- Ilmmünster Abbey
Ilmmünster Abbey (Kloster Ilmmünster or Stift Ilmmünster) was formerly a collegiate foundation ("Kollegiatstift"), and originally a Benedictine monastery, in
Ilmmünster inBavaria inGermany .The original site was a Benedictine monastery, founded in about
762 by the brothers Adalbert and Otker, traditionally supposed to be members of the Huosi, an ancient Bavarian noble family. The monastery was dedicated to SaintsArsatius , whose relics were here, and Quirinus, whose relics were atTegernsee Abbey , founded by the same brothers, to which Ilmmünster was affiliated.A collegiate foundation was also set up here in
1060 . In1493 the monastery was transferred to the "Frauenstift" inMunich , leaving the site for the "Kollegiatstift". The property and assets were sold off in1802 during secularisation, but the impressive church remains.External links
*de icon [http://www.datenmatrix.de/projekte/hdbg/kloster/html-data/geschichte_ks0152.php Klöster in Bayern]
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