Aschaffenburg Abbey Museum
The Abbey Museum of the city of Aschaffenburg is a museum of the city of Aschaffenburg for prehistory and early history, the art of the Middle Ages , the Renaissance and for the sacred art of the Baroque . It is located on a hill in the old town and is structurally connected to the collegiate church of St. Peter and Alexander by a Romanesque cloister .
history
The west wing of the former collegiate chapter house originally consisted of two building parts, erected on the basement (today the museum entrance and behind the outside staircase), probably from the founding time (second half of the 10th century). In the 14th century the eaves part was combined with the gable part (north-west corner) of the Zum Sonnenberg house, the seat of the monastery tavern, and in 1480 it was raised to today's eaves height and provided with a stepped gable . In addition, a terrace with a stone pulpit (pilgrim pulpit) was built. In 1621 and 1720 parts of the complex were rebuilt.
In the basement of the east wing was the Michael's Chapel from the middle of the 13th century, above which the collegiate school was built in 1561.
With the house of the Stiftsschenken in the north and the collegiate church of St. Peter and Alexander in the south, the complex encloses the Romanesque cloister that was built between 1220 and 1275 .
After secularization , the collegiate chapter house of St. Peter and St. Alexander's collegiate monastery (first mentioned in 957) was first the monastery archive and library in 1804, from 1808 the location of the entire primate archives, from 1839 drawing school for the universities, 1848 the seat of the district court. The city museum, founded in 1854, has been located in the former collegiate chapter house since 1861.
After the destruction of the Second World War, the repatriation of the relocated stocks began in 1949. The monastery museum also served as an alternative home for exhibitions of other collections. In 1957 the anniversary exhibition From 1000 Years of the Abbey and City of Aschaffenburg took place. Extensive renovation work was carried out on the buildings between 1985 and 1994.
Collection focus
Archaeological finds from the Neolithic and Roman times to the Middle Ages are shown . It is worth mentioning the considerable collection of Roman finds from the Limes forts on the Lower Main with a lapidary set up . Rich finds from Alemannic and Franconian row graves from the 6th to 8th centuries are also presented.
The preserved historical rooms of the monastery are also important: the chapter house of the 12th / 13th centuries. Century, the "Gothic Hall" (13th century), the "Parament Room" with a colored stucco ceiling from 1723 as well as the former abbey prison , the canons' room and the new chapter room , in which parts of the original furnishings from around 1620 are closed are seen.
Since November 2009, the impressive treasury of St. Peter and Alexander and the famous Magdalene Altar from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder have been exhibited.
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literature
- Ernst Schneider, Museum of the City of Aschaffenburg A small picture guide, Aschaffenburg 1964
- Ernst Schneider, Abbey Museum of the City of Aschaffenburg Photo Guide Aschaffenburg 1974
- Ingrid Jenderko-Sichelschmidt, Markus Marquart and Gerhard Ermischer, Stiftsmuseum der Stadt Aschaffenburg , Weltkunst Verlag Munich 1994 (Bavarian Museums, Vol. 18) ISBN 3-921669-11-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Felix Mader The Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria Lower Franconia XIX City of Aschaffenburg , Munich 1918
- ↑ Alois Grimm: Aschaffenburg house book . Volume 1: Dalbergstrasse-Stiftsgasse-Fischerviertel . Aschaffenburg: Geschichts- und Kunstverein eV 1985, ISBN 3-87965-007-3 .
- ^ Ernst Schneider: From 1000 years of the Abbey and the City of Aschaffenburg: Catalog for the anniversary exhibition June 15 - September 30, 1957, Museum of the City of Aschaffenburg
- ↑ cf. Description of the museum by the State Office for Non-State Museums in Bavaria , accessed on May 6, 2012
Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ' N , 9 ° 9' E