Oberammergau Travel Tip:
The Benedictine Abbey of Ettal
Ettal Abbey near Oberammergau
The Ettal abbey, with a community (as of 2005) of more than 50 monks, and another 5 at Wechselburg, is one of the largest Benedictine houses and a major attraction for visitors. In the tradition of the Ritterakademie
the abbey has established a secondary school (Gymnasium
) specializing in the humanities and modern languages, with a boarding house. Ettal also runs a brewery and distillery, a bookshop, an art publishing business, a hotel, a cheese factory joint venture and various other small businesses.
Ettal Abbey was founded on 28 April 1330 by Emperor Ludwig in the Graswang valley. Legend has it that Ludwig's horse genuflected three times on the site of the original church building, where a statuette of the Virgin Mary now stands. This statue soon became an object of pilgrimage. The church is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin.
In 1898, the buildings were acquired by Baron Theodor von Cramer-Klett and in 1900 given to the Benedictines of Scheyern Abbey, who re-founded the monastery here. The abbey church of the Ascension was declared a basilica minor in 1920.
[ Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettal_Abbey ]
Related: http://www.kloster-ettal.de/index-uk.html
Address: Kaiser-Ludwig-Platz 1, 82488 Ettal
Tags: Ettal Abbey, Oberammergau, Monastery, Benedictine
Location of The Benedictine Abbey of Ettal
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