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| Scheyern | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 4.899 (2019) | |
| height | 479 m | |
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Scheyern is a community in the Hallertau in Upper Bavaria. The place has supraregional importance due to its eponymous Benedictine abbey, which emerged from the ancestral castle of the Counts of Scheyern, the ancestors of the House of Wittelsbach.
background
Origin of Benedictine Abbey is the former ancestral seat of the Counts of Scheyern, the ancestors of the Bavarian rulers of the Wittelsbach family (House Wittelsbach at wikipedia). The castle was built around the year 940, the current monastery from 1119, after the noble family under Otto V, who already called himself Count von Wittelsbach after his new residence, moved to Wittelsbach and handed over the abandoned ancestral castle to the Benedictines from Hirsau would have. The abbey is dedicated to the Holy Cross and the Assumption of Mary.
The later Scheyern Abbey has its origins in a monastery founded around 1076 in Bayrischzell. The founder of the monastery is Countess Haziga, she was married to the Wittelsbach Count Palatine Otto II von Scheyern and is considered the ancestor of the Wittelsbach family. The monastery was first after as early as 1080 Fischbachau and then over Dachau relocated to Scheyern (from 1119).
In the Middle Ages, the abbey was the center for writing and book illumination, and the monastery also ran an archbishop's seminar for boys, which was continued in the Schyrengymnasium in Pfaffenhofen from 1970.
In 1803, during the secularization, the abbey was abolished. After several changes of ownership, the house monastery of the Wittelsbach family was rebuilt in 1838 by King Ludwig I, initially as an independent Benedictine provost's office and has been an abbey again since 1843.
Today the monastery runs several businesses (brewery, cloister tavern with hotel, butcher's shop, gardening, monastery shop and monastery forest) and offers tourists not only the purely cultural and spiritual experience with the products of the monastery brewery but also tangible physical attractions.
The "Gut Prielhof" was built in 1758 in the baroque style and served as the yard of the monastery. Today the monastery property is leased to the Free State of Bavaria; under the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan, the property has developed into a main transhipment point for potatoes.
getting there
| Distances | |
| Pfaffenhofen | 7 km |
|---|---|
| Ingolstadt | 36 km |
| Munich | 54 km |
| augsburg | 60 km |
| regensburg | 99 km |
| Nuremberg | 135 km |
| Passau | 199 km |
By plane
The next major airport is Munich Airport
(IATA: MUC) "Franz Josef Strauss" close Munich (approx. 28km distance);
By train
The nearest train station is in Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm on the Munich-Nuremberg railway line.
In the street
About the Autobahn 9, Nuremberg - Munich, 
Allershausen or Pfaffenhofen
mobility
The place is quite clear and can be explored on foot.
Free parking spaces are located directly in front of the monastery, the way from the monastery to the Prielhof is about 12 minutes on foot.
Scheyern Monastery
- basilica: The first parish church from 1144 burned down in 1171 and 1183 with the monastery.
- The newly built three-aisled Romanesque monastery church was consecrated in 1215, and then expanded to include the All Saints Chapel, St. Catherine's Chapel and the massive tower.
- In the Gothic construction phase from around 1440, the tower was then increased to 54m and the church was expanded to include a sacristy (today's royal chapel). Further church expansions followed, from 1768 to 1770 the interior of the church was redesigned in the spirit of the rococo, from 1876 to 1878 a re-romanization followed.
- After the Second World War, several restoration phases took place, the monastery is currently collecting for the necessary renewal of the bells, which have been shut down for static reasons.
- Sights in the basilica are (among others):
- Kreuzkapelle with ceiling fresco;
- All Saints Chapel (Epiphany Chapel);
- Catherine Chapel
- Royal Chapel
- sacristy with baroque carving;
- Relic of the Holy Cross with rococo monstrance;
- The current organ dates from 1979;
- Wall frescoes, painted by Otto Hämmerle in 923, and Ceiling pictures
- A small church guide can be purchased on site.
- Further Sights in the monastery:
- Cloister, still with origins in the old, burned down Hirsau monastery complex;
- Johanneskirche
- Monastery tour: Sun. and public holidays, 3 p.m.; for groups by appointment.
- Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Cross, Schyrenplatz 1, 85298 Scheyern; info;
More Attractions
- Keltenschanze
- Art looks, Sculpture project was created as part of the "Kunst-Im-Gut" project (see activities)
- On the slope in front of the "Gut Prielhof" in the orchard of the monastery, freely accessible;
activities
- Art in the estate, Cultural festival every first weekend in May and October at "Gut Prielhof"; Artist exhibitions, special shows, live music on several stages;
- Info: www.kunst-im-gut.de;
- Song "good", Open-air in summer at the "Gut Prielhof"; info;
Hiking trails
Designated hiking trails, parking at the access route to the Prielhof and at the parking lot in front of the monastery.
- Benediktusweg, in the footsteps of the incumbent Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger), who before his pontificate visited the town of Scheyern every year and a total of 23 times for recreational purposes, and who also took this path several times.
- Distance approx. 6.5 km, duration approx. 1 1/4 hours; the distance as PDF;
- Panorama path, Distance approx. 6 km, duration approx. 1 1/4 hours;
- Acacia path, Distance approx. 2 km, duration approx. 25 minutes;
shop
- in the Monastery shop In addition to the usual tourist supplies, there are religious articles, the brewery and liqueur products of the monastery and various literature with children's books.
- Kloster beverage market: the various monastery beers and other drinks;
kitchen
- 1 Cloister tavern, Schyrenplatz 1, 85298 Scheyern. Tel.: (0)8441 27890, Fax: (0)8441 278928. With a monastery beer garden, traditional Bavarian cuisine.Open: daily 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. (hot meals 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m., cold meals until 10 p.m.).
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Hotel Schyrenhof, Schyrenplatz 1, 85298 Scheyern. Tel.: (0)8441 27890.
Work
health
- General practitioners and dentists are represented several times in Scheyern.
- 1 Marien Pharmacy, Schyrenplatz 2, 85298 Scheyern. Tel.: 49(0)8441 4036-0. Open: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 8.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. 2.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m., Wed Sat 8.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
| Brief information | |
| Phone code | 08441 |
|---|---|
| Post Code | 85298 |
| Mark | PAF |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency call | 112 / 110 |
Practical advice
- Post Service Shop, Hochstr. 1, 85298 Scheyern, Tel: 08441/8005550
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.scheyern.de - Official website of Scheyern
- Monastery brewery: www.klosterbrauerei-scheyern.de
- Tourism Association Upper Bavaria: www.oberbayern-tourismus.de (supraregional);
