Schussenried Abbey is one of the main sights of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route.

Originally, the monastery was divided into an inner area only for monks who had taken their vows, and a generally-accessible outer area.
Both were enclosed by a wall and towers.
Of those, only the Törle, the tower gate into the outer area, remains.

Plans were made in the 18th century to expand and remodel the monastery in the Baroque style.
The abbots of Schussenried Abbey regularly visited other Swabian monasteries for ideas for those buildings.

"Old Monastery" refers to the pre-18th century structures (west and south wings, lower gate), and "New Monastery" to the Baroque buildings.
Many more buildings were planned for the new monastery, but were not built because of deficient finances.
One of those unbuilt buildings was to be a new church, to which the New Monastery would be centered around.

The founding relic of Schussenried Abbey is a piece of the staff of Saint Magnus of Füssen.
It is housed in a reliquary designed and produced by Georg Ignaz Baur.

Premonstratensians from other Swabian monasteries who worked at Schussenried included Georg Anton Machein, who crafted choir stalls for the abbey.
Schussenried Abbey is one of the main sights of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route.
Originally, the monastery was divided into an inner area only for monks who had taken their vows, and a generally-accessible outer area. Both were enclosed by a wall and towers. Of those, only the Törle, the tower gate into the outer area, remains.
Plans were made in the 18th century to expand and remodel the monastery in the Baroque style. The abbots of Schussenried Abbey regularly visited other Swabian monasteries for ideas for those buildings.
"Old Monastery" refers to the pre-18th century structures (west and south wings, lower gate), and "New Monastery" to the Baroque buildings. Many more buildings were planned for the new monastery, but were not built because of deficient finances. One of those unbuilt buildings was to be a new church, to which the New Monastery would be centered around.
The founding relic of Schussenried Abbey is a piece of the staff of Saint Magnus of Füssen. It is housed in a reliquary designed and produced by Georg Ignaz Baur.
Premonstratensians from other Swabian monasteries who worked at Schussenried included Georg Anton Machein, who crafted choir stalls for the abbey.
Schussenried Abbey