The façade of Ottobeuren Basilica,
designed by Johann Michael Fischer, has been
hailed as the pinnacle of Bavarian Baroque architecture.
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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]
The Church was named a Minor Basilica by Pope Pius XI in 1926.[9]
PART FOUR FOLLOWS.
Thank you, Zephyrinus, for this fascinating series (as are all your “sacred Catholic site” series) on Ottobeuren Abbey in Bavaria. It is a miracle it survives today.
ReplyDeleteThis Rustic always finds it quite interesting that when secular atheist governments announce “reorganizations” for “social advancement” and “societal equity” like the 1802 German “mediatisation“ ‘(which crumpled the over 300 small German duchies into 39 states), a decree which supposedly was only to wrest authority from local feudal lords, it somehow came to very opportunistically include stealing valuable income-producing church properties, especially of abbeys like Ottobeuren Abbey.
And as a result, the increased powers of the secular authority led to the central dominance of militarily and economically powerful Prussia, to the Franco-Prussian War, and finally, under a lunatic Kaisership, to the disaster for Germany known as WW1.
This history sounds much like the story of the ancient increasingly godless kingship of Israel and the subsequent disastrous wars in 1 & 2 Kings (also in the Book of Jeremiah): absolute godless power corrupts. -Comment by Dante P
Thank you, Dante P, Our Liturgical Archaeogical, Historical, and Horological Correspondent.
DeleteDelighted this particular Article was of interest.
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