The façade of the basilica, designed by Johann Michael Fischer, has been hailed as a pinnacle of Bavarian Baroque architecture
Status
Imperial Abbey
Capital
Ottobeuren Abbey
Government
Principality
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Founded
764
• Imperial immediacy
1299
• Lost Reichsfreiheit as Vogtei of Augsburg
1624
• Regained immediacy
1710
• Secularised to Bavaria
1803
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia
Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg
Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg
Kingdom of Bavaria
Ottobeuren is a Benedictine abbey, located in Ottobeuren, near Memmingen in the Bavarian Allgäu, Germany.
For part of its history Ottobeuren Abbey was one of the approximately 40 self-ruling imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire and, as such, was a virtually independent state. At the time of its dissolution in 1802, the imperial abbey covered 266 square kilometers and had about 10,000 subjects.
Ottobeuren is a Benedictine abbey, located in Ottobeuren, near Memmingen in the Bavarian Allgäu, Germany. For part of its history OttobeurenAbbey was...
located 11 km southeast of Memmingen near the A7. It is famous for OttobeurenAbbey, situated next to the Basilica. The town is seat of a municipal association...
Otto II. In 1220 he succeeded to subordinate local parish church to OttobeurenAbbey. He died in 1227, described by the Benedictines as a "lover of the...
the Great (1762 – 1778) Johann Michael Fischer was the architect of OttobeurenAbbey (1748 – 1766), another Bavarian Rococo landmark. The church features...
Paulus Maria Weigele (born 1943), Abbot of OttobeurenAbbey Beda Werner (1673–1725), Abbot of Ochsenhausen Abbey Bettina Bäumer (born 1940), Austrian-born...
masterworks are considered to be the choir stalls in Zwiefalten Abbey and OttobeurenAbbey. He was one of the few sculptors to work with wood, stone and...
Wittelsbach Castle and the former was given to monks to establish Scheyern Abbey. The origins of the Counts of Scheyern are unclear. Some speculative theories...
Engelberg Abbey For Blessed Conrad II Bosinlother of Mondsee (born c. 1100–15 January 1145), see Mondsee Abbey For Blessed Conrad of Ottobeuren (died 27...
German monastery of Ottobeuren to revive it; the additional numbers made it possible to raise the community from a priory to an abbey. In 1149 or 1150 the...
desire to retire to a Benedictine abbey. Ulrich did, in fact, resign as prince-bishop and retired to OttobeurenAbbey, where he became abbot. As morning...
Stadtmüller, Georg (1971). Geschichte der Abtei Niederaltaich 741 - 1971. Ottobeuren: Bayerische Benediktinerakademie. "The History of Abtei Niederaltaich"...
of Pfarrkirche St. Sixtus von Schliersee 1714-1722: Stucco for the OttobeurenAbbey ca 1715 stucco and fresco for rooms of Maxlrain castle (since) 1716...
After that he entered the OttobeurenAbbey as a novice in 1801. After the dissolution of this abbey, he went to the abbey in Wiblingen, a district of...
Portrait Gallery". Bayer (2007), pp. 16-26. "Die Kosterbibliothek". abtei-ottobeuren.de. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Adressbuch der Stadt...
Xaver that is shown above. Interior of OttobeurenAbbey Another view of the stucco of OttobeurenAbbey Zwiefalten Abbey stucco 1891 drawing showing the stucco...
commission for Fischer) (1724–1726) Osterhofen Abbey—Papal Basilica of St. Margaretha (1727–1740) Ottobeuren—Benedictine Monastery Church of the Holy Trinity...
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