Vornbach Abbey (german: Kloster Vornbach, sometimes spelt ''Formbach'') was a

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monastery in

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, Germany.

History

The monastery, dedicated to the

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and Saint

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, was founded in 1094 by Count Ekkebert of Formbach and his wife Mathilde, and also by Count Ulrich of

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. It was dissolved in 1803 during the

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of Bavaria. The monastic buildings came into the possession of Franz X. Bachmayr, and in 1857 into that of the Baron von Schätzler. The abbey's

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n possessions were taken by the state.Bauer, Hermann and Anna: ''Klöster in Bayern. Eine Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte der Klöster in Oberbayern, Niederbayern und der Oberpfalz'', München 1985, pp. 176f.

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