Ettal over time
When the monastery was founded In 1330, Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian endowed the Ettal monastery with extensive rights and goods. That's how the whole thing stood Ammertal, Eschenlohe, the Murnau market, but also the more distant places such as Egling an der Paar and Aubing, which today forms a district of Munich, owned by the monastery. The Ettal monastery with the Graswangtal and the town of Oberau formed this Ettal Chamber Court.
That stayed until 1803 like when the Ettal monastery went through the Secularization was dissolved. The Monastery property now became state property. In Ettal, some of the former monastery grounds were divided into small plots and, like the monastery's outbuildings, auctioned off to the highest bidders. Former monastery servants and residents of neighboring towns took the opportunity to get their hands on the house and land cheaply. The first families in Ettal settled around the now largely empty monastery.
In 1810 the first “tax district” Ettal was founded. It brings together the town of Ettal, which has now grown to 21 properties, the eight farms in Graswang, the Dickelschwaig and the Linderhof. The former monastery church became a parish church. In the same year, the state managed to sell the monastery buildings with a brewery and a small farm to General Postal Director Josef von Elbling for 38.000 guilders. The estimated price was 1803 still at 130.680 guilders, but no buyer was found at this price in the remote mountain valley.
The new owners of the monastery property left 1821 - 1823 Large parts of the empty monastery complex were demolished, and cattle stables were built into other parts. 1815 became a first elementary school in Ettal erected, previously the farmers in Graswang employed their own teachers. With the Bavarian Municipal Edict 1818 which makes “Ettal rural community” founded, it was congruent with the previous tax district and the parish of Ettal.
Bis 1829 were surveyed all properties in the community and a first property tax register was created, which now provided precise information about the respective ownership structure. With the new survey and the new cadastre 1865 became the state one Ettal forest district as an unincorporated area separated from the municipality of Ettal. From now on, the Ettal municipal area covers 14,75 km² and the unincorporated Ettal Forest 83,46 km².
In the town of Ettal, a modest community developed that had a community In 1871 there were only 299 inhabitants, first a band with singers, then 1871 a shooting club and at the end of the 19th century fire departments in Ettal and Graswang. The The “Ettaler Mandl” folk costume association, founded in 1899, is one of the oldest in Bavaria.
In 1869 King Ludwig II bought the Linderhof and had his famous castle built there in the following years. Until 1877 was that Castle completed and King Ludwig spent most of the rest of his life there. Six weeks after his death in 1886 the castle closedr Open to general viewing. The first tourists came to the previously very quiet valley.
In the year In 1898, Baron Theodor von Cramer-Klett acquired the monastery property from Count Pappenheim. At the same time, the Scheyern Monastery was concerned with the establishment of a new religious branch. Theodor von Cramer-Klett now left the monastery buildings in Ettal to the monastery at a reduced price, and is therefore considered the second founder of the Ettal monastery. He also supported this in the following years 1900 nun newly founded monastery. Nice 1907 then became Ettal again elevated to an independent abbey.
In the years after the monastery was re-founded, the community of Ettal experienced a major economic boom. Many new houses were built, and some wealthy new residents also built their villas in Ettal. The population could now 400 people increased become. This upswing was due to the The outbreak of the First World War ended abruptly in 1914. Only in the middle of the In the 1920s the economic situation improved again and more tourists came to the community. The monastery read 1925 the first hotel in Ettal built and a tourist association was founded.
1932 was directed by the municipality of Ettal Road expanded to Graswangtal. Previously there was only a narrow forest road to Linderhof Castle, and automobile traffic was prohibited on it. On the journey from Ettal to Linderhof, a total of eight gates had to be opened and closed again.
The Second World War 1939 - 1945 in turn brought major cuts, as tourism was almost completely stifled. It also demanded great sacrifices from the population. Due to the influx of many displaced people, the Population of the municipality of Ettal with 1.228 people peaked after the war. With the Passion play in Oberammergau 1950 Tourism also began again and brought the first prosperity to the community in the following years of the economic miracle.
The monastery brewery, which has been in operation since the monastery was founded, still brews monastery beer today. The liqueur factory and the show cheese dairy, which also operate in the monastery, also offer high-quality products directly from the region. So it's no wonder that Ettal is considered one Place of enjoyment is excellent.