Höglwörth Abbey () is a former monastery of the
Augustinian Canons
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in
Höglwörth, near
Anger
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in Bavaria, in the
Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
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.
It was the only monastery saved from the secularization of Bavaria (1802 and 1803), until
Rupertiwinkel became part of the
Kingdom of Bavaria
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in 1816.
The last provost Gilbert Grab sought relief from secularization from 1813, but this was not granted until 1816 by the King of Bavaria.
On 30 July 1817 it was formally given independence as a privately owned monastery.
The monastery with its
rococo
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church on a peninsula in
Lake Höglwörth represents one of the finest ensembles in the eastern
Upper Bavaria
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.
The church was rebuilt from 1675. The choir was preserved from the Romanesque church.
Before silting to the east the monastery was on an island, but it is now on a peninsula.
''Wörth'' is an old word for island, and it is still shown as an island on the field map from the 19th century.
Abbots
Provosts, where known, include:
* 1522–1541
Provost
Provost may refer to:
Officials
Ecclesiastic
* Provost (religion), a high-ranking church official
* Prince-provost, a high-ranking church official
Government
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and Prelate
Wolfgang II Griesstätter zu Haslach, at the same time 1531–1539 Administrator of the
Baumburg Abbey, and then provost and Prince Provost of
Berchtesgaden Abbey.
* 1609–1634 Marquard von Schwendi, also canon in Salzburg, Augsburg and Passau, and only rarely in Höglwörth.
* 1652–1671 Wolfgang Zehentner.
* 1671–? Adam Weber,
* Patritius Pichler, under him the new collegiate church was built and consecrated in 1690.
* Johann Puechner.
* 1804–1817 Gilbert Grab.
Gallery
File:Höglwörth und Umgebung.jpg
File:Image-Höglwörther See 2.jpg
File:Höglwörth04.jpg
File:Kloster Höglwörth.jpg
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Monasteries in Bavaria
Buildings and structures in Berchtesgadener Land