Benediktinerinnenkloster Hohenwart
Monastery in Hohenwart, Germany, dating from 1074
Hohenwart Abbey (German: Kloster Hohenwart) was a Benedictine nunnery located at Hohenwart in Bavaria, Germany. The nunnery was founded in 1074, presumably from the monastery at Andechs, by Count Ortolf and his sister Wiltrudis, last of the noble family of the Rapotonen. In the 12th century the recluse Richildis lived here, later pronounced Blessed. In 1215 a chapel was built in her honour where she was buried, to which from the 15th century onwards pilgrimages took place. It was dissolved in 1803 during the secularisation of Bavaria. However, the nunnery buildings found no buyers, and so the
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- Type:
- Monastery
- Period:
- 1074
- Where:
- Hohenwart, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 48.60°N, 11.38°E
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