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Kastl Abbey (german: Kloster Kastl) is a former
Benedictine
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monastery in
Kastl in the
Upper Palatinate
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Geography
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,
Bavaria
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.
History
The monastery, dedicated to
Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
, was founded in 1103, or shortly before, by Count
Berengar II of Sulzbach
Count Berengar II of Sulzbach (c. 1080–83 – 3 December 1125), sometimes known as Berengar I of Sulzbach, was Count of Sulzbach in Bavaria.
Berengar was a leader of the reform party. He sided with Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Contro ...
together with Frederick and Otto, Counts of Kastl-Habsberg.
It was dissolved in 1563 in the course of the
Reformation
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, but re-established as a
Catholic
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monastery in 1625. From 1636 the building was used by the
Jesuits
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, from 1773 by the
Knights Hospitaller
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s. Dissolved again in 1803, it was the seat of the Provincial Court until 1862.
From 1958 to 2006 the buildings housed a
Hungarian secondary boarding school, now closed.
Princess Anna
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Anna, daughter of Emperor
Louis IV, died here on 29 January 1319 aged 18 months. Her body was not taken to
Munich
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but was entombed in the monastery. In 1715 the body was removed from its tomb and kept in an oak cupboard. Later, preserved as a mummy, it lay in a shrine in the entrance hall to the monastery church, where it could be viewed. The body of the princess was recently returned to its tomb to protect it from light damage and a large photo is on display instead.
See also
*
List of Jesuit sites
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References
Further reading
* Georg Dehio: ''Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Bayern V: Regensburg und die Oberpfalz'' (ed. Jolanda Drexler, Achim Hubel, Astrid Debold-Kritter et al.), München/Berlin 1991, pp. 238–246
* Stephan Haering: ''Kastl, Kloster''(article). In: ''Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche'', 3rd edn., vol. 5 (1996), col. 1287
* Josef Hemmerle: ''Die Benediktinerklöster in Bayern (Germania Benedictina 2)'', Augsburg 1970, pp. 125–129
* Rudolf Wiesneth: ''Pfalzgräfliche Wirkungsstätten''. In: Hans Fischer, Manfred Kindler, Theo Männer, Peter Pauly, Otto Reimer, Rudolf Wisneth (eds.): ''Festschrift zum Pfalzgraf-Johann-Jahr 1983''. Neunburg vorm Wald: Schmiedl 1983, pp. 60–68
External links
Klöster in Bayern
Kastl Hungarian School Alumni Association
Benedictine monasteries in Germany
Society of Jesus
Knights Hospitaller
Monasteries in Bavaria
Amberg-Sulzbach
1103 establishments in Europe
1100s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
Religious organizations established in the 1100s
Christian monasteries established in the 12th century
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