Benedictine monastery Weltenburg
Weltenburg - Benedictine monastery and church of St. George and St. Martin
One of the oldest Bavarian monasteries dating back to the 7th or 8th century is situated in a secluded location on a barren river terrace near the Danube gorge. The imposing complex is located in a narrow space between the river and Frauenberg with intact monastery buildings, a stately church and a flourishing garden behind fortified walls. The church, which was built in 1716 to replace a predecessor, is considered to be the first work of the Asam brothers, in which they jointly executed the entire project, architecture and interior design, sculptures and decoration, and introduced a novelty in Eastern Bavaria: the oval church interior, which they had learned about in Rome. They also played with an innovative, indirect lighting design: the dim church interior contrasts with the brightness of the dome shell, which appears almost unearthly in its brilliance, corresponding to the fresco of the triumph of the church.
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Benedictine Abbey Weltenburg
Asamstrasse 32
93309 Kelheim/Danube
Phone +49 09441 204 0
abtei@kloster-weltenburg.de