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FIRST FOUNDATION The abbey is situated on a peninsula in the Danube, on the so-called "Weltenburg Narrows" or the . The monastery, founded by Irish or Scottish monks in about 620 , is held to be the oldest monastery in Bavaria. The monastery courtyard is surrounded by Baroque buildings, the highlight of which is the abbey church, dedicated to Saint George , which was built by the Asam Brothers between 1716 and 1739 . The abbey was dissolved in 1803 during the secularisation of Bavaria. SECOND FOUNDATION On 25 August 1842 Weltenburg was re-founded as a priory of Metten Abbey . It has been a member of the Bavarian Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation since 1858 and was raised to the status of an independent abbey in 1913 . Besides the traditional duties of hospitality, the abbey has pastoral responsibility for four parishes. ABBEY BREWERY Weltenburg Abbey brewery - Weltenburger Kloster Bräuerei - is the oldest monastery brewery in the world, having been in operation since 1050 . The beer "''Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel''" was given the World Beer Award in 2004 as the best Dunkel beer in the world. EXTERNAL LINKS
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