- Isen Abbey
Isen Abbey (Kloster Isen) was a Benedictine abbey, then a collegiate foundation at Isen in
Bavaria ,Germany .History
Dedicated to Saint
Zeno of Verona , the abbey was founded by members of the Fagana family, an indigenous Bavarian noble clan, and by Bishop Joseph of Freising (also known as Joseph of Verona) in the8th century . It was one of the oldest monasteries on ancient Bavarian soil. Until the beginning of the 12th century it was Benedictine, but afterwards became a collegiate foundation.It was dissolved during the secularisation of Bavaria in
1802 . The premises and the seven farms passed into private ownership, except for the parish priest's house.References
* Heilmaier, Ludwig, 1938. "Das obere Isental und das Kloster Isen". Evenhausen: self-published.
* Heilmaier, Ludwig, 1920. "Die Kirche St. Zeno in Isen". Munich: self-published.
* Various authors, 1984. "Isen 550 Jahre Markt". Isen: Nußrainer.External links
* [http://www.datenmatrix.de/projekte/hdbg/kloster/ Klöster in Bayern]
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