St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich

The St. Boniface Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Munich and is a member of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation.

History

The monastery was founded in 1835 by the Bavarian King Ludwig I, who wanted to revive through the establishment of new monasteries, the tradition of the spiritual life. 1850 was the convent, designed by architect Georg Friedrich Ziebland be inaugurated. The entrance of the church served for Leo von Klenze as a model for the design of the Cathedral of St. Dionysius the Areopagite in Athens.

During World War II, on April 25, 1944 and January 7, 1945, the south of the King Square located in the immediate vicinity monastery was severely damaged and only partially rebuilt later. On the grounds of St. Boniface Catholic Student Community of the Technical University of Munich has been housed in the 1990s as well. St. Boniface is located in the city, which is rather unusual for a Benedictine monastery. For the material to the monks bought Ludwig I in 1803 secularized monastery Andechs, including the associated agricultural land and gave it to the abbey; Andechs Monastery is a dependent priory of St. Boniface today.

Areas of work of the monks are the pastoral care of the parish, scientific research and educational work and the care of the homeless. Abbot Johannes Eckert, who was elected by the monks of the Convention on 23 July 2003 as the successor of Abbot Odilo Lechner many years.

In the Basilica of St. Boniface Ludwig I and his wife, Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen are buried.

Abbots

  • Paul Birkerfeld, 1850-1854
  • Boniface Haneberg, 1854-1872 ( then Bishop of Speyer )
  • Benedict Zenetti, 1872-1904
  • Gregory Danner, 1904-1919, postulated from Plankstetten
  • Boniface Wöhrmüller, 1919-1951
  • Hugo Lang, 1951-1967
  • Odilo Lechner, 1964-1967 Coadjutor, 1967-2003
  • John Eckert, since 2003

Organ

Noteworthy is the Basilica of St. Boniface organ, which was built in the years 1976-1977 by the organ builder Manufacture d' Orgues Muhleisen ( Strasbourg). The instrument has 51 registers. The sound is extraordinarily beautiful, favored by the fact that the organ is on the floor of the church. The scheduling is based on French symphonic organ; A special feature are the two reeds Vox humana 8 ' (No. 13) and Cromorne 8' (No. 40 ), whose scale lengths are created by Andreas Silbermann.

  • Couplers: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P
  • Accessories: storage rack ( concoctions, tongues, 16' - register) Fixed combinations ( Tutti, Plenum ), 256 -fold combination system, Crescendowalze.
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