Rinchnach Priory () was a Benedictine monastery at Rinchnach in Bavaria, Germany.
History The monastery, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, was founded in 1011 by Saint Gunther, a Benedictine monk of Niederaltaich Abbey, as the first settlement in the central Bavarian Forest. In 1029 Emperor Conrad II endowed the monastery with land. It was made a priory of Niederaltaich in 1040, when Saint Gunther moved on to Gutwasser (the present Dobra Voda) in Bohemia. Klöster in Bayern: Rinchnach
In 1488 (?) the Hussites burnt the monastery down. In 1703 it was pillaged by Hungarian regiments, but restored in 1708 by Niederaltaich Abbey.Bauer, Sven: Kloster Rinchnach. Seine Geschichte von der Gründung bis zur Säkularisation. (ed. Ursula Grabmaier), Rinchnach 2011
The monastery was dissolved in 1803 as a result of the secularisation of Bavaria, and its estates were auctioned off.
References
Further reading Dengler, Josef: Rinchnach. Kirche St. Johannes der Täufer. Ehem. Propsteikirche (publ. Kath. Pfarramt Rinchnach, Peda-Kunstführer Nr. 803/2010), Passau 2010 (with bibliography) Ecclesia Rimichinaha/Propstei – Rinchnach/Klousta – Vom zentralen Klosterort des Mittleren Bay. Waldes (1011/12–1803) zur selbstbewussten Gemeinde. Katalog zur Ausstellung 2011 (exhibition catalogue publ. by the Rinchnacher Arbeitskreis Geschichte und Kultur), Rinchnach 2011 Hemmerle, Josef: Die Benediktinerklöster in Bayern (Germania Benedictina Bd. 2), München 1970, pp. 261–263
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