 7, 1826 in Munich) discovered in Benediktbeuern the absorption lines in the color spectrum of sunlight, the basis for the in the middle of the 19th century by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff developed spectral analysis and today the most important instrument of modern astrophysics: After the dissolution of the monastery, the entrepreneur bought Joseph von Utzschneider the buildings and operated optical workshops and a glass smelter for the manufacture of precision devices for land surveying (telescopes). Fraunhofer worked for Utzschneider and perfected the grinding of the lenses. The dark lines he discovered in the sunlight refracted by a prism were an important aid. Fraunhofer is the namesake for the Fraunhofer Society, today with more than 18,000 employees the largest organization for application-oriented research in Europe and based in Munich (Fraunhoferhaus). The former glassworks can be rolled into one small museum can be visited.
getting there
| Distances (road km) | |
| Bad Tölz | 20 km |
|---|---|
| Tegernsee | 37 km |
| Mittenwald | 40 km |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 43 km |
| Starnberg | 50 km |
| Munich | 64 km |
| innsbruck | 77 km |
By plane
The next major airport is that Munich Airport
(IATA: MUC), approx. 99 km away).
By train
The 1 Benediktbeuern stop is on the Munich - Kochel railway line, directly opposite the abbey, trains from Munich depart every hour.
In the street
The place Benediktbeuern lies on both sides of the federal highway B11, the monastery connects directly to the west to the place.
- Via the A95 motorway, Munich-Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Sindelsdorf, then about ten kilometers further on the B 472 to the junction just before Bichl and from here about another kilometer on the B11 to Benediktbeuern. - Benediktbeuern is on the German Alpine Road and at the European Goethe Street; info
By bicycle
- The Lake Constance-Koenigssee cycle path leads from the neighboring one to the south Kochel am See coming through the place and further north to Bad Tölz.
mobility
The RVO (Regionalverkehr Oberbayern / DB) operates the bus routes in the region:
- Regionalverkehr Oberbayern GmbH (Bad Tölz base), Im Farchet 22, 83646 Bad Tölz. Tel.: 49 (0)8041 9655.
- RVO line 9612: Bad Tölz - Bad Heilbrunn - Benediktbeuern - Kochel am See;
- RVO line 9613: Penzberg - Benediktbeuern - Kochel am See - Schlehdorf;
Benediktbeuern Monastery
 180 ° panorama monastery courtyard |
Monastery history
The 1 monastery was founded around 739/740 by the local noble family of the Huosi with the participation of St. Boniface and Karl Martell Founded as a Benedictine abbey and was one of the Carolingian imperial monasteries. The monastery was of strategic importance and played a decisive role in the development of the region.
The monastery received a reliquary of St. Benedict from Charlemagne and thus became the most important place of worship of the Benedictine order in the German-speaking world until it was destroyed in 955 during the Hungarian storm.
From 1031 the monastery in Benediktbeuern was replaced by the monastery in Tegernsee from revived and flourished again in the 12th and 13th centuries. The focus of activity was goldsmithing and painting and, since the end of the Middle Ages, historiography.
In the 14th century the monastery lost its imperial directness, but still had an important legal position as the seat of the monastery court.
Today's baroque monastery complex, consisting of the monastery courtyard and the Meierhof, was built in the years 1669-1732, the monastery church of St. Benedict in the monastery courtyard was built from 1672-1686, the Meierhof from 1708-1718.
In the secularization the monastery was dissolved in 1803.
In the course of the dissolution of the monastery library, the Carmina Burana (lat., in German "Songs from Benediktbeuern", Wikipedia), a collection of 240 Vaganten pieces (spring and love songs, drinking and minne songs, moral-satirical content) which was probably in the Benedictine Abbey of Seckau around 1230 (Styria) or in Neustift Abbey (at Brixen), and from 1935 by Carl Orff were set to music. The collection is now in Munich in the Bavarian State Library.
From 1805 Baron Josef v. Utzschneider built a glassworks in which the famous researcher from 1808-1818 Joseph from Fraunhofer worked. The Bavarian state later acquired the monastery and used it as a barracks and remontendepot (young horses).
In 1930 the Salesians bought the monastery and renovated the buildings. The Salesians are a community of educators and priests founded by the Italian secular priest Don Bosco. Today around 50 religious still live in the monastery complex. In addition, there are two universities in the monastery buildings, the youth education center action center and the center for environment and culture as well as the Don Bosco youth hostel (this is the youth hostel with the most overnight stays per year in Germany). The costume information center and the home care information center of the administrative district are located in the Maierhof of the monastery Upper Bavaria.
Tourist Attractions in the monastery complex are (among others):
- Gothic cloister from 1493,
- The former library with stucco and ceiling frescoes;
- Chapter House;
- Kurfürstensaal, today house chapel;
- Early baroque ballroom, made 1672-1675;
Baroque basilica
The monastery church has been a parish church since secularization in 1803, and in 1973 the church was elevated to the rank of "minor basilica".
Tourist Attractions inside the church are (among others):
- Ceiling painting by Hans Georg Asam, the earliest frescoes of old Bavarian baroque art;
- Main altarpiece from 1788 pictures of the front side altars created by Martin Knoller;
- Organ prospectus, created 1682 to 1686 by the Salzburg master Joseph Christoph Egedacher, the instrument dates from 1963;
- pulpit, 8m high, in the style of the late Renaissance;
2 Anastasia Chapel
Sights in the rococo room in the north-east corner of the church are the high altar, the rocaille stucco and ceiling frescoes;
Regular monastery tours
The outside areas of the monastery and the basilica are freely accessible during the day.
- Tour times: 11 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Admission: 3.- €;
Contact: Benediktbeuern Monastery, Don-Bosco-Straße 1, D-83671 Benediktbeuern; Tel .: 08857 / 88-0 www.kloster-benediktbeuern.de
Web links to the monastery
- House of Bavarian History (www.hdbg.de) : Monasteries in Bavaria, Benediktbeuren monastery;
- Benediktbeuren Abbey wikipedia
More Attractions
- Costume information center. Tel.: (0)8857-88833. more than 4,000 original items of clothing, approx. 20,000 pictures and an extensive library; Lectures, exhibitions; in the Meierhof of the Benediktbeuern monastery.Open: every Thursday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Herb garden. rose Garden and Meditation garden in the monastery.
- Historic Fraunhofer glassworks (in a building on Fraunhofer-Strasse 2). Tel.: (0)8857-880. Open: daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Price: free entry.
activities
- Alpine hot bath, Swimming pool street 1, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: (0)8857 9625. heated outdoor pool, open from mid-May to mid-September.
- Barefoot hiking trail approx. 400m in length in four sections; walk on different types of rock, over forest and bog soils, mud, spruce cones, wood chips and reeds;
- Don Bosco Club Benediktbeuern, Children's and youth recreation center;
Regular events
- Corpus Christi procession on Thursday in the 2nd week after Pentecost, it is considered the oldest in Bavaria and is documented for 1273.
- Open air in the Meierhof des Klosters: Every year in midsummer international stars from classical music, brass music, rock, pop, jazz and folk music are guests, names are Chris de Burg or Rainhard Fendrich & Band (2011). One of the highlights here was the year 2008, when the colonel of the Benedictines, Notker Wolf, he ranks almost immediately behind the Pope in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, in a monk's robe played with Deep Purple for "Smoke on the Water".
- Leonhardi trip, Appointment always on the Sunday closest to November 6th, the day of the holy.
- Music week Benediktbeuern: Annual summer course for guitar, violin, viola, cello and chamber music in the Benediktbeuern monastery,www.musikwoche-benediktbeuern.de ;
shop
- Herbal Experience Shop, everything to do with wild herbs: liqueurs, jams, vinegar, oil, herbal teas;
- in the Meierhof of the monastery;
- The monastery shop - regional, sustainable, religious. Our offer: monastery products, Christian handicrafts, regional products, herbs and organic goods, gifts, postcards, cards for communion, confirmation, wedding, baptism, mourning, ordination. Tickets for monastery tours and concerts. You can find us at the monastery gate right next to the basilica. Tel .: (0) 8857 88110, Email: [email protected] Website: www.klosterladen-benediktbeuern.de
- Monastery gardening (privately owned), organic food and plants, vegetables and herbs from self-cultivation;
- Shop opening times: Mon. – Fri. 9 a.m. - 6.15 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
- Fraunhoferstraße 5 (at the monastery), 83671 Benediktbeuern; Tel. 08857-88265; info;
kitchen
Benediktbeurer Monastery gold is an EU protected spirit. The herbal liqueur with 38.0% alcohol by volume is mixed with gold leaf. It is said to have an appetizing and digestive effect and is chilled, but not drunk ice cold.
- 1 Klosterbräustüberl, Line Weg 2, 83671 Benediktbeuern (in the Meierhof of the monastery). Tel.: 49 8857 9407, Email: [email protected]. Open: daily 9 am to midnight.
- To the carpenter (Forest inn and restaurant), vorm Holz 6, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: 49 8857 375, Email: [email protected]. Open: from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Sun and holidays continuously, closed Tuesdays.
- 1 Post office (room, historical tavern from the 12th century), Dorfplatz 1, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: 49 (0)88 57 338. Open: daily from 9 a.m., closed on Mondays.
- Gasthof Hotel Herzogstand, Dorfstrasse 7, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: 49 8857 326. Open: 8 a.m. to midnight. May-Sept closed Wed, Thu from 3 p.m., Oct-Apr closed Wed Thu.
nightlife
accommodation
- Don Bosco Youth Hostel, Don-Bosco-Str. 1, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: 49 8857 88-350.
- Center for Environment and Culture (Accommodation in the Maierhof for individuals or groups). Tel.: (0)8857 88-707, Email: [email protected].
Learn
- PTH Benediktbeuern, Don-Bosco-Strasse 1, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: (0)8857 88-201. Philosophical-Theological College of the Salesians of Don Bosco; State and church recognized, independent scientific university.
- Action center Benediktbeuern, Don-Bosco-Str. 1, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: (0)8857 88 303. Establishment of the Salesians Don Bosco for extracurricular youth education work in the Benediktbeuern monastery.
- Center for Environment and Culture, Zeilerweg 2, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: (0)8857 88 777. (ZUK) in the Meierhof of Benediktbeuern Monastery, education and conference center for children, young people and adults.
Work
health
| Brief information | |
| surface | 37.86km² |
|---|---|
| Phone code | 08857 |
| Post Code | 83671 |
| Mark | OIL |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency call | 112 / 110 |
- Marienapotheke, Village square 3. Tel.: (0)8857 694900.
- Aplastic anemia e. V. (Association to promote health care and support research in the field of aplastic anemia), Pater-Rupert-Mayer-Weg 3, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: 49 8857 6976 988 (Wed from 8 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.).
- The next hospital primary health care is located in Bad Tölz.
Practical advice
- Guest information Benediktbeuern, Prälatenstr 3, 83671 Benediktbeuern. Tel.: 49 (0)8857 248.
trips
- The Schäftlarn monastery with a remarkable monastery church and prelate garden is not far;
- in the Benedictine monastery Andechs at the Ammersee And around 50 kilometers away there is not only the world-famous monastery beer: Carl Orff has also found his final resting place in the Andechs monastery church and in midsummer the multi-week long ones find their place Carl Orff Festival instead, they honor the composer who set the Carmina Burana found in Benediktbeuern to music.
- The ascent of the Benedict wall, Local mountain above the place, possible.
literature
Web links
- http://www.benediktbeuern.de/ - Official website of Benediktbeuern
- Local map with street directory as pdf;
- Trachtenverein Benediktbeuern;
- TSV Benediktbeuern (Sports club and ski club);
- Mountain Rescue Benediktbeuern;
- Salesians of Don Bosco
- Tourism association Tölzer Land (District) and tourism association Upper Bavaria;
