Kloster Seligenstadt

Om museet

The Benedictine abbey of Seligenstadt was founded in 828 by Einhard, adviser to Charlemagne, and existed until its dissolution in 1803. The complex on the Main, with its own mill, garden, bakery and craftsmen, functioned like a town within a town. In the 11th century the imperial abbey, placed directly under the rulers, experienced an early flowering; synods and court assemblies met here.

After the destruction of the Thirty Years' War, the abbey was rebuilt in the Baroque style from the end of the 17th century. From this second period of prosperity date the prelature built in 1699, with the residential and guest rooms of the abbot, the summer refectory with frescoes from 1722, and the monastery kitchen. The monastery mill from 1574 is the oldest building in the present complex.

With the secularization in 1803, the monastery fell to Hesse-Darmstadt and served government authorities until the 1960s. Since the 1980s the Hessische Schlösserverwaltung has been restoring the complex to its appearance in the 17th and 18th centuries, and it also reconstructed the convent garden and the apothecary's garden. Today the monastery belongs to the Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Hessen (State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse) and offers tours of the show rooms, guided tours, rallies and events.

Højdepunkter

• Prälatur with the Imperial Rooms and monastery library
• Summer refectory with frescoes from 1722
• Monastery pharmacy and reconstructed apothecary's garden
• Convent garden with useful and ornamental plants
• 1574 monastery mill and baking day
• Orangery with an exhibition on pineapples and citrus (in summer)

Permanente udstillinger

• Schauräume der Prälatur – Tour through the Imperial Rooms, monastery library, monastery kitchen, summer refectory and monastery pharmacy, offering an insight into monastic life in the 18th century.
• Von A wie Ananas bis Z wie Zitrus – Walk-in lexicon in the Schwanenhals Orangery on exotic plants, pineapple cultivation and citrus fruits; accessible from early June to the end of September.

Ejer

Staatliche Schlösser und Gärten Hessen

Entrépriser & rabatter

The monastery garden is accessible free of charge.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The monastery courtyard, monastery shop and accessible toilet (key available at the monastery shop) can be reached step-free via a barrier-free paved path; the convent and apothecary's gardens are partly accessible via gravel paths. The tours through the prelature and convent buildings, the orangery, the cloister and the wine cellars are not barrier-free. An accessible parking space is in front of the monastery on Aschaffenburger Straße, with more in the Kloster parking deck (Aschaffenburger Straße 58). Initial information in Leichte Sprache (easy-to-read German) and sign language videos are available online.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Børnefødselsdage

Children's birthday parties and hands-on activities in the monastery, three smartphone rallies through the monastery courtyard and convent garden, family ticket €8.

Transport & parkering

By car via the A3 (from the direction of Frankfurt or Aschaffenburg) to the Seligenstadt exit.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

Monastery café (Förderkreis Lichtblick e. V.) and monastery shop with museum shop in the monastery courtyard.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer
• Bryllupper / vielser

Op til 150 personer.

The Große and Kleine Weinkeller, the cloister and the prelature garden are available for rent (approx. 60 to 150 people); civil wedding ceremonies take place in the Abbot's Hall. The wine cellars and cloister are not barrier-free.

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