Theres Abbey

Theres Abbey (Kloster Theres) was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Theres in the district of Hassberge, in Franconia in the north of Bavaria, Germany.
==History==
The monastery, dedicated to Saint Stephen and Saint Vitus, was founded in about 1045 by Bishop Suidger of Bamberg. It was dissolved in 1802 during the secularisation of Bavaria.
==Buildings==
The abbey buildings were acquired in 1804 by Theodor von Kretschmann, a government minister of Saxe-Coburg. The church was demolished in 1809. The remaining buildings were converted into a country house.
==External links==
* Klöster in Bayern: Theres
Category:Benedictine monasteries in Germany
Category:Monasteries in Bavaria
Category:1040s establishments
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 11th century
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