Theatre hall of the Benedictine abbey [Ottobeuren]
type: Item
label: Theatre hall of the Benedictine abbey
description: Theatre building in Ottobeuren, Germany
description: theater in Ottobeuren @nl
EUTA building identifier: 610
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Germany
City: Ottobeuren
GPS: Point(10.2973 47.9407)
Wikidata source: Q46755139
opening date: 1726-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
theatrEurope table: HST_0013
context: No heritage stage machinery ERHT Alpine route Die Bühne kann nicht mehr benutzt werden: die Bühneneinrichtung verschwinded nach und nach. Ottobeuren began to gain in importance when the baroque abbey was built, to which a theatre hall was added in 1725. Under the guidance of Benedictine monks, monastery scholars performed Christian plays as was customary in the 17th and 18 centuries in many monasteries. Nowadays, only two of these school theatres are preserved, Ottobeuren being the oldest of them. Although the theatre hall with its ceiling paintings, frescos and stuccos is no longer playable, it is part of the tour through the function rooms of the monastery.
context: Theatersaal Nordtrakt (2. Obergeschoss) 1724-26 Fresken: Franz Josef Spiegler (1691-1757); Stuckfiguren: Cristoforo Volpini (gest. 1733) Der Theatersaal diente der Aufführung geistlicher Spiele. Source: [http://www.museumwnf.org/baroqueart/database_item.php?id=monument;BAR;de;Mon12;35;de&cp]
Address: Abtei Ottobeuren, Sebastian-Kneipp-Straße, 87724 Ottobeuren
Web: www.abtei-ottobeuren.de
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Alpine Route
Propertylabel: 130
time frame: Baroque
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 9014
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Theatre hall of the Imperial Abbey of Ottobeuren, built 1725-1726. Used for Christian plays by pupils of the monastery school. 1873 reconstruction. Currently not in use, but accessible as part of the monastery museum.