Fürstenfeld Abbey
Fürstenfeld Abbey (
.It is situated about 25 km north-west of
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History
In 1256,
Louis II endowed and privileged the new abbey very handsomely and when he died, was buried here. His son,
In the
and the monks fled to Munich. From 1640 however the abbey began to make an economic recovery. Under Abbot Martin Dallmayr several churches were built and the number of monks doubled.![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Cloister_Fuerstenfeld_Portal.jpg/250px-Cloister_Fuerstenfeld_Portal.jpg)
In 1691 the foundation stone was laid of the Baroque monastery buildings, responsibility for the construction of which lay with the Munich court architect and master builder, Giovanni Antonio Viscardi.
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
The supervision of the construction, which did not properly begin until after the War of the Spanish Succession, was the responsibility of Johann Georg Ettenhofer, who probably introduced some alterations to Viscardi's plans. In 1723 the quire was completed, and in 1741 the church was dedicated, but the remaining works lingered on until about 1780.
A number of first-class artists were employed in the fitting-out, including the brothers Jacopo and
The church contains remains said to be those of Saint Hyacinth of Caesarea and Saint Clemens.[2]
Secularisation and after
In 1803, as a result of the
In 1817 the Bavarian Field Marshal
After 1918 the former service range became the property of the
Fürstenfeldbruck Event Forum
Also on the historic abbey site is the Fürstenfeldbruck Event Forum (German: Veranstaltungsforum Fürstenfeldbruck) in a new civic hall built next to the restored service range, where seminars, day conferences, theatre performances and many other kinds of event are held.
Burials
Notes
Sources and external links
Media related to Kloster Fürstenfeld at Wikimedia Commons
- (in German) Official website
- (in German) Fürstenfeld in the Abbeys of Bavaria database
- (in German) Webcam with pictures of Kloster Fürstenfeld Archived 2007-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- (in German) Veranstaltungsforum Fürstenfeldbruck
- The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (photos of the church interior)