Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch

The blessed Gamelbert was a Catholic priest, who was in the 8th century on the territory of present-day district of Deggendorf. His feast on January 17.

Life and work

Gamelbert came from a noble family and was lord in Michael book. Middle of the 8th century he acquired on the opposite bank of the Danube between Mariaposching and Deggendorf from the Bavarian Duke Tassilo a forest, for which he had a tax called " Medema " to pay, from the then the name Metten was derived for this place and the monastery. The first abbot of the monastery was his godson Utto, who led the construction of the monastery of his hermitage (today Uttobrunn ). As a result, twelve monks from the monastery of Reichenau in the monastery in the year 766, there are already around 300 people lived. Gamelbert is represented in art as a secular priest or as a space surrounded by birds pilgrims.

Grave finds from Uttenkofen, which is close to Michael book has been dated to the late 7th or early 8th century and are associated with the "Founding Family " the monastery of Metten.