Benediktbeuern is a municipality in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in Bavaria, Germany, The distance between Bichl and Benediktbeuern is only 2 kilometers, or 1.25 miles. The village has about 3,500 residents as of 2004. Benediktbeuern has a famous monastery, formerly belonging to the Benedictine Order, called Benediktbeuern Abbey, which is well known because of the Carmina Burana and was founded in about 739. Since 1930 the Salesians of Don Bosco live in this monastery. Benediktbeuern has kept the structure of a traditional village near the Alps. It is possible to visit many places of interest from there in day-trips, and therefore it is a tourist resort. Many people commute to Penzberg, Wolfratshausen/Geretsried and Munich.
