St. Ottilien Archabbey

The founding of the Archabbey dates back to the Swiss Benedictine Andreas Amrhein, who established a community in 1884. After acquiring the hamlet of Emming in 1886, the monastery was settled there in 1887 and named after the pilgrimage site of St. Ottilien, which had been documented since 1365. In its founding year, the first missionaries were sent to Africa. In 1902, it was elevated to an abbey, and after the establishment of three further abbeys, St. Ottilien became the Archabbey of the Missionary Benedictines in 1914.