Spielberg Monastery
Spielberg Monastery is a former Franciscan monastery in the municipality of Oberschweinbach in Upper Bavaria .
history
Spielberg Monastery stands on the remains of the former Spielberg Castle , the origin of which goes back to 1150. Today's palace complex, which was the seat of a Hofmark , was built in 1624 and rebuilt around 1750 in the Rococo style. In 1899 Franciscan nuns from Reutberg Monastery acquired the castle from the Giggenbach family and set up a chapel and a home for the elderly. In 1998 the community of Oberschweinbach bought the monastery area, the remaining sisters went back to Reutberg.
literature
- Volker Liedke, Peter Weinzierl: District Fürstenfeldbruck (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.12 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-87490-574-8 .
Web links
Commons : Schloss Spielberg (Oberschweinbach) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 48 ° 14 ′ 19.7 ″ N , 11 ° 9 ′ 47.5 ″ E