Altomünster

Altomünster is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.GeographyGeographical locationThe market is located northwest of Dachau and almost in the middle of the triangle formed by the cities of Munich, Augsburg and Ingolstadt. The village lies on the DAH 2 state road. The Angerbach river flows through Altomünster, which flows into the Zeitlbach.Municipal structureMarkt Altomünster is organised into the following 48 villages:Altomünster, Arnberg, Asbach, Breitenau, Deutenhofen, Erlach, Erlau, Freistetten, Haag, Halmsried, Hohenried, Hohenzell, Humersberg, Hutgraben, Irchenbrunn, Lauterbach, Lichtenberg, Maisbrunn, Obererlach, Oberndorf, Oberschröttenloh, Ottelsburg, Ottmarshausen, Pfaffenhofen, Plixenried, Radenzhofen, Rametsried, Reichertshausen, Röckersberg, Rudersberg, Schauerschorn, Schielach, Schloßberg, Schmarnzell, Schmelchen, Sengenried, Teufelsberg, Übelmanna, and Xyger.HistoryChronologyIn 750 A.D. a wandering monk named Alto came to the area and founded a small monastery.Before 1000, the Guelphs built a Benedictine monastery. Welf I, Duke of Bavaria brought 1,056 monks to colonize the newly founded monastery vineyard in Altdorf (now Weingarten), while the nuns previously established in Altdorf came to Altomünster. They lived there until the dissolution of the monastery in 1488 by Pope Innocent VIII.