The monastery Ottobeuren is a monastery of the Benediktiner in Ottobeuren in Bavaria in the Augsburg.

History

The pc. Alexander and pc. Theodor geweihte monastery 764 by Silach, a alemannischen noble one was based and since time realm monastery. Occasionally the bishop subordinated of Augsburg, the bloom time of the monk community in the age of the church reform began. Abbott Adalbert (1050-1069) became monastery leader in pc. Emmeram in Regensburg, the monastery of William of Hirsau (1069-1091), the monastery reform in Ottobeuren went out first with pc. Blasien, with abbott Rupert I. (1102-1145) held then the Hirsau St. Georgener reform in Ottobeuren introduction. From Ottobeuren the monastery reform radiated the latter a reestablishment, which got alone five Ottobeurer Professen successively as abbotts then after Ellwangen and Marienberg (in South Tyrol). Ottobeuren attained 12 in the process. Century closer contact to Pope and in 13. Century can determine we the development to a realm abbey with status of the abbott. The rule area of the monastery covered also 27 villages of the surrounding countryside. The assumption Ottobeurens under the national rule Augsburger of the bishop and internal purge made for the monastery in the late Middle Ages to create with difficulty. The reformation passed Ottobeuren, the powerful baroque monastery plant with the monastic church, one of the Hauptwerke of the European baroque, shows the economic meaning of the monastery. The monastery was dissolved 1802 in the course of the secularization. Some monks could remain in Ottobeuren. 1835 were again-established the monastery as Priorat of the abbey pc. Stephan in Augsburg, to 1918 became it again independent abbey.

Basilika

• The latebaroque Basilika became as monastic church 1737-1766 of Simpert Kramer (until 1748) and Johann Michael Fischer builds; and is the Hl. Alexander and the Hl. Theodor geweiht. The building found in the reign of the abbotts Rupert Ness and Anselm inherits instead of. To the rich equipment belong among other things dome and Deckenfresken as well as altarpieces of the cousins Johann Jakob and Franz Anton Zeiller from Tirol, stucco figures of Johann Joseph Christian, Stuckarbeiten von Johann Michael Feuchtmayer, to two baroque choir organs of Karl Joseph Riepp and the of Martin Hermann (carpenter work) and Johann Joseph Christian (relief), which is considered as one of the most beautiful South German baroque. Center of the church is a Roman crucifix (around 1220). The unusual north south adjustment of the church is due to their situation within the entire plant, whose sketch has the form of a cross. 1926 were raised the monastic church from Pope Pius IX. to the Basilica minor.

Mass

• Main ship
  • Length: 89 m
  • Height: 36 m
• Transverse ship
  • Length: 58 m
  • Width: 18 m
• Tower height: 82 m and 80 m

Monastery building

• The baroque monastery buildings are partly in the context of the monastery museum accessible. The representative emperor hall and other halls occupy the material wealth, political power and the representation need of the realm abbey accompanying with it in their rich equipment; the intimate auditorium is a certification for the cultural bloom Ottobeurens at the baroque time.

• The monastery library, whose origins lie in the establishment time of the monastery, is particularly important. In 18. Century again delighted, is it with the magnificent cover pictures of Elias Zobel, the stucco ceilings of Johann Baptist Carpenter and the homogeneous baroque interior arrangement important part of the synthesis of the arts of monastery architecture. In the library about 15,000 Folianten bound in pig leathers are beside many medieval handwriting, hundreds of incunabula and early pressures.

Meetings

In the monastic church and in the emperor hall classical concerts in the row Ottobeurer of concerts take place, partly with world-famous conductors such as Herbert of Karajan and Leonard amber since 1945.

Abbotts of Ottobeuren

• Toto (764-814)
• Milo (814-864)
• Neodegar (864-869)
• Witgar (869-902)
• Birtilo (902-941)
• Adalbero (941-972)
• Ulrich (also bishop of Augsburg) (972-973)
• Rudung (973-1000)
• Dangolf (1000-1012)
• Sigibert (1012-1028)
• Embricho (1028-1050)
• Eberhard (1050-1069)
• Razelin (1069-1082)
• Adalhelm (1082-1094)
• Gebhard (1094-1100)
• Heinrich I. (1100-1102)
• Rupert Ith of pc. Georgen (1102-1145)
• Isingrim (1145-1180)
• Berne old (1180-1194)
• Konrad I. (1194-1227)
• Berthold I. (1227-1246)
• Walther (1246-1252)
• Heinrich II. (1252-1258)
• Siegfried (1258-1266)
• Heinrich III. of Bregenz (1266-1296)
• Konrad II. (1296-1312)
• Heinrich IV. (1312-1322)
• Heinrich V. of north wood (1322-1353)
• Johann I. of Altmannshofen (1353-1371)
• Ulrich of (1371-1378)
• Johann II. of Hocherer (1378-1390)
• Heinrich VI. (1390-1399)
• Johann III. of Affstetten (1399-1400)
• Johann IVTH Russinger (1400-1404)
• Eggo Schwab (1404-1416)
• Johann Vth Schedler (1416-1443)
• Jodok Niederhof (1443-1453)
• Johann VITH Kraus (1453-1460)
• William of Lustenau (1460-1473)
• Nikolaus (1473-1492)
• field man (1492-1508)
• Leonhard Wiedemann (1508-1546)
• Kaspar Kindelmann (1547-1584)
• Gallus Memminger (1584-1599)
• Alexander Sauter (1600-1612)
• Gregor Reubi (1612-1628)
• Andreas Vogt (1628-1633)
• Maurus Schmid (1633-1655)
• Petrus Kimmicher (1656-1672)
• Benedikt horn stone (1672-1688)
• Gordian Scherrich (1688-1710)
• Rupert Ness (Rupert II.; 1710-1740)
• Anselm inherit (1740-1767)
• Honorat (1767-1802)
• Paulus alto (1802-1807)

Literature

• Hemmerle, J., the in Bavaria (= Germania Benedictina, Bd.2), Ottobeuren 1970, S.209-220

Related links

• Monastery Ottobeuren
• Further information, see: Monasteries in Bavaria
• Monasteries in Bavaria: Ottobeuren - the Swabian Escorial
• "“The Peasants OF Ottobeuren, 1427-1726"” of Govind P. Sreenivasan, Cambridge University press, 2004

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