Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Wessobrunn

There may have existed a baptismal church during the time of the Christianization of the region. The first parish church probably had a wooden structure. Around 1140, Adalbert von Rott is the first name of a pastor. In 1226, the parish of Rott was incorporated into the Wessobrunn monastery and looked after by the monastery until secularization in 1803. I was lucky to meet archaeologists here, who were excavating the foundation. They had found, that the oldest part of the building is the west tower, which has Romanesque elements in its lower area, dated around 1200. From 1724 to 1727 the dilapidated church was enlarged and redesigned in the Baroque style.

There may have existed a baptismal church during the time of the Christianization of the region. The first parish church probably had a wooden structure. Around 1140, Adalbert von Rott is the first name of a pastor. In 1226, the parish of Rott was incorporated into the Wessobrunn monastery and looked after by the monastery until secularization in 1803. I was lucky to meet archaeologists here, who were excavating the foundation. They had found, that the oldest part of the building is the west tower, which has Romanesque elements in its lower area, dated around 1200. From 1724 to 1727 the dilapidated church was enlarged and redesigned in the Baroque style.

The baptismal font is romanesque in a very clear and easy style. The hood and John the Baptist are later addons. The coppertank in front is filled with blessed (holy) water. Visitors may fill a bottle and take it home.

..seeen from the springs, where now big trouts live in now. The Grey Duke to the left and the pinkish apse of the baroque church right. All under a light blue bavarian winter-sky.

Inside the church you´ll find this great cruzifix. Probably carved around 1250.

The Wessobrunn abbey was founded by bavarian count Tassilo III in 753, after he had seen a crosslike spring in a dream. A couple of days later he found this spring here. Charlemagne supported the young abbey. Around 950 Hungarian troops burnt in down. It had a comeback, after "The Battle of Lechfeld" (955), that stopped the incursions of the Hungarians into Western Europe. Over the next centuries most existing buildings were replaced in the glittering bavarian baroque style. Only this big steeple (called "the grey" duke) survived. Wessobrunn is as well known for the "Wessobrunn Prayer", that was found here. This is the oldest religious poem in (old-)german language, now stored in the Munich archives.