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Michelfeld Abbey (Kloster Michelfeld in der Oberpfalz) was a Benedictine monastery in Auerbach in der Oberpfalz in Bavaria, Germany.
History
The monastery, dedicated to Saint Michael and Saint John the Evangelist, was founded in 1119 by Bishop Otto I of Bamberg. It was dissolved in the Reformation, in 1556. Re-opened temporarily in 1661 and permanently in 1684, it was put under the administration of the Electors of Bavaria on 13 March 1802 and finally dissolved in 1803 in the secularisation of Bavaria.
Buildings
The abbey church became the parish church. Other buildings now accommodate a nursing home.
External links
Coordinates: 49°42′14″N 11°35′14″E / 49.70389°N 11.58722°E
Categories:- Christian monastery stubs
- Bavaria building and structure stubs
- Benedictine monasteries in Germany
- Monasteries in Bavaria
- 1119 establishments
- Religious organizations established in the 1110s
- Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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