Asam Basilica of St. Margaret - Osterhofen
Asam Basilica of St. Margaret - Osterhofen
The monastery, founded between 1004 and 1007, burned down almost completely in 1701. The result of the disaster was the Baroque rebuilding of the monastery and church as a joint effort by leading artists of the time: first and foremost Johann Michael Fischer and the Asam brothers. To match the rank of the abbey, Fischer built the impressively large and light, clearly proportioned single-nave church with galleries. The nave is covered by a ceiling fresco by the Asam brothers with scenes from the life of the founder of the order; the chancel is dominated by an illusionistically painted dome - here one encounters mock architecture as a popular artifice of the Baroque. The result was an incomparable symphony of light and color, stucco and gold, movement and tranquility!
Osterhofen is located between Deggendorf and Passau.
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Catholic Parish Office Altenmarkt
Main street 54
94486 Osterhofen - Altenmarkt
Phone +49 9932 659
pfarramt.altenmarkt@bistum-passau.de
www.asambasilika.de
Virtual church tour
Combine your visit with a walk to the castle ruin
Winzer castle ruins on the opposite bank of the Danube in the village of Winzer.