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Königsmünster Abbey

Benedictine monastery in Germany

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Königsmünster Abbey is a Benedictine abbey (belonging to the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien) in Meschede, Germany.

History

The abbey was founded in 1928,^[1] from three abbeys in Bavaria. The contract between the city of Meschede and the Benedictine congregation stipulated that the monks would take over the local Rektoratsschule, and would in return receive financial support for the construction of the abbey. A competition for the design of the abbey was won by Franz Schneider, who drew up a symmetrical building centered around a church facade. The name Königsmünster means "monastery of the King” (that is, Christ).

The monks followed the tradition of Grafschaft Abbey in the Sauerland (it had been dissolved in 1804). From the weapon of that abbey, Königsmünster took the antlers, and its monks compiled a necrology of the Grafschaft monks.

The abbey became an independent conventual priory in 1932, with Linus Leberle (1880–1956) as its first prior.^[2] Alban Buckel was prior from 1937 to 1956. In 1941 the National Socialists confiscated the monastery and expelled the monks.^[3]

As of 2021^[update], 48 monks lived in the abbey.^[4]

The abbey church was built in the early sixties and consecrated in 1964.

As a member of the Congregation of Saint Ottilien, the monks primary apostolate is mission work. The abbey also runs two retreat houses. It has a metalworks shop that produces among other things jewelry, and liturgical equipment such as altars, crosses, and candlesticks, etc.^[5]

Elementary school

The “Gymnasium der Benediktiner”, also called Gymn Benedictine, is a still intact gymnasium that belongs to the Königsmünster Abbey. Some monks of the abbey teach religion or even other subjects in this school.

References

^ "Königsmünster Abbey", Collegio Sant' Anselmo
^ "Sorge um das Wohlbefinden. Ein Porträt von P. Linus". Gruß aus der Abtei Königsmünster. 3: 27–29. 2017.
^ Catholic Bulletin of Foreign News, London. Ministry of Information, 1941, p. 6]
^ Butz, Sabine (20 October 2021). "So ist das Leben in der Abtei Königsmünster". Westfalenpost (in German). Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ "Abteiwaren", Königsmünster