Kloster Schussenried

Name: Kloster Schussenried
Address: DE

Monastery in Bad Schussenried, Germany, dating from 1183

Schussenried Abbey (Kloster Schussenried, Reichsabtei Schussenried) is a former Catholic monastery in Bad Schussenried, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is famed for its Baroque library hall. The abbey was established in the 12th century by the Premonstratensian Order and made an Imperial Abbey in the 15th century. The monastery sustained immense damage in the Thirty Years' War. In the 18th century, the abbey began expansions in the Baroque style, but was unable to complete them. The abbey was secularized in 1803 and twice awarded during the process of German Mediatization, eventually becoming a

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Type:: Monastery
Period:: 1183
Where:: Bad Schussenried, Germany
Coordinates:: 48.01°N, 9.66°E

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