Rott Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Rott am Inn

Rott am Inn

Rott am Inn is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany....

 in Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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History

The monastery, dedicated to Saints Marinus

Saint Marinus

Saint Marinus was the founder of the world's oldest surviving republic, San Marino, in 301. Tradition holds that he was a stonemason by trade who came from the island of Rab on the other side of the Adriatic Sea , fleeing persecution for his Christian beliefs in the Diocletianic Persecution...

 and Anianus

Anianus

Anianus may refer to:*Pope Anianus of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria from 68 to 82*Anianus of Celeda, an early 5th century deacon and supporter of Pelagius*Aignan of Orleans, aka Anianus, Bishop, canonized*A 4th century bishop of Besançon...

, was founded by Count (Pfalzgraf) Kuno of Rott (d. 1086). http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/pilgrimiden_grafen_von_rott/kuno_1_von_rott_pfalzgraf_von_bayern_+_1086.html

After it was dissolved in 1803 in the secularisation of Bavaria, the buildings were sold off to various private owners and largely demolished. The Rococo

Rococo

Rococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...

church however still remains.

External links

Kloster Rott Pictures of the Church Interior
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