The Dominican monastery on Adlersberg was built around 1262.
The Duke of Bavaria, Ludwig II, is mentioned as the founder in 1264. The Adlersberg monastery was dissolved in the middle of the 16th century. The original condition of the buildings from the Gothic period, which are now used as a restaurant, hotel and brewery, has been partially preserved.
There is much to suggest that the Adlersberg Church was modeled on the Regensburg Dominican Church.
The central element of the altar is a stone figure of the Mother of God with child. She is called the Mother of God of Abandonment.
The church has impressive dimensions, measuring a total of 45 meters in length and eleven meters in width. The nave has a height of twelve meters inside and 19.5 meters outside including the roof.
The church is an important architectural monument. The elongated, towering, simply designed single-nave building is one of the early Gothic churches in Bavaria.
Every Saturday there is an evening mass in the monastery church. The religious highlights are the festive services for communion, confirmation, Easter and Pentecost and of course the Christmas mass on Christmas Eve.
(Source: Adlersberg.com)

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Martin 👣

May 28, 2021

The Dominican Convent on Adlersberg was built around 1262.

The Duke of Bavaria, Ludwig II, is mentioned as the founder in 1264. In the middle of the 16th century the Adlersberg monastery was dissolved. The original condition of the building from the Gothic era, which is now used as a restaurant, hotel and brewery, has been partially preserved.

There is much to suggest that the Adlersberg Church was built after the Dominican Church in Regensburg.

The central element of the altar image is a stone figure of Our Lady with Child. She is called the Mother of God of Forsaken.

The church has impressive dimensions, it measures a total of 45 meters in length and eleven meters in width. The nave has a height of twelve meters inside and 19.5 meters outside including the roof.

The church is an important architectural monument. The elongated, towering, simply designed single-nave building is one of the early Gothic churches in Bavaria.

The Dominican convent Adlersberg was founded and built by Duke Ludwig the Strict between 1232 and 1250.

Nuns from Weißenburg from Bavaria developed a rich food life here for almost 300 years.

In the turmoil after the Reformation around 1542, the monastery closed its doors forever. The monastery property became the Palatinate-Neuburger Hofmark.

In 1655 the Hofmark Adlersberg came to the Dominican Convent of the Holy Cross in Regensburg.

Later the property came into bourgeois hands and changed hands several times.

In 1838 the master brewer Michael Prössl acquired the economic property and the "Breystadt".

The Prössl family has been living and working at this historic site for five generations, always striving to offer hospitality with home-brewed beer and solid home-style cooking.

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Staufer

October 7, 2025

Monastery Church of the Assumption of Mary

The Catholic Church of Our Lady, popularly known as "Mary in Abandonment," is part of a former monastery complex. A 1264 document mentions the Bavarian Duke Ludwig II the Strict as the founder of the monastery. Construction presumably began around 1264, when the established patronage of Mary was already mentioned.
The church has impressive dimensions, measuring 45 meters in length and 11 meters in width. The nave is 12 meters high inside and 19.5 meters high outside, including the roof. The church is a significant architectural monument. The elongated, soaring, simply designed, single-nave building is one of the earliest Gothic churches in Bavaria.
A consecration is not recorded until 1341. The Adlersberg Madonna and the Gothic wall paintings in the church were probably created around 1400 and originate from the artistic circle of the Wittelsbachs.
According to canon law, the monastery ceased to exist with the secularization of 1803. The monastery land was sold into private hands until it passed to the Prößl family, the current owners, in 1838. The church, however, was not included in the sale; it remained state property. From 1818 to 1838, negotiations about its demolition were held. Significant resistance was felt from the population. With the signing of an agreement in 1878 between the Ministry of Finance and the Pettendorf Church Trusteeship, the parish also committed itself to providing all possible manual and hauling services.
The decision not to demolish the church proved to be the only right one when the important Gothic wall paintings were uncovered at the beginning of the 20th century. The last renovation took place at the beginning of the 21st century. In 2004, the comprehensive renovation was completed, and a new organ was consecrated.
In 2007, the long-held wish to add a sacristy to the church was finally realized. The people's altar and ambo were donated to the church in 1988 by the Prössl family. In 2009, Mr. Prössl Sr. donated the matching new baptismal font.

The former monastery church is owned by the Adlersberg Church Foundation and managed by the Pettendorf Church Administration.

Source: pfarreiengemeinschaft-pettendorf-pielenhofen-wolfsegg.de / adlersberg.com

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