Königsmünster Abbey
Königsmünster Abbey is a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedictine abbey (belonging to the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien) in Meschede, Germany. History The abbey was founded in 1928, from three abbeys in Bavaria. The contract between the city of Meschede and the Benedictine congregation stipulated that the monks would take over the local Rektoratsschule, and would in return receive financial support for the construction of the abbey. A competition for the design of the abbey was won by :de:Franz Schneider (Architekt), Franz Schneider, who drew up a symmetrical building Typographic alignment, centered around a church facade. The name ''Königsmünster'' means "monastery of the King” (that is, Christ). The monks followed the tradition of Grafschaft Abbey in the Sauerland (it had been dissolved in 1804). From the weapon of that abbey, Königsmünster took the antlers, and its monks compiled a necrology of the Grafschaft monks. The abbey became an independent conventual ...
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