Innichen Abbey

The pin Innichen is a former monastery of the Benedictine (OSB) and former collegiate in San Candido South Tyrol, Italy. To include the pin left today collegiate church of the Holy Candidus and Korbinian and associated monastery complex, which includes the old chapter house is one where there is now the Abbey Museum.

History

The Benedictine monastery of the holy Candidus was 769 by the Bavarian Duke Tassilo III. Founded as a base for the Slavs proselytizing. These he gave to the Abbot Atto of St. Peter in Scharnitz the place India ( Innichen ), also Campo Gelau ( Toblacher field) called, along with the landscape of the Bache Tesido ( Tesido or Gsieser Bach ) to the Slavs limit, ie up to rivolum montis Anarasi (Bach from Anras mountain). As Atto 783 Bishop of Freising was, Innichen came to the Bishopric of Freising and remained there until 1803. Around 1140, the monastery was converted into a collegiate. With the construction of the collegiate church was begun in 1143 and by about 1280 was the collegiate church its present form. After a fire in 1200 the church was rebuilt and consecrated in 1284. The bell tower was added built in the years 1323-1326.

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