Timeline

1183

 

The local lords and noblemen Beringer and Konrad donate the monastery "Soreth(um)"

Around 1185

 

The cornerstone is laid for the church St. Magnus

02/13/1211

 

Pope Innocent III places the monastery under his protection and confirms its rights and freedoms

After 1230

 

The Late Romanesque basilica of the provost's residence with the monks' chancel, bell tower, cloister and convent buildings are completed

1440

 

Schussenried becomes an "immediate" abbey

1448

 

Peasants' uprisings also take place in the area of the monastery

1486

 

An abbot's building is erected before the church of St. Magnus and a library is built

1492 - 1494

 

The monks' chancel is rebuilt in the style of the Late Gothic

1497

 

An abbot of Schussenried takes part in an Imperial Diet (Reichstag) for the first time

1512

 

Emperor Maximilian bestows the "Hoch- und Blutsgerichtsbarkeit" (right to exercise jurisdiction and the right of residents of Schussenried to be tried for crimes punishable by death only before a court in Schussenried) on the monastery

On 03/29/1525

 

Peasants of the dominion plunder the monastery buildings

1610

 

The plague also rages in Schussenried

On 01/13/1647

 

Swedish troops set fire in the nave of the church and burn down parts of the monastery

From 1656

 

The devastated convent complex is rebuilt by Michael Beer

1715 - 1717

 

Georg Anton Machein works on the High Baroque choir stalls

1744

 

The monks' chancel fresco is painted by Gabriel Weiß

1745 - 1746

 

The painter Johannes Zick produces the High Baroque ceiling fresco in St. Magnus

On 08/18/1750

 

The cornerstone for the Baroque New Building is laid

1754-1761

 

Jakob Emele builds the library hall in the Late Baroque style

On 12/01/1802

 

Abbot Siard Berchtold signs the renunciation to the monastery

On 02/25/1803

 

The imperial abbey is secularized and turned over to the Count of Sternberg-Manderscheid. St. Magnus becomes a parish church

From 1803 to 1835

 

The von Sternberg-Manderscheids reign in Schussenried

1806

 

Schussenried falls under the sovereignty of Württemberg

On 04/01/1835

 

The former monastery buildings are sold to the Kingdom of Württemberg

Around 1840

 

The monastery is partially demolished (East Wing with Library Room, Chapter Hall, Enclosure Chapel and Hospital Building)

1875

 

A psychiatric sanitarium is built
(today "Zentrum für Psychiatrie" (Center for Psychiatry))

1950-1977

 

The "Psychiatrisches Krankenhaus" (Psychiatric Hospital) is expanded

1983

 

The 800th anniversary of the founding of the Premonstratensian monastery at Bad Schussenried takes place

On 03/06/1983

 

The monastery museum at Bad Schussenried opens

From 1997

 

The New Monastery of Schussenried is the site of an "Akademie- und Dienstleistungszentrum" (Academy and Service Center)

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