St. Alban's Monastery (Dießen am Ammersee)

The monastery of St. Alban is a monastery of the Benedictine nuns in Dießener district of St. Alban .

The monastery community was founded in 1923 by Baroness Barbara von Freyberg (1885–1933), called Sister Annuntiata , in the premises of a former inn . The baroness worked in the reserve hospital in Sankt Ottilien during the First World War . At that time, 15 children were accepted.

The National Socialists forbade the monastery to accept novices and it was not until 1946 that the first novices were accepted through the monastery of St. Ottilien .

At the suggestion of Bishop Aurelian Bilgeri , the nuns have been doing missionary work since 1953 , and a congregation was founded in Eshowe ( South Africa ) .

From 1962 to 1964 the monastery was completely rebuilt and in 1966 it became an independent priory .

The monastery operates a children's home , sisters of the monastery also work in the St. Jakobsberg monastery in Ockenheim and in the Transvaal it operates a retirement home .

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