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Abbey of Ottobeuren
Helga design
Round view
Ottobeuren is a Benedictine abbey, located in Ottobeuren, near Memmingen in the Bavarian Allgäu, Germany.
Bibliotheca Ottenburana.
Bibliotheca Ottenburana.
Ottobeuren Abbey and, especially, Ottobeuren Basilica have some of the best Baroque and Rococo style interiors
worldwide. Though, just a few realise the wealth of symbolic messages in
the architecture and embellishments of
Basilica - such as the four richly dressed and embellished skeletons
The building of Ottobeuren Abbey is older than
basilica and is designed in late Baroque style. This large building is 142 by
128 m large.Abbey has ornate Baroque
and Rococo interiors, several rooms are not less
adorned than basilica.Especially beautiful is
library (Bibliotheca Ottenburana). This library
has a valuable collection of medieval manuscripts
J. M. Feuchtmayer is considered to be one of the finest artists of his time. His work on
the Ottobeuren Abbey, one of the most magnificent churches of the
Baroque era, was especially important.
The stucco that dominates the design
is his.Feuchtmayer was born in
Wessobrunn, Bavaria.
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