Mönchsroth Monastery

This article describes the Mönchsroth monastery in the Franconian municipality of Mönchsroth. The Reichsabbey Rot an der Rot in Upper Swabia was often called "Mönchsroth" in the past.

The Mönchsroth monastery is a former Benedictine monastery in Mönchsroth ( Ansbach district ) in Bavaria in the diocese of Augsburg .

history

The monastery, consecrated to St. Peter and Paul, was founded by Hermann and Adala von Leiningen together with Count Diemo von Prozelten around 1130. In the 15th century it came under the bailiwick of the Counts of Oettingen. In 1558 the monastery was closed during the Reformation and the property was administered by the Mönchsroth Office of the County of Oettingen . Apart from the monastery church, nothing has been preserved from the earlier complex.

Web links

• Mönchsroth Monastery , basic data and history:  Mönchsroth - strategic base of the Hirsau reform movement in the database of monasteries in Bavaria in the House of Bavarian History

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '12 "  N , 10 ° 21' 55"  E