Königsmünster Abbey

The contract between the city of Meschede and the Benedictine congregation stipulated that the monks would take over the local Rektoratsschule, and would in return receive financial support for the construction of the abbey.

A competition for the design of the abbey was won by Franz Schneider, who drew up a symmetrical building centered around a church facade.

The abbey became an independent conventual priory in 1932, with Linus Leberle (1880–1956) as its first prior.

As a member of the Congregation of Saint Ottilien, the monks primary apostolate is mission work.

It has a metalworks shop that produces among other things jewelry, and liturgical equipment such as altars, crosses, and candlesticks, etc.