Bavarian Congregation

The Bavarian Congregation is a congregation of the Benedictine Confederation consisting (with one exception) of monasteries in Bavaria, Germany.

It was founded on 26 August 1684 by Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689).

First Congregation
Until the secularisation of Bavaria in 1803 the following abbeys belonged to the congregation:
 * Andechs Abbey
 * Attel Abbey
 * Benediktbeuern Abbey
 * Ensdorf Abbey
 * Frauenzell Abbey
 * Mallersdorf Abbey
 * Michelfeld Abbey
 * Oberaltaich Abbey
 * Prüfening Abbey
 * St. Emmeram's Abbey
 * Reichenbach Abbey
 * Rott Abbey
 * Scheyern Abbey
 * Tegernsee Abbey
 * Thierhaupten Abbey
 * Weihenstephan Abbey
 * Weissenohe Abbey
 * Weltenburg Abbey
 * Wessobrunn Abbey

All these monasteries were dissolved in 1803, however, and the congregation lapsed at that point.

Second Congregation
The congregation was re-established by Pope Pius IX on 5 February 1858, comprising to begin with three monasteries re-founded by Ludwig I of Bavaria: Metten; St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich, with Andechs Priory; and Weltenburg.

the members of the congregation, with the dates when they joined the congregation where known, were:
 * Andechs Priory, dependent on St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858)
 * St. Stephen's Abbey, Augsburg
 * Braunau in Rohr Abbey (1984)
 * Ettal Abbey (1900), with a dependent student house in Munich
 * Metten Abbey (1858)
 * St. Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1858)
 * Niederaltaich Abbey (1918)
 * Ottobeuren Abbey (1893)
 * Plankstetten Abbey (1904)
 * Scheyern Abbey
 * Schäftlarn Abbey (1866)
 * Wechselburg Priory (in Saxony, a dependent house of Ettal) (1993)
 * Weltenburg Abbey (1858)