The island of Reichenau on Lake Constance preserves the traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724, which exercised remarkable spiritual, intellectual ...
Salem Monastery and Castle. We travel on to the north shore of Lake Constance to visit what was once the region's most powerful abbey, ...
... to build a monastery on the island. The first monastery, at Mittelzel, was wooden, although it was replaced by a stone building by 746. In the early ...
There are also three village churches, as remarkable for their early medieval architecture as for their wall paintings. Get to the island by boat or by causeway ...
Reichenau Museum. Visitors to the monastic UNESCO island learn about the cultural and historical significance of Reichenau in three separate museums.
1300 years of the Reichenau monastery island: before the big flood of visitors arrives, I'm going to Reichenau during Holy Week. As a Black Forest native, I ...
Oct 17, 2024 ... Around 817, during Reichenau's Carolingian Golden Age, two monks from the island ... getting passed around. With each turn of the page, it ...
You'll learn about each of the three Romanesque churches and monastic buildings through small museums featuring displays meant to explain what you've just seen ...
Sep 26, 2024 ... A well-born Irish monk arrived on Säckingen, a small island on the Rhine. Fridolin had already travelled through Gaul, discovered the relics of St Hilarius at ...
Day 8: Excursion to the Monastic Island of Reichenau (30 mins by public transport). Multiple hiking routes take you to scenic and cultural sights. Fun fact: the ...
