Klostermuseum Roggenburg
District museum in the former provostry of Roggenburg Monastery, with art treasures and the history of the imperial abbey from 1126 until secularization.
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About the museum
The Premonstratensian monastery of Roggenburg goes back to a foundation by three brothers of the Bibereck counts in 1126. Canons from Ursberg Monastery set up a provostry, which quickly rose to become an abbey and attained full imperial immediacy. Over the centuries a magnificent monastic complex developed. With secularization, the canons had to leave the imperial abbey, and the extensive complex nearly fell into ruin. In the 1980s the Premonstratensians returned and began the reconstruction.
In 1991 the Landkreis Neu-Ulm opened the Klostermuseum in the former rooms of the provostry. It gives an overview of the history of the monastery and of the Premonstratensian order, from its founding to its violent dissolution, and makes many art treasures, above all from the Baroque period, publicly accessible that had long been kept in closed rooms.
Most of the exhibits come from the estate of the last imperial prelate, Abbot Thaddäus Aigler, who in 1822 bequeathed them to the poor fund of the Roggenburg parish with the request to keep them together in one place. Special objects from the monastery and its churches bring to life the Baroque period, the almost forgotten popular piety and the order history of the Premonstratensians.
Highlights
- History of the imperial abbey of Roggenburg from 1126 to 1803
- Baroque art treasures from the monastery and its churches
- Estate of the last imperial prelate, Abbot Aigler
- Popular piety and order history of the Premonstratensians
- Free admission
Permanent exhibition
- Das Klostermuseum – ein barockes Kleinod – Highlights and works of art tell the history of the imperial abbey of Roggenburg from its founding in 1126 to its dissolution, with Baroque art, popular piety and order history.
- Founded
- 1991
- Operated by
- Landkreis Neu-Ulm
- Director
- Franziska Honer
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Guided tour (adults) | €5Children €2.50; groups, school classes and day-care centers by arrangement |
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Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
All exhibition rooms and the main entrance are barrier-free. A public accessible toilet is located opposite the museum. Assistance dogs and guide dogs with a valid ID are welcome.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
- Family tours & workshops
Tours and workshops for children's groups, school classes and day-care centers by arrangement; tour fee for children €2.50.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Roggenburg (Schwaben), Kloster
Bus stop "Roggenburg (Schwaben), Kloster".
By car
Parking available
Three large public parking spaces on the monastery grounds; charging stations for electric cars are available. E-bike charging station at the monastery shop (Klosterstraße 1, about 5 minutes' walk).
By car via the A7 (exit Vöhringen) and the B300 toward Weißenhorn. By bike via the Klosterweiher loop.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Tours and workshops for groups, school classes and day-care centers by arrangement (phone 0731 7040-42014), including outside opening hours. The entrance is to the right of the church portal. |
