Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Rheinau

The small parish church of Rheinau, seen from Kloster Rheinau. It was probably built, when the The adjoining settlement adjoining the abbey was founded in the 12th century. Saint Christopher guards the little bridge.

Kloster Rheinau (= Rheinau Abbey) was founded on an island in a sheltered bend of the River Rhine about 778. In 1114 a Romanesque basilica was dedicated here. The adjoining settlement of Rheinau, today the village, was founded by Rudolf von Lenzburg in 1126. When in 1529 the Reformation came from Zurich, the abbey was abandoned for a short while. It was re-established in 1532, and became a centre of the Counter-reformation. In the 18th century Kloster Rheinau enjoyed a late resurgence. The abbey church and the monastic complex got rebuilt in Baroque style. The convent existed here upto 1862. In 1867 a hospital was set up and later the building hosted a very large psychiatric clinic that was finally closed in 2000. The massive towers probably date back to teh Romanesque basilica.

Kloster Rheinau (= Rheinau Abbey) was founded on an island in a sheltered bend of the River Rhine about 778. In 1114 a Romanesque basilica was dedicated here. The adjoining settlement of Rheinau, today the village, was founded by Rudolf von Lenzburg in 1126. When in 1529 the Reformation came from Zurich, the abbey was abandoned for a short while. It was re-established in 1532, and became a centre of the Counter-reformation. In the 18th century Kloster Rheinau enjoyed a late resurgence. The abbey church and the monastic complex got rebuilt in Baroque style. The convent existed here upto 1862. In 1867 a hospital was set up and later the building hosted a very large psychiatric clinic that was finally closed in 2000.

The easiest way to reach the Swiss village Rheinau, located at a bend of the Rhine River, from Swiss Schaffhausen, is, as the Rhine forms the Swiss-German border here, to enter Germany and cross this covered bridge, that links Rheinau to the German village Altenburg. The right side of a river is Swiss, the left German.