Ottobeuren Abbey, Bavaria, Germany. (Part Three).

The façade of Ottobeuren Basilica,

designed by Johann Michael Fischer, has been

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Rococo-Style Nave of Ottobeuren Abbey.

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Rupert ushered in the most flourishing period in the history of Ottobeuren, which lasted until its Secularisation in 1802. 

In the zenith of its glory, Ottobeuren fell victim to the German mediatisation, along with all the other Imperial Abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire. 

On 1 December 1802, Ottobeuren was Secularised and its territory annexed to Bavaria.[5] 

Ottobeuren Abbey, Bavaria, Germany.

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At the time, the territory of the Imperial Abbey covered 266 square kilometers and had about 10,000 inhabitants.[6

From 1711 – 1725, Rupert II erected the present Monastery, the architectural grandeur of which has merited for it the name of “the Swabian Escorial”, attesting to the economic significance of the Abbey. 

It was famous for its book illuminations.[7] The Abbey Library features Stucco Ceilings by Johann Baptist Zimmermann and Ceiling Paintings by Elias Zobel.[8]

In 1737 Rupert II also began the building of the present Church, completed by his successor, Anselm Erb, in 1766.

The Church was named a Minor Basilica by Pope Pius XI in 1926.[9]

PART FOUR FOLLOWS.