Benediktinerkloster Tegernsee
Monastery in Tegernsee, Germany, dating from 0701
Tegernsee Abbey (German Kloster Tegernsee or Abtei Tegernsee) is a former Benedictine monastery in the town and district of Tegernsee in Bavaria. Both the abbey and the town that grew up around it are named after the Tegernsee, the lake on the shores of which they are located. The name is from the Old High German tegarin seo, meaning great lake. Tegernsee Abbey, officially known as St. Quirinus Abbey for its patron saint St.Quirinus, was first built in the 8th century. Until 1803, it was the most important Benedictine community in Bavaria. Today, the monastery buildings are known as Tegernsee
From Tegernsee Abbey on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
- Type:
- Monastery
- Period:
- 0701
- Where:
- Tegernsee, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 47.71°N, 11.76°E
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