Neuburg Abbey
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Neuburg Abbey or St. Bartholomew's Abbey, Neuburg (Abtei Neuburg or Abtei vom heiligen Bartholomäus) near Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg is a Benedictine monastery and part of the Beuronese Congregation. .-->
History
Founded in 1130 as a monastery, Neuburg was soon changed to a Benedictine nunnery; it is first referred to as an abbey in 1195. For a time it belonged to the Cistercians but in the 15th century it reverted to the Benedictine rule.
In the 16th century the nuns joined the Reformation and left the nunnery. Between 1622 and 1773 the buildings were used by the Jesuits and then by the Lazarists, before it was mortgaged in favour of Heidelberg University in 1799, and came into private possession in 1804.
In 1926 Neuburg was acquired and resettled by Beuron Archabbey. It was elevated to the status of an abbey in 1928.
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