Beuron Archabbey (in German Erzabtei Beuron or St. Martin) is a major house of the Benedictine Order. It was founded in 1863 by the brothers Maurus and Placidus Wolter.
The abbey still is a centre of study. The library is the largest monastic library in Germany, with over 400,000 books. The abbey also houses the Vetus-Latina-Institut (Ancient Latin Institute), which has for its purpose the collection and publication of all extant old Latin translations of the Bible.
The abbey is located at Beuron in the upper Danube valley in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
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