Geschichte & Genuß

A summer evening in the parish garden of St. Emmeram: under old apple trees, the focus is on power, money, the church and the question of why one of Bavaria's most important monasteries was suddenly no longer a monastery. In conversation with Dr. Katharina Weigand and Prof. Dr. Jörg Zedler, the secularization of 1802/1803 becomes vividly clear - an upheaval that profoundly changed this very place.

For centuries, the St. Emmeram monastery was a spiritual, economic and cultural center. However, just a few years after Max IV Joseph's assurance that the Bavarian monasteries would be spared, St. Emmeram was also abolished. Was the Bavarian government hostile to the church - or was it primarily in need of money? What role did power, property and political reorganization play? And what did the end of the monastery mean in concrete terms for its inhabitants and for the town?
There will also be a buffet with delicacies from the German wine regions, drinks and room for questions.