Schönthal Priory (Kloster Schönthal) is a former monastery of the
Augustinian Hermits in
Schönthal in
Bavaria,
Germany.
The priory, dedicated to the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...
and
Saint Michael, was a
Williamite monastery from about 1250 to 1263. From 1263 onwards it served as a monastery of the Augustinian Hermits. It was
secularised
In sociology, secularization (or secularisation) is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious values and secular institutions. The ''secularization thesis'' expresses the ...
in 1802, when the friars were sent off to
Munich, the monastery estates sold off and the monastic buildings, brewery and pharmacy auctioned. The former monastery church burnt down in 1833, but was later rebuilt, and extensively restored in 1989.
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Klöster in Bayern: Schönthal
Monasteries in Bavaria
Augustinian monasteries in Germany
1250s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
1250 establishments in Europe
Christian monasteries established in the 13th century
Cham (district)
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