Ottobeuren Abbey
Ottobeuren Abbey is a Benedictine Abbey founded in the 8th century. It offers one of the richest concert programmes in Bavaria.
About this building
This was one of the self-ruling imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire, meaning that it was independent of any local authority according to German feudal law. The Abbey disappeared for a few decades after the secularization carried out in 1802 in the Bavaria region. It was re-founded by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1834, who restored it to the status of an independent abbey.
It has one of the most beautiful baroque churches in southern Germany. It also includes a museum and a monastery shop.