Upper Swabian Baroque Street
| Upper Swabian Baroque Street | |
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| Country: |
 Germany Switzerland Austria 
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| Length: | 750 km |
| Rough classification: | Between Ulm and St. Gallen (CH) |
| State: |
 Baden-Wuerttemberg Bavaria
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| Region: | Upper Swabia |
| Course direction: | North south east west |
| Start: | Ulm |
| Widest point: | St. Gallen (CH) |
| The End: | Ulm |
| Altitude: | 350 m to 700 m above sea level NN |
The Oberschwäbische Barockstraße is a 500-kilometer holiday route in Upper Swabia that was launched in 1966 . In the center of the holiday route are the secular and sacred buildings of the Baroque period along the road. The extension routes around Lake Constance partly go through the bordering Eastern Switzerland and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg .
overview
On this holiday route are among other things:
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
- 48 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ E Ulmwith theUlm Minster
- 48 ° 21 '42 " N , 9 ° 59' 31" O Wiblingen(library room)
- 48 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E Erbach (Danube)with St. Martin's Church
- Laupheim with the parish church of St. Peter and Paul and Laupheim Castle
- Biberach an der Riss with the parish church of St. Martin
- Ochsenhausen Monastery
- Gutenzell with the former Reichsabbey Gutenzell and today's baroque parish church of St. Kosmas and Damian
- Steinhausen - pilgrimage church of St. Peter and Paul (often referred to as the "most beautiful village church in the world")
- Bad Schussenried - Schussenried Monastery with a Rococo library room
- Aulendorf with castle and parish church of St. Martin
- Obermarchtal , monastery complex with minster, often also called "the little Versailles ".
- Bad Wurzach , castle with a magnificent baroque staircase
- Kressbronn on Lake Constance
- Tettnang with the Baroque Montfort Castle , called New Castle (Tettnang)
- Langenargen (baroque church)
- Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance with the former Hofen monastery ("Castle Church")
- Ravensburg with a medieval town center and a monastery church in the Weißenau district
- Vineyard with monastery complex and basilica (with the famous Gabler organ )
- Eglofs - Baroque church with Rococo stucco
- Zwiefalten monastery with a baroque minster
- Meßkirch with Renaissance castle and town church
- Sigmaringen with Sigmaringen Castle
- Forest with the baroque Cistercian Forest Monastery and the monastery church with Aichgasser organ
- Überlingen with the medieval minster
- Meersburg with the oldest castle in Germany
- Tannheim with its early baroque parish church St. Martin
- Memmingen with its baroque Kreuzherrenkloster
- Buxheim Monastery with the Buxheim choir stalls
- Ottobeuren monastery
- Princely residence with St. Lorenz Basilica in Kempten (Allgäu)
- 47 ° 53 ′ 19 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 15 ″ E Maria Steinbachpilgrimage churchin Legau with numerous testimonies of popular piety
- 47 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E Kißleggwith the baroque church of St. Gallus and Ulrich, the cemetery chapel with frescoes byCosmas Damian Asamand the old and new castles
- 47 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E Isny in the Allgäuwith St. Georgs Church
Some pictures of the sights
Papal basilica in Ottobeuren from 1750
Wiblingen Monastery library hall
St. Martin in Tannheim (early baroque)
Ceiling of the pilgrimage church Steinhausen
Schussenried Abbey library hall
Pilgrimage church Birnau on Lake Constance
Gabler organ in Weingarten
Church in Eglofs on Corpus Christi
The baroque Kreuzherrenkloster in Memmingen
The baroque basilica of St. Lorenz , in front of it the abbot's residence
Interior view of the monastery church of the former Gutenzell imperial abbey
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The logo of the Oberschwäbische Barockstrasse is a putto , a typical baroque yellow angel on a green background, sometimes connected with the words "Oberschwäbische Barockstrasse between Danube and Lake Constance"
Route overview
Main route
Ulm / Danube, Ulm-Wiblingen , Donaustetten , Gögglingen , Unterweiler , Blaubeuren , Erbach (Danube) , Donaurieden , Ersingen , Oberdischingen , Öpfingen , Gamerschwang , Nasgenstadt , Ehingen (Danube) , Munderkingen , Obermarchtal , Mochental , Zell , Zwiefalten , Dürrenwaldstetten , Daugendorf , Unlingen , Riedlingen , Heudorf , Kappel , Bad Buchau , Reichenbach , Muttensweiler , Steinhausen , Bad Schussenried , Otterswang , Aulendorf , Altshausen , Ebenweiler , Reute , Bad Waldsee , Baindt , Weingarten , Ravensburg , Obereschach , Gornhofen , Weißenau , Markdorf , Friedrichshafen , Eriskirch , Eriskirch -Mariabrunn, Langenargen , Tettnang , Tannau , Wangen im Allgäu , Deuchelried , Argenbühl -Eglofs, Isny im Allgäu , Kißlegg , Wolfegg , Bergatreute , Bad Wurzach , Rot an der Rot , Ochsenhausen , Ummendorf , Biberach an der Riss , Reinstetten , Gutenzell , Schwendi , Burgrieden , Villa Rot , Laupheim , Baltringen , Maselheim , Bihlafingen , Oberkirchberg , Unterkirchberg
West route
Riedlingen , Altheim , Heiligkreuztal , Ertingen , Herbertingen , Bad Saulgau , Sießen , Habsthal , Mengen , Scheer , Bingen , Sigmaringen , Meßkirch , Wald Monastery , Pfullendorf , Heiligenberg - Betenbrunn , Deggenhausertal , Weildorf , Salem Monastery , Überlingen , Birnau pilgrimage church , Seefelden , Baitenhausen , Meersburg
South route
Kressbronn am Bodensee , Schleinsee am Schleinsee , Wasserburg , Lindau , Bregenz , Bildstein , Dornbirn , Hohenems , Altstätten , Trogen , St. Gallen , Arbon , Romanshorn , Münsterlingen , Kreuzlingen , Konstanz , Mainau , Meersburg
East route
Rot an der Rot , Berkheim , Bonlanden , Binnrot , Haslach , Tannheim , Buxheim (Swabia) , Memmingen , Ottobeuren , Kempten (Allgäu) , Legau -Lehenbühl, Bad Grönenbach , Kronburg , Maria Steinbach , Legau , Frauenzell , Leutkirch im Allgäu , Rötsee , Kisslegg
Important artists of the Upper Swabian Baroque
- Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin Asam , painters
- Andreas Meinrad von Ow , painter
- Johann Caspar Bagnato , master builder
- Franz Anton Bagnato , builder
- Franz Beer , architect
- Johann Joseph Christian , sculptor and plasterer
- Jakob Emele , master builder
- Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer , sculptor and plasterer
- Johann Michael Feuchtmayer , plasterer
- Johann Georg Fischer , builder
- Johann Michael Fischer , master builder
- Joseph Gabler , organ builder
- Johann Nepomuk Holzhey , organ builder
- Franz Martin Kuen , painter
- Sebastian Sailer , monk and dialect poet
- Franz Xaver Schmuzer , plasterer
- Johann Schmuzer , plasterer
- Johann Georg Specht , builder
- Franz Joseph Spiegler , painter
- Fidel Sporer , sculptor
- Jacob Carl Stauder , painter
- Peter Thumb , builder
- Januarius Zick , painter
- Johannes Zick , fresco painter
- Dominikus Zimmermann , builder and plasterer
- Johann Baptist carpenter , painter and plasterer
Of the artists who worked in Upper Swabian monasteries in the post-baroque period, the painters of the Beuron art school and the Franciscan Maria Innocentia Hummel became known nationwide.
literature
- Otto Beck, Ingeborg Buck: Oberschwäbische Barockstraße. A travel companion for art lovers . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 1997, ISBN 3-7954-1124-6 .
- Martin Blümcke, Hans G. Brand: Oberschwäbische Barockstraße . HB, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-616-06522-4 .
- Gebhard Spahr: Upper Swabian Baroque Street. History, culture, art . Beerbaum, Weingarten:
- Ulm to Tettnang . 1986.
- Wangen to Ulm-Wiblingen . 1989.
- Leutkirch, Ottobeuren, Tannheim . 1989.
- Althausen to Birnau . 1982.
- Überlingen to Reichenau . 1982, ISBN 3-924432-04-X .
- Oskar Zerlacher: The Upper Swabian Baroque Street . Approaches to a kingdom of heaven . Owl publishing house, Freiburg i. B. 1995, ISBN 3-89102-261-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
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