Brewing tradition of nearly 1,000 years at Weltenburg Abbey in Bavaria to be bought up by Munich company Schneider Weisse ...

The beer industry is facing a worldwide contraction.

Weltenburger Abbey’s near-1,000-year brewing legacy will pass to Schneider Weisse amid consolidation in Germany’s struggling beer market.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Children were "sadistically tormented and also sexually abused" at a Catholic monastery in Pope Benedict's native Bavaria, according to a new report commissioned by the Roman ...

Archaeologists excavated a ruined monastery in Posa and uncovered 15 densely packed burials dating between 500 and 800 years ago, photos show. Photo from the State Office for Heritage Management and ...

BERLIN (AP) — A Cistercian monastery that's existed for almost 900 years in what is now western Germany is closing down for good, due to a shortage of monks. The Himmerod Abbey, founded in 1134 by the ...