Münchsmünster Abbey

Münchsmünster Abbey
Engraving of the abbey by Anton Wilhelm Ertl, 1687
Location within Bavaria
Monastery information
OrderBenedictine
Establishedc. 790
Disestablished1554
DioceseRegensburg
People
Founder(s)Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria
Site
Coordinates48°45′55″N 11°41′23″E / 48.765238°N 11.689708°E / 48.765238; 11.689708

Münchsmünster Abbey (German: Kloster Münchsmünster) was a monastery in Münchsmünster, Upper Bavaria, in the Electorate of Bavaria. It was closed in 1556 during the Protestant Reformation, and later was administered by Jesuits and then the Knights of Malta before being auctioned in 1817 and largely demolished. Some fragments have been preserved.