Plankstetten Abbey in Bavaria

 - Jakob Schoof

Preserving creation is everyday living practice to the Benedictine monks of Plankstetten Abbey. Their monastery, located on a site between the cities of Ingolstadt, Regensburg and Nuremberg, serves as a place of education and the property belonging to the abbey is used for organic agriculture. The monks placed high demands also on the expansion to their monastery: It was intended to meet passive house standards by using renewable materials as far as possible, non-hazardous in terms of building ecology and biology.

Plankstetten Abbey in Bavaria
The new building establishes a boundary to the west of the abbey complex. Due to the slope, the building was partially constructed in timber and – particularly on the lower floors – partially in reinforced concrete. © Lorenz Maertl © Benediktinerabtei Plankstetten

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