Schäftlarn is a municipality in the district of Munich in Bavaria in Germany . It consists of the villages Ebenhausen, Hohenschäftlarn, Kloster Schäftlarn, Neufahrn and Zell. The river Isar runs through it. A human settlement with the name "Schäftlarn" does not exist.
12-419: The most famous building complex is Schäftlarn Abbey (Kloster). The name Schäftlarn was officially recorded as a municipality in 1873. But the roots of the place go back much farther. Schäftlarn Abbey was founded in the year 762 as a monastery for Benedictine monks. The village of Hohenschäftlarn is first mentioned in documents 778 and belonged to the abbey. The monastery was rebuilt between 1702 and 1760, and
24-610: A high point in the cultivation of arts in the eighteenth century. It was dissolved during the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803. In 1866 King Ludwig II of Bavaria restored possession to the Benedictines, who set up a secondary school ( " Gymnasium " ) here. As of 2022, there were fifteen monks at the abbey. The abbey is a member of the Bavarian Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation . The abbey church
36-475: A house for lay canons. During the next two centuries the monastery grew as a result of various gifts and endowments (among them the estates of Schwabing and Hesselohe). In 955 the monastery was destroyed by the Hungarians who were then making marauding incursions into Germany. In 1140, Bishop Otto of Freising refounded it as a Premonstratensian monastery, with canons from Ursberg Abbey . Schäftlarn reached
48-604: Is a Benedictine monastery on the Isar in Schäftlarn , south of Munich in Bavaria , Germany . The monastery was founded in 762 by Waltrich , a priest of noble family, on his own land. The monastery was dedicated to Saint Dionysius of Paris . The first monks came from the cathedral monastery of Saint Mary and Saint Corbinian in Freising . In the tenth century the monastery was turned into
60-578: Is dedicated to Saint Dionysius and Saint Juliana. The monks who live here carry out forestry, have a distillery and an apiary. For over thirty-five years, the abbey has hosted a summer concert series, featuring famous soloists and an orchestra composed of musicians from the great Munich concerts halls. Schäftlarn Abbey is the starting point for the first stage of a Route of Santiago de Compostela . In February 2022, two S-Bahn trains collided head-on, resulting in one fatality and at least eighteen injured, some seriously. The injured passengers were brought to
72-464: Is widely known throughout Munich. The subway lines S7, as well as the busses 904 and 974 connect the school to the city. Therefore, students come from all over Munich and the suburbs bordering the city. The present abbey buildings were constructed in 1707 to plans by Giovanni Antonio Viscardi . The abbey church of Saint Dionysius and Saint Juliana is a beautiful example of the Rococo architectural style. It
84-462: The "Prelate's Garden", recently restored. 47°58′43″N 11°28′01″E / 47.97861°N 11.46694°E / 47.97861; 11.46694 Giovanni Antonio Viscardi Giovanni Antonio Viscardi (27 December 1645 – 9 September 1713) was a Swiss architect of the baroque , who worked mostly in Bavaria . Giovanni Antonio Viscardi was born in San Vittore , Grisons. He
96-420: The church of St. Georg in the village of Hohenschäftlarn in 1729/30. During the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 the monastery was dissolved. In 1818 the municipality of Schäftlarn was first established as an independent political entity. In 1866 Ludwig I of Bavaria re-established the monastery and gave it back to the Benedictines, who founded a school there. The village of Zell is first mentioned in documents in
108-697: The nearby abbey. The school was closed between 1941 and 1945 by the National Socialists . Immediately after the war the school, which is private, was re-opened as a "Progymnasium" , that is to say, only for German forms 5 to 10 (equivalent to the Upper Fifth form), to the year before the Abitur . Abitur examinations were not conducted in Schäftlarn until 1973. In 2022 the school had just over 500 students, both day pupils (boys and girls) and boarders (boys only). It
120-514: The year 1160, but it also probably is much older. The first documents about Ebenhausen date back to the year 1130, when it was called Emmenhusen. Neufahrn is first mentioned in 1140. The municipality has a railway station, Hohenschäftlarn , on the Isar Valley Railway . This Munich district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sch%C3%A4ftlarn Abbey Schäftlarn Abbey ( Kloster Schäftlarn )
132-466: Was begun as a new building from 1733 to 1740 under Francois de Cuvilliés the Elder, and finished during the period from 1751 to 1760 by Johann Georg Gunetzrhainer and Johann Michael Fischer . From 1754 to 1756, the church was painted and decorated with stucco by Johann Baptist Zimmermann . From 1756 to 1764 Johann Baptist Straub worked on the altars and the chancel. There is also a formal garden here,
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#1732883882721144-510: Was descended from a family which provided several architects who had worked in Bavaria, Styria and Mainz . He started his career as a Superintendent to Enrico Zuccalli before 1675; in 1678 he was appointed master mason and in 1685 chief architect. Dismissed in 1689, Viscardi worked as an independent architect until he became Zuccalli's successor as chief architect of the Bavarian court in 1706 with
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