Cardinal Marx blesses a new cultural center in the Beuerberg monastery

Cardinal Marx blesses a new cultural center in the Beuerberg monastery

Beuerberg, Deutschland - on the Ascension Day, June 6, 2025, the newly designed Beuerberg monastery was ceremoniously opened. Over 600 guests came together to attend this important ceremony. Cardinal Reinhard Marx blessed the new seminar and cultural center, which looks back on a long history. The monastery, originally founded in 1121, has experienced numerous changes over the centuries that shaped its character. The return to the cultural -historical importance was celebrated with a prayer of blessings as well as with the planting of an apple tree of the "flamed cardinal" variety.

The renovation work that started four years ago required massive investments of a total of 43 million euros and were carried out together with the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments. Vicar of General Christoph Klingan emphasized the role of the monastery as a place of encounter and exchange. The comprehensive renovation measures protected the valuable building cultural substance and ensured that the monastery remains important as a cultural heritage.

rooms for encounter and education

The new center now comprises 11 conference rooms and 48 guest rooms that can be used for a variety of events. There are 25 rooms from the former cell wing, including single and double rooms. In the Josefstrakt there are another 23 guest rooms, including 9 double rooms, 14 family rooms and 1 apartment. Despite smaller construction defects in the water control system, the accommodation company in the Josefstrakt is expected to open only in autumn of this year.

The monastery kitchen, which is already in operation, offers regional products and its own bakery that invite you to discover the culinary specialties of the monastery. During the opening ceremony, visitors had the opportunity to get an impression of the premises and the surrounding area of ​​the monastery through a tour and to enjoy local dishes and Beuerberger Klosterbier.

a long history

The Beuerberg monastery has an eventful story that goes back to the 12th century. After its foundation as a Augustinian choir monster, secularization and the acquisition of buildings occurred through private hands in 1803. In 1846 the Salesians took over the monastery, and until 1938 it served as a girls' school and mothers. The Archdiocese of Munich and Freising took over the facility in 2014. Beuerberg has been developed as a cultural and education center since then, and numerous exhibitions have been organized since 2016.

The restoration of important historical premises such as the baroque library and the Rococo Festsaal was a central concern of the renovation. These restoration measures contributed to making the history of the monastery visible and establishing it as a cultural contact point in the region.

The mayor of Wolfratshausen, Moritz Sappl, presented the museum director Christoph Kürzeder a basket with regional products as a sign of thanks for the efforts to renovate the monastery. The immediate response to the opening shows the great interest of the public in this historic place.