Vornbach Abbey
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Vornbach Abbey was a monastery of the Benedictines in Neuhaus am Inn
Neuhaus am Inn
Neuhaus is a municipality in the district of Passau in Bavaria in Germany....

 in Bavaria
Bavaria
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, Germany
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History

The monastery, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint Benedict
Benedict of Nursia
Saint Benedict of Nursia is a Christian saint, honored by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students.Benedict founded twelve communities for monks at Subiaco, about to the east of Rome, before moving to Monte Cassino in the mountains of southern Italy. There is no...

, was founded in 1094 by Count Ekkebert of Formbach and his wife Mathilde, and also by Count Ulrich of Windberg
Windberg
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It was dissolved in 1803 during the secularisation of Bavaria. The monastic buildings came into the possession of Franz X. Bachmayr, and in 1857 into that of the Baron von Schätzler. The abbey's Austria
Austria
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n possessions were taken by the state.

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