Benediktbeuern is a community in the county Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, Germany and is located at 47°42′N 11°25′E. The distance between Bichl and Benediktbeuern is only 2 kilometer (equal to 1.25 US Miles). The village has about 3500 (year 2004) residents. Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...

Benediktbeuern has a famous monastry called "Kloster Benediktbeuern" (Benedictine abbey), which is well known because of the Carmina Burana and was founded in the year 739. Goethe was during his 3rd journey to Italy in Benedkiktbeuern in the year 1786. ... An abbey (from the Latin abbatia, which is derived from the Syriac abba, father), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community. ... The name Carmina Burana refers both to a collection of 13th-century songs and poetry, and 20th-century musical settings of texts from it. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (pronounced [gø tə]) (August 28, 1749–March 22, 1832) was a German writer, politician, humanist, scientist, and philosopher. ...

Benediktbeuern has kept the structure of a village with traditions in front of the Alpes. To many points of interest you can go from there in one day trips. Therefore it is a tourist resort. Many people commute for work to Penzberg, Wolfratshausen/Geretsried and Munich. Alpes are three departments in south-east France Basses-Alpes Hautes-Alpes Alpes Maritimes Categories: Départements of France | France geography stubs ... Penzberg is a town in Germany, located near Munich. ... Wolfratshausen is a town of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, located in Bavaria, Germany. ... Geretsried is a town in the district Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, located in Bavaria, Germany. ... For the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, see Munich (film). ...

Important traffic routes are the highway from Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the state route 471 from east to west. Important public transportation routes are the train station Benediktbeuern, where the train runs from Kochel to Munich in one hour and the bus to Bad Tölz. For the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, see Munich (film). ... Garmisch-Partenkirchen (29,875 inhabitants; 01-01-2004) is a market town, and the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Austria. ... For the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, see Munich (film). ... Bad Tölz is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and administrative center of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen. ...

External links

• www.benediktbeuern.de
• www.kloster-benediktbeuern.de