Roggenburg Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Roggenburg Reichsstift Roggenburg
1482–1802
Coat of arms
Status	Imperial Abbey
Capital	Secularised to Bavaria	1802
Preceded by Succeeded by Margraviate of Burgau Electorate of Bavaria

Roggenburg Abbey (Kloster Roggenburg or Reichsstift Roggenburg) is a

For over three centuries, Roggenburg was one of the 40-odd self-ruling imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire and, as such, was a virtually independent state. Its abbot had seat and voice at the Imperial Diet where he sat on the Bench of the Prelates of Swabia. At the time of the abbey's dissolution in 1802, its territory covered 112 square kilometers and it had 3,300-5,000 subjects.^[1]

History

First foundation

In 1126 Count Bertold of Bibereck, together with his wife and his two brothers, Konrad,

In the 18th century the abbey and its dependent churches were rebuilt in the Baroque style, as they are today. The conventual buildings were rebuilt in 1732. Construction of a new church began in 1752, and lasted six years.

In 1802 the monastery was occupied by Bavarian troops during the

After dissolution

The abbey church became a parish church. The rest of the abbey's property passed into private ownership, except for the buildings, which were taken over by the Bavarian government. Until 1862 a district court and rent office were accommodated here. Later the buildings were used for a variety of functions, including as a school, a forestry office and a parochial office.

Second foundation

In 1986 Premonstratensians again occupied the premises. On 8 November 1992 the new community was raised to the status of an independent priory of Windberg Abbey. In the interval there had arisen a training centre for family, environment and culture, a museum and a centre for art and culture, as well as gastronomical facilities. In addition, the monastery shop sells devotional items, the monastery's own wine and various other products of their own manufacture.

Abbey church

The Baroque abbey church was built between 1752 and 1758 to plans by Simpert Kraemer in the shape of a cross. The

Organ

The great Baroque

Bibliography

• Groll, Elisabeth, 1944: Das Prämonstratenserstift Roggenburg im Beginn der Neuzeit (1450–1600). Augsburg (also a dissertation, University of Munich 1939)
• Hadry, Sarah: Klosterregiment am Ende des Mittelalters: Die „Innenpolitik“ des Reichsstifts Roggenburg. In: Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins Dillingen an der Donau, 106. Jahrgang 2005, pp. 57–86
• Probst, Michael, c. 1989: Carmen epicum de morte Sifridi (Latin/German edition as: Kloster Roggenburg. Das Lied seiner Gründung und seiner Stifterfamilie. Translated by Hans Wieland. Konrad: Weissenhorn.
  ISBN 3-87437-291-X
  )
• Ratte, Franz Josef, 1990: Die Orgel im Prämonstratenserkloster Roggenburg und ihr Erbauer Georg Friedrich Schmahl. In: Orgelkunst und Orgelforschung, pp. 113–127
• Stankowski, Martin, 2003: Land-Kloster — Kloster-Landschaft 1650–1800. Über das Bauen in Roggenburg und in Ost- und Oberschwaben. Fink: Lindenberg.
  ISBN 3-89870-134-4
• Tuscher, Franz, 1991: Das Reichsstift Roggenburg im 18. Jahrhundert. 2nd, improved edition. Konrad: Weissenhorn.
  ISBN 3-87437-315-0

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