Ehemaliger Platz des Klosters Scharnitz in Klais

Scharnitz Abbey (german: Kloster Scharnitz) was a

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monastery in

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. The monastery, dedicated to Saints

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and

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, was founded before 763 by Reginperht and Irminfried, believed to be members of the Bavarian noble family of the

Huosi The Huosi were one of the ''Uradel'' (ancient noble families) in the duchy of Bavaria. Their status was enshrined in the '' Law of the Bavarians'', which lists them first among the five families having special rights privileges after the ducal Ag ...

Arbeo of Freising Arbeo (also Aribo or Arbo) of Freising (723 or earlier near Meran – 4 May 784) was an early medieval author and Bishop of Freising from 764. Arbeo probably was a scion of the Huosi noble dynasty in the stem duchy of Bavaria. He may have been t ...

, a member of the same family, was its first abbot, until he was appointed

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in 764. Between 769 and 772, on his advice, the community was resettled to

Schlehdorf Abbey Schlehdorf Abbey (german: Kloster Schlehdorf) was originally a Benedictine monastery, later an Augustinian monastery, and is today a convent of the Missionary Dominican Sisters of King William's Town. It is located at Schlehdorf, on the extreme ...

on the

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, under abbot Atto, who is counted as the first abbot of Schlehdorf. The reasons for the move so soon after the foundation are not known.

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