Benediktbeuern

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Coat of arms of the community of Benediktbeuern
Benediktbeuern
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Coordinates: 47 ° 42 '  N , 11 ° 25'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Upper Bavaria
County : Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen
Management Community : Benediktbeuern
Height : 617 m above sea level NHN
Area : 37.86 km 2
Residents: 3602 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 95 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 83671
Area code : 08857
License plate : TÖL, WOR
Community key : 09 1 73 113
LOCODE : DE B7M
Community structure: 5 parts of the community
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Prälatenstrasse 7
83671 Benediktbeuern
Website : www.benediktbeuern.de
First Mayor : Anton Ortlieb (Benediktbeurer Civic Association)
Location of the community of Benediktbeuern in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district
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Benediktbeuern from the west from the air

Benediktbeuern is a municipality and a parish village in the Upper Bavarian district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in the Alpine foothills at the foot of the 1801 meter high Benediktenwand . The community is a member of the administrative community of the same name .

Parish parts

There are five officially named parts of the municipality (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

history

View from the north of the Benediktbeuern monastery

The Buron / Benediktbeuern monastery was very probably founded in 725/728 by Karl Martell during two campaigns to Bavaria as a secular base and as a guard and control station in front of the Kesselberg at a tactically favorable location. Karl Martell appointed the noble Alemanni Lantfrid, a member of the Huosi , as his reliable vassal . Around 739/740 the monastery consecrated to St. Jacob and St. Benedict was founded as a Benedictine abbey . Archbishop Bonifatius introduced Lantfrid as a Benedictine abbot and consecrated the first monastery church. A few years later, Charlemagne brought the relic from the right arm of St. Benedict. As a result, the monastery previously known as “Buron” was renamed “Benedictoburanum”. After the construction of the monastery was completed, the first monastery school was founded. The women's monastery founded in Kochel am See in the 8th century was relocated to Benediktbeuern monastery after destruction by the Hungarians in 908 (955 at the latest), where it had its seat on the north side of the men's monastery until the 14th century. Hence the double abbot staff (abbot and abbess) in the coat of arms of the Benediktbeuern monastery.

The first Corpus Christi procession in Bavaria took place in this place in 1273. Before 1800, Benediktbeuern was the seat of the Upper and Lower Court of the Benediktbeuern Monastery. In 1803 it was dissolved in the course of secularization . The Carmina Burana , a collection of vagante songs from the 13th century, was found in the monastery library . The area of ​​the municipality of Benediktbeuern became an independent political municipality in 1818 as part of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria . At that time the community was still called Laingruben and has only borne the name of the monastery since November 30, 1865. The old village is on both sides of Dorfstrasse and Mariabrunnweg. The settlement is densest here and has a rural character.

In 1930 the Salesians of Don Bosco bought the monastery and renovated the buildings. Around 50 religious live there today. The monastery complex also houses a university (after the philosophical theological university closes in winter semester 13/14), the youth training facility, the action center, the center for environment and culture, the local youth club and the Don Bosco youth hostel. In the Meierhof of the monastery, the costume information center and the specialist advice for home care of the Upper Bavaria district are also located.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 2,797 to 3,617 by 820 inhabitants or 29.3%.

The baroque towers of Benediktbeuern Abbey

politics

In the 2020–2026 term of office , the municipal council has 16 members. The choice brought the following result:

Municipal council
CSU / Benediktbeurer Mitte (BM) 5 seats
Free Citizens List Together (FBM) 4 seats
Free Association of Voters (FWGB) 3 seats
Benediktbeurer Citizens' Association (BB) 3 seats
Young Union (JU) 1 seat

Compared to the 2014–2020 term of office, the CSU / BM and the FBM each had to give up a mandate, FWGB remained unchanged, BB won an additional mandate and the JU ran for the first time.

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is Mayor Toni Ortlieb (Benediktbeurer citizens' association). He succeeded the late Johann Kiefersauer in July 2019. After the death, the new mayor election was brought forward. Ortlieb prevailed against the CSU candidate Hans Seller (49%) in the second ballot, which took place as a runoff election, with 51% and is elected until April 30, 2026 (general local election).

coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads:

"In red, two diagonally crossed golden abbot rods, applied a vertically placed silver quill."

- House of Bavarian History : Official description of the coat of arms (blazon

The abbot bars are symbolic of the formerly famous Benedictine monastery, which once had a women's and a men's convent in the Bavarian Alpine foothills. The nib is intended to be a reminder of the pen's once important book illumination and writing school.

Attractions

Benediktbeuern Monastery
Beer garden

Soil monuments

Regular events

  • Every three years a large wooden maypole is set up on the village square. The installation is like a smaller folk festival and ends in the evening with a May dance in one of the local restaurants. The maypole was last erected in 2018.
  • Every year on the Tuesday after Pentecost, the Pentecost market takes place. Mobile retailers offer goods here, from toys to household items.
  • The summer cellar festival takes place annually in August, organized by the Benediktbeuern volunteer fire brigade.
  • All year round in the Benediktbeuern monastery, z. B. in the baroque hall, classical concerts take place.
  • In the months of July and August, various, above all modern, concerts and shows take place in the Meierhof in Benediktbeuern Monastery, such as Adel Tawil in 2015 or Harry G.
  • The Leonhardifahrt takes place in Benediktbeuern every year on the Sunday closest to November 6th, the day of St. Leonhard. Around 50 carriages and beautifully decorated carriages drawn by equally decorated horses with praying peasants in traditional costumes, children, community council members, mountain riflemen and music bands from the surrounding villages drive from the village square to the monastery. People and animals are blessed in the arcade courtyard. There is a service in the basilica. Then the teams leave the monastery again. In the evening there is the Leonhardi dance at the Gasthof zur Post. Every year ten to twenty thousand visitors come to the Benediktbeurer Leonhardifahrt, which is characterized by its solemn character.
  • Benediktbeuern's Old Bavarian Christmas Market has been taking place on the second Sunday of Advent for four decades. At around 50-60 wooden stands decorated with branches, culinary specialties, handicrafts and similar goods from associations and local or regional traders are offered. The Christkindlmarkt attracts thousands of visitors.

tourism

  • The Don Bosco Youth Hostel in Benediktbeuern Monastery is one of the most popular youth hostels in Germany. The youth hostel specializes in school camp stays and graduation trips and offers an eight-day educational experience program that is carried out in close cooperation with the Center for Environment and Culture (ZUK). Every year around 300 school classes with a total of almost 10,000 students between the ages of 12 and 17 come to visit there for eight days each.
  • Center for Environment and Culture (ZUK)
  • Miriam Youth Hostel
  • Action center Benediktbeuern

Personalities

Sons and Daughters of the Church:

People related to the place:

  • Karl Meichelbeck (1669–1734), Benedictine priest, historian, author of the Chronicon Benedictoburanum
  • Aegidius Jais (1750–1822), Benedictine priest, Roman Catholic theologian and university professor, after the dissolution of the monastery, pastor on site
  • Sebastian Mall (1766–1836), Benedictine priest, theologian and university professor
  • Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), optician and physicist, founded scientific telescope construction. From 1807 to 1819 he worked in the Mathematical-Mechanical Institute of Reichenbach, Utzschneider and Liebherr in Benediktbeuern
  • Franz Marc (1880–1916) only lived here in Ried for a short time before the start of the war (that came to Kochel in 1918) and painted his last large pictures. His grave and a Franz Marc Museum (1986) are in Kochel am See .
  • Heinrich Kaminski (1886–1946), German composer, worked as a piano teacher in Benediktbeuern from 1914, lived temporarily in the neighboring Ried, where he also died. His grave is in Benediktbeuern.
  • Monika Dahlberg (* 1936), actress and singer; lives in Benediktbeuern
  • Alois Kothgasser (* 1937), retired Archbishop of Salzburg , former Bishop of Innsbruck , 1982–1997 professor of dogmatics at the philosophical-theological university, twice its rector
  • Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (* 1937), conductor, choir director and voice teacher, a. a. Founder and director of the Tölzer Knabenchor , who has lived in Benediktbeuern for many years
  • Michael Lochner (* 1952), Bavarian regional church music director; lives in Benediktbeuern.

Honorary citizen:

  • 2008 - Leo Weber (1928–2019), Roman Catholic clergyman, church and art historian, profound knowledge of the Benediktbeuern monastery

Infrastructure

traffic

education

The Philosophical-Theological College , sponsored by the Order of the Salesians Don Bosco , ceased teaching in 2013.

freetime and sports

  • TSV Benediktbeuern
    • Soccer
    • Judo
    • swim
    • ski
    • do gymnastics
  • Alpine warm bath (heated outdoor pool with a swimmer and a non-swimmer pool. The non-swimmer pool has a slide. There is also a small pool for small children.)
  • Sports facilities (soccer fields, ice stock sport, tennis, swimming pools, gyms)
  • In the winter season: LL trail and numerous opportunities for sledding
  • Numerous cycling and hiking trails in the moor and mountains

Youth offers

  • Youth fire brigade Benediktbeuern
  • TSV Benediktbeuern
  • Don Bosco Club Benediktbeuern
  • Altar boys Benediktbeuern
  • Children and youth guard Benediktbeuern
  • Evangelical confirmation and youth work

Web links

Commons : Benediktbeuern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Benediktbeuern  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ↑ Mayor. Benediktbeuern parish, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
  3. ^ Community Benediktbeuern in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Leo Weber: Benediktbeuern Monastery . Regensburg 2003, p. 4, ISBN 3-7954-1412-1
  5. ^ Leo Weber: Benediktbeuern Monastery. Regensburg 2003, ISBN 3-7954-1412-1 , p. 10.
  6. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 428 .
  7. ↑ Mourning in Benediktbeuern: Mayor Hans Kiefersauer has died , message from March 14, 2019 on merkur.de.
  8. ↑ 41 votes ahead: Toni Ortlieb is the new mayor of Benediktbeuern , message from July 14, 2019 on merkur.de.
  9. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Benediktbeuern  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
  10. ↑ https://www.don-bosco-jh.de/
  11. ↑ The youth hostels: DJH Youth Hostel Benediktbeuern 'Miriam' - offers + more | Bavaria. Retrieved May 2, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Action Center - Don Bosco. Retrieved May 2, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Benediktbeuern elementary and middle school. Retrieved May 2, 2017 .
  14. ↑ TSV BB. Retrieved May 2, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Youth. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 13, 2017 ; accessed on May 2, 2017 .
  16. ^ Don Bosco Club Benediktbeuern. Retrieved May 2, 2017 .
  17. ^ Altar boys Benediktbeuern. Retrieved May 2, 2017 .