Beuron
Beuron
Noted Benedictine abbey and art school. Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern, Germany , founded, 777 . It was destroyed in the l0th century ; reestablished as an Augustinian monastery , 1077 ; and suppressed, 1802 . The Benedictine Order was reestablished by Maurus and Placidus Wolter, 1863 ; erected into an abbey by Pius IX, 1868 . Dispersed by Bismarck, 1875 , the monks returned in 1887 and founded a flourishing school of varied art whose decorative work is especially celebrated. The present abbey houses over 160 religious.