Schussenried Abbey
| Imperial Abbey of Schussenried | ||||||||||
| Reichskloster Schussenried | ||||||||||
| Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Schussenried Abbey | |||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Abbey founded from Rot an der Rot |
1183 |
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| • | Granted papal immunity | 13 February 1211 | ||||||||
| • | Gained rights of high and blood justice |
1512 |
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Mediatised to County of Sternberg-Manderscheid |
1803 | ||||||||
| • | Mediatised to Kingdom of Württemberg |
1806 |
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Schussenried Abbey (Kloster Schussenried, Reichsabtei Schussenried) was a Premonstratensian monastery in Bad Schussenried, Upper Swabia, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
In 1183 the monastery here was founded by the local landowners, Berengar and Konrad of Schussenried, and was settled from the Premonstratensian Rot an der Rot Abbey.
Pope Innocent III granted it his protection and guaranteed its immunity by a privilege of 13 February 1211. It acquired substantial endowments and built up a considerable territory, and was declared an imperial abbey (i.e., territorially independent) in 1440.
The abbey suffered tremendous damage and losses however in the Thirty Years' War: many of the monastic buildings were burnt down by the Swedes and the lands were largely laid waste.
Sufficient recovery had at length been made by the 18th century for comprehensive re-building to be undertaken, and the present name Neues Kloster ("new monastery") refers to the Baroque re-construction from 1752. The planning was the responsibility of Dominikus Zimmermann. The original plan of four wings with an integrated church was not completely carried out for financial reasons: the present three-winged construction consists of the north wing plus stumps of the intended east and west wings, and represents about a third of the projected building complex.
After the German Mediatisation of 1803 the abbey and its territory was given, in compensation for their losses to the west of the Rhine, to the Counts of Sternberg-Manderscheid, who used the abbey as their castle. In 1806 the territory was mediatised to the Kingdom of Württemberg, to whom the counts' heirs sold the buildings in 1835.
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