The façade of Ottobeuren Basilica,
designed by Johann Michael Fischer, has been
hailed as the pinnacle of Bavarian Baroque architecture.
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In 1834 King Ludwig I of Bavaria [Grandfather of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who created Neuschwanstein Castle] restored it as a Benedictine Priory, dependent on Saint Stephen’s Abbey, Augsburg.
The Priory had care of a large Parish and an Industrial School of sixty or seventy orphans, whom the Lay Brothers instructed in various Trades.[10]
It was granted the status of an Independent Abbey in 1918.
Ottobeuren Abbey, Bavaria, Germany.
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As of 1910, the Community consisted of five Reverend Fathers, sixteen Lay Brothers, and one Lay Novice, who had under their charge the Parish of Ottobeuren, a District School, and the Industrial School for Poor Boys.
Ottobeuren has been a Member of the Bavarian Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation since 1893.
Ottobeuren Abbey has one of the richest music programmes in Bavaria, with Concerts every Saturday.
Most Concerts feature one or more of the Abbey’s famous Organs. The old Organ, the masterpiece of French Organbuilder Karl Joseph Riepp (1710 – 1775), is actually a Double Organ; it is one of the most treasured historic Organs in Europe.
It was the main instrument for 200 years, until 1957 when a third Organ was added by G. F. Steinmeyer & Co., renovated and augmented in 2002 by Johannes Klais, making 100 Stops available on five Manuals (or Keyboards).
THIS CONCLUDES THE ARTICLE ON OTTOBEUREN ABBEY.
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