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Die Abtei Neresheim (St. Ulrich und Afra) ist ein Benediktinerkloster in der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg und Mitglied der Beuroner Kongregation. Die Klosteranlage liegt oberhalb der Stadt Neresheim im Ostalbkreis auf dem Ulrichsberg in dominierender Lage über dem Härtsfeld. Der Kirche, ein von ihm nicht mehr selbst vollendetes Spätwerk Balthasar Neumanns und von Georg Dehio 1908 als „erschütternd großartig“ gewürdigt, zählt zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Kirchenbauten des Spätbarock.

Der Baumeister Stahl verpflichtete für die Anfertigung der Fresken den Hofmaler des österreichischen Statthalters in Mailand, Martin Knoller. Der Freskant schuf von 1770 bis 1775 sieben Kuppelfresken, die zu den wichtigsten des späten Barock gezählt werden.

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Neresheim Abbey or the Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra, Neresheim is located above the town of Neresheim in Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany. It is now a Benedictine monastery and is part of the Beuronese Congregation.

The medieval monastery had a Roman basilica but in 1695 it was transformed to a baroque church. After much internal debate, in 1745, the decision was taken to build a new abbey church instead of rebuilding the old Romanesque church, which had been superficially updated to the Baroque style in the late 17th century. Abbot Amandus Fischer (1711–29) had brought in architect Dominikus Zimmermann to rebuild and redecorate the abbey's Festsaal, which was carried out in 1719-20 in a high Rococo style. Seeking stylistic continuity with his predecessor's building program, Abbot Aurelius Braisch (1739–55) commissioned architect and building engineer Johann Balthasar Neumann to rebuild the abbey church in 1747. Neumann, the most sought-after architect in central Europe at the time, had designed the pilgrimage church of Vierzehnheiligen and the Residenz at Würzburg, which were admired for their light formal invention, sumptuous materials and lightness of touch. Neumann's plan called for a conventional basilica consisting of nave, crossing and choir which were articulated as a series of oval-shaped bays surmounted with shallow domes.

Work commenced on the new church in 1750, but Neumann's premature death in 1753 necessitated the finding of new builders willing to carry out Neumann's plans. Subsequent architects altered or abandoned the original design, particularly the construction and profile of the domes, which slowed progress. The finished church, consecrated in 1792, should be attributed to Neumann with reservations or characterized as the work of disparate hands.

The domes were frescoed by Austrian painter Martin Knoller from Steinach, Austria over the six summers of 1770-75. Seven scenes from the Life of Christ are depicted, including Christ among the Doctors, the Last Supper and the Ascension.

Johann Nepomuk Holzhey of Ottobeuren built the last of the great South-German, Baroque organs at Neresheim between the years 1792 and 1797.

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Taken in: Germany / Baden-Württemberg / Ostalbkreis / Neresheim (show map)

Taken on: August 6, 2024

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