- Thierhaupten Abbey
Thierhaupten Abbey (Kloster Thierhaupten) was a Benedictine monastery in
Thierhaupten inBavaria ,Germany .History
The monastery, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, was founded in the
8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, last of theAgilolfings . The name "Thierhaupten", which means "beasts' heads" in German, is supposed to refer to a heathen shrine formerly on the site.The abbey was looted by the
Hungarians in955 . It was destroyed by theSwabian League in1504 but re-built, although it was always a small community. Finally it was dissolved in1803 in the secularisation of Bavaria.Buildings
The buildings were sold off to a local businessman. The last abbot, Edmund Schmid, remained in
Thierhaupten as the parish priest, and succeeded in 1812 in acquiring the former abbey church for use as the parish church. The remaining buildings gradually fell into disrepair, but were bought by theThierhaupten market town administration in 1983 and renovated.External links
*de icon [http://www.datenmatrix.de/projekte/hdbg/kloster/html-data/geschichte_ks0407.php Klöster in Bayern: Thierhaupten] ----
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