Bavarian Congregation

Until the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 the following abbeys belonged to the congregation: • Andechs Abbey • Attel Abbey • Benediktbeuern Abbey • Ensdorf Abbey • Frauenzell Abbey • Mallersdorf Abbey • Michelfeld Abbey • Oberaltaich Abbey • Prüfening Abbey • St. Emmeram's Abbey • Reichenbach Abbey • Rott Abbey • Scheyern Abbey • Tegernsee Abbey • Thierhaupten Abbey • Weihenstephan Abbey • Weissenohe Abbey • Weltenburg Abbey • Wessobrunn Abbey All these monasteries were dissolved in 1803, however, and the congregation lapsed at that point. ==Second Congregation==

The congregation was re-established by Pope Pius IX on 5 February 1858, comprising to begin with three monasteries re-founded by Ludwig I of Bavaria: Metten; St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich, with Andechs Priory; and Weltenburg. the members of the congregation, with the dates when they joined the congregation where known, were: • Andechs Priory, dependent on St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858) • St. Stephen's Abbey, Augsburg • Braunau in Rohr Abbey (1984) • Ettal Abbey (1900), with a dependent student house in Munich • Metten Abbey (1858) • St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858) • Niederaltaich Abbey (1918) • Ottobeuren Abbey (1893) • Plankstetten Abbey (1904) • Scheyern Abbey • Schäftlarn Abbey (1866) • Wechselburg Priory (in Saxony, a dependent house of Ettal) (1993) • Weltenburg Abbey (1858) ==External links==