Pielenhofen Abbey

The monastery Pielenhofen was a monastery in the same place Pielenhofen in Bavaria in the diocese of Regensburg.

History

The Assumption consecrated Cistercian convent founded in 1240 goes to the back by the Lords of Hohenfels and honor rock. 1542 was the monastery during the Reformation in the Duchy of Pfalz- Neuburg under secular administration. In 1655 it was used as Subpriory then the kingdom pin Kaisheim incorporated. In the course of secularization in Bavaria it was dissolved in 1803, the church was the parish church. 1806 based the Carmelites from Munich and Neuburg an der Donau, the monastery as a collective monastery. 1838 bought the Salesian Sisters of the monastery and established an institute for young ladies. Since 1981, in Pielenhofen primary school Pielenhofen as boarding the cathedral choir.

Pielenhofen monastery was abandoned in 2010 because of manpower shortages. The last five sisters moved into the monastery Zangberg.

Abbey

The Baroque church has two three-storey towers, two side aisles and a transept, which are covered with a dome. Inside is a late Baroque high altar with eight columns. The ceiling paintings with the motif of the Trinity comes from Jacob Carl Stauder. The Twelve Apostles images are the work of Johann Gebhard from Prüfening monastery.