Elisabethszell is a parish village ( Pfarrdorf ) in the municipality of Haibach in the Lower Bavarian county of Straubing-Bogen in Germany .
6-673: In 1346 in the place then known as Atzenzell, which belonged to the parish ( Pfarrei ) of Haselbach, a priory of Benedictine abbey of Oberalteich was established. It existed, with interruptions, until church land in Bavaria was seized in 1803. In 1498 the Benedictines were driven out by the Paulsdorfs at Falkenfels Castle . It was the Countess of Schwarzenberg, who had inherited Elisabethszell from her forebears, who allowed Oberalteich Abbey to buy back
12-465: A ich ) was a Benedictine monastery in Bogen , Bavaria , Germany. The monastery, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul , was founded in c. 1100 by Count Frederick of Bogen, a Vogt of Regensburg Cathedral . After a serious fire in 1245 the premises were re-constructed under abbots Heimo (1247 to 1252) and Purchard (1256 to 1260). Under abbot Friedrich II (1346 to 1358) the abbey was fortified. The church
18-440: The monastery buildings were disposed of. Accommodation for the local priest and a servant were set up in part of them. The abbey church of Saints Peter and Paul was rebuilt between 1622 and 1630 and is richly decorated. The Baroque high altar dates from 1693. The church of the former abbey became the parish church in 1803. In 1847 the tombs and monuments were removed from the church and taken to Vilshofen where they were used for
24-538: The newly built parish church was consecrated by Bishop Ignatius von Senestrey . The old cemetery was closed in 1967 and turned into a car park in the 1970s. A new cemetery was created above the Pfarrhof. With municipal reforms in Bavaria, the former municipality of Elisabethszell lost its independence and was incorporated on 1 January 1978 into Haibach. Oberalteich Abbey Oberalteich Abbey ( German : Abtei Oberalteich or Kloster Oberalteich ; sometimes Oberalt
30-401: The priory estates for a moderate sum in 1621, whereupon the clergy returned to Elisabethszell. Secularisation in Bavaria in 1803 marked the end of the priory at Elisabethszell. In 1805, Elisabethszell, hitherto part of the parish of Haselbach , became an independent parish. The priory was given by the state to the municipality of Elisabethszell for the establishment of a school. On 11 July 1877
36-403: Was extensively altered in the time of abbot Johann II Asperger (1438 to 1463). The mediaeval monastery complex was modernised by abbot Veit Höser (1604 to 1634), which was followed by a total Baroque refurbishment under abbots Roman Denis (1682 to 1695), Benedikt Resch (1695 to 1704) and Ignatz Scherlin (1704 to 1721). The abbey was dissolved in 1803 during the secularisation of Bavaria, and
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