Pfaffenwinkel

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Approximate location in Bavaria

As Pfaffenwinkel a region is Südbayern referred between Lech and Loisach is.

The district of Weilheim-Schongau forms the core area of ​​the Pfaffenwinkel . In a broader sense, one includes the area between Landsberg am Lech and Starnberg in the north, Ingenried in the west, Füssen and Ettal in the south and Benediktbeuern in the east. It thus includes parts of the Fünfseenland with the districts of Landsberg am Lech and Starnberg , as well as the Isarwinkel , the Lechrain and areas of the districts of Ostallgäu and Garmisch-Partenkirchen . However, there is no exact limit.

The hilly landscape is characterized by meadows, forests, moors, lakes and rivers and lies at an altitude of around 550 to 1750 meters.

Preface by the Vindelicia Sacra with the first document

The first evidence for the designation "Pfaffenwinkel" can be found in the foreword to the Vindelicia Sacra by Franz Sales Gailler from 1756. The term is translated from Latin Anguli Monachorum , 'corner of the monks' and is already known as a vulgar noun , i.e. a popular name.

Hardly any other region in Germany has such a density of monasteries. These include the monasteries Benediktbeuern , Schlehdorf , Polling , Wessobrunn , Dießen , Rottenbuch , Bernried , Beuerberg , Habach , Steingaden , Ettal and Andechs .

The plasterers of the Wessobrunn school come from the region . The Wessobrunn prayer , one of the oldest poetic works in the German language, was discovered in the Wessobrunn monastery . The brothers Dominikus and Johann Baptist Zimmermann, born in Wessobrunn, built the pilgrimage church of the Scourged Savior on the Wies, also known as the Wieskirche , a building that is now a world cultural heritage site . Other well-known pilgrimage churches are on the Hohenpeißenberg , in Vilgertshofen and in Ilgen .

The Wieskirche in Pfaffenwinkel

literature

  • Willi Mauthe: What does the Upper Bavarian Pfaffenwinkel mean? In: Lech-Isar-Land 1960 . Local history yearbook. Ed .: Heimatverband Lech-Isar-Land eV, Weilheim i.Obb.

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