St. Ottilien Archabbey

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The first Mission House in Germany was opened in 1884 by Father Andrew Amrhein from Beuron at the former Abbey of Reichenbach in the Upper Palatinate. Three years later this Institute was transferred to an old castle in Emming with a small pilgrimage chapel dedicated to St.Ottilia. This little settlement developed into the present St.Ottilien. Father Amrhein resigned in 1896 and his Institute became the Benedictine Priory of St.Ottilien in that same year. It was elevated to an abbey in 1902 and became the Mother House of many monastic foundations and the Centre of the Benedictine Congregation of St.Ottilien whose chief work is the Foreign Missions.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ottilien_Archabbey
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Coordinates:   48°5'46"N   11°2'39"E
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