Pielenhofen Abbey

The origins of Pielenhofen Monastery date back to 1240, when it was founded for Cistercian nuns by the Lords of Hohenfels and Ehrenfels. It was consecrated in honor of the Assumption of Mary. In 1542, during the Reformation in the Duchy of Pfalz-Neuburg, the monastery was temporarily secularized and placed under secular administration. It experienced a revival in 1655 when it was incorporated as a sub-priory into the Imperial Abbey of Kaisheim. The secularization in Bavaria led to its dissolution again in 1803, with the monastery church being converted into a parish church. As early as 1806, Carmelite nuns from Munich and Neuburg an der Donau moved into the complex, which served as a collective monastery. In 1838, the Salesian Sisters acquired the monastery and established an institute for higher education for girls. Since 1981, Pielenhofen has also housed the boarding school for the Regensburger Domspatzen elementary school.