Aufkirchen Monastery

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The Aufkirchen monastery has been surrounded by a high wall since the 19th century

The Aufkirchen Monastery is a former Augustinian monastery in Aufkirchen ( Bavaria ) in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising . Today the Discalced Carmelites (OCD) live there .

history

The monastery consecrated to St. Mary was founded in 1686 by Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria. In the course of secularization , the monastery was dissolved in 1803. In 1896 the second monastery of Discalced Carmelites was founded here in Bavaria.

See also

literature

  • Gerhard Schober: District of Starnberg (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.21 ). 2nd Edition. Munich / Zurich 1991, p. 60 .

Web links

Commons : Kloster Aufkirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '22 "  N , 11 ° 21' 46.4"  E