Beuron Archabbey, Beuron, Germany

Beuron Archabbey is a major house of the Benedictine Order. It was founded in 1863 by the brothers Maurus and Placidus Wolter, in buildings which until 1802 had housed an Augustinian monastery. Between 1875 and 1887 because of political conditions during the 'Kulturkampf' the monks had to leave the abbey, but used the opportunity to found new communities elsewhere, which afterwards joined together under the leadership of Beuron as the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the Beuron Art School, with its emphasis on early Christian and Byzantine art, was influential on religious art of the period. One of the biggest exhibits of this type of art in the United States is at Conception Abbey in Missouri which was founded on principles established by Beuron.

The abbey continues to be a centre of study. The library is the largest monastic library in Germany, with over 400,000 books. Since 1884 the abbey has published the Missale Romanum, a lay missal originally produced by Father Anselm Schott of Beuron. The abbey also houses the Vetus-Latina-Institut (Ancient Latin Institute), which has for its purpose the collection and publication of all extant old Latin translations of the Bible.

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Jayjay Volz (2 years ago)
Impressive monastery, still active with a few Benedictine monchs running the cloistral affairs. Regular services and special masses like Easter and Christmas; also on offer are retreats in simple but clean rooms. A Christian bookshop by the church entrance is worth a visit with very nice staff.

Antje Roestenburg (3 years ago)
Beautiful monestary in a stunning setting

Constantin Liviu (4 years ago)
A very nice monastery near Danube.

Pierpaolo Cianci (5 years ago)
Beautiful views of the Danube valley

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