ABBEY OF OTTMARSHEIM
A jewel of Romanesque architecture to discover for a beautiful moment of history and spirituality. Let yourself be impregnated by the place.
Located on the Romanesque Route of Alsace, the Saints-Pierre-et-Paul abbey church is a jewel of the 11th century Romanesque architecture. Built between 1030 and 1050 under the direction of Rodolphe d'Altenbourg, one of the founders of the House of Habsburg, and dedicated to the apostles of Christ, Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It was consecrated in 1049 by the Alsatian Pope Leo IX and was intended for Benedictine nuns.
Its octagonal central plan, inspired by the Palatine Chapel of Aachen, makes it a unique building in the religious architecture of the Upper Rhine since it incorporates elements of the Paleochristian, Byzantine, pre-Romanesque, Carolingian, and Ottonian styles.
In almost 1,000 years, the abbey has been devastated several times, destroyed by wars and fires, and rebuilt. It was definitively dissolved following the French Revolution, and its treasures dispersed. The following centuries saw successive restoration campaigns to restore the building to its full glory. The last one ended in 2018, highlighting the two Gothic chapels of the 15th and 16th centuries. Since 1991, monastic life has also resumed its course: a priory of the Servants of Jesus and Mary, a congregation founded in 1930, was created in Ottmarsheim to serve the church and the surrounding parishes. The convent houses about ten religious.
Guided tours in period costume allow you to discover the tumultuous history of the building alongside Rodolphe and Cunégonde, Count and Countess of Altenbourg.
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