Scheyern is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Pfaffenhofen in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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. The
Scheyern Abbey
Scheyern Abbey, formerly also Scheyern Priory (german: Kloster Scheyern), is a house of the Benedictine Order in Scheyern in Bavaria.
First foundation
The monastery at Scheyern was established in 1119 as the final site of the community founde ...
is located in Scheyern.
The title the
counts of Scheyern originated here (see
House of Wittelsbach).
The village of
Fernhag lies just outside the town.
References
Pfaffenhofen (district)
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