Monastery malting

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Abbey malt house in Kempten

The monastery malt house (also known as the Neues Brauhaus or Neues Bräuhaus ) is a building in Kempten (Allgäu) that was completed under Prince Abbot Rupert von Neuenstein in 1788 after a fire in the old brewery . In addition to the royal stables and granary , it was another part of the large economic area of ​​the prince monastery of Kempten . Originally, this listed building was to be built as one unit with the royal stables and result in a three-courtyard economic area of ​​the monastery.

The addresses are Memminger Straße 5 and Bräuhausberg 4 .

Description and history

The building around 1870

The angular complex has a long, three-story west wing with a segmental arch extension on the west side. The gable side of the right-angled southern part has a rich structure with neo-renaissance details from the 19th century.

The building was built on the marshy duck moss, in 1812 it was sold to the widow Maria Leopoldina of Austria-Este. In 1823, master brewer Martin Leichtle acquired the monastery malt house. In 1888 this resulted in the Kempten share brewery. In 1921 the Allgäu brewery acquired the building and used it as a malt house until 1954 . After the building had been neglected for decades, after a repair measure in 1981 a singing and music school was set up in the former monastery malt house. Today (as of December 8, 2011) 35 teachers teach around 1,000 students at the Kempten Singing and Music School . In the same building which is located just since 1981 Kunsthalle with alternating exhibitions of art works by regional and inter-regional creative artists.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments - Bavaria III - Swabia . 2nd Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich-Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-422-03116-6 , pp. 578 .
  2. ↑ A short historical overview www.musikschule-kempten.de

Web links

Commons : Stiftsmälzerei  - collection of images


Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 46.2 ″  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 36 ″  E