Bavarian Congregation
The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the Benedictine Confederation consisting of monasteries in Bavaria, Germany.
It was founded on 26 August 1684 by Pope Innocent XI.
First 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
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
- St. Stephen's Abbey, Augsburg
- Braunau in Rohr Abbey
- Ettal Abbey, with a dependent student house in Munich
- Metten Abbey
- St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich
- Niederaltaich Abbey
- Ottobeuren Abbey
- Plankstetten Abbey
- Scheyern Abbey
- Schäftlarn Abbey
- Wechselburg Priory
- Weltenburg Abbey