Tips 1 - 10 of 12 Ettal Things to Do
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Things To Do: The monastery church (1)
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The church is gothic origin and with beginning of baroque the whole church was slowly reconstructed. Architect was Henrico Zucalli. This happened til 1724 and then it had to stopped. The reason for that was that they didn't not have enough money to complete it .......
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Things To Do: The monastery church (2)
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But in 1744 a fire came and the reconstructing church was destroyed. Reconstruction works began under Joseph Schmutzer, he was also responsible for church buildings in Wessobrunn and Rottenbuch. He finished the works of Zucalli and in 1762 the altars were introduced.
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Things To Do: The monastery church (3)
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The church itself was completed in 1790, only the towers were completed. In the 19th century the building was more and more extended. After the second world war the whole monastery was renewed and restored. All the works were finished in 1976.
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Things To Do: The giant dome
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After entering the church have a look above. The church has a giant dome, and the whole church is under it. So everyone's eyes will get to the dome first and then to other details in the church.
It is richly decorated and they were made from two Tyrolians: Johann Jakob Zeller (1708-1783, he came from Reutte, and Martin Knoller (1725-1804).
It looks simply great and lots of windows let much light into the church. So it is possible to take pictures in an easy way, even with just a 100 ASA-film.
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Things To Do: The church interiors
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This is a view to the dome again and and you can see the richly decoration of the church again. Unfortuneatly the picture looks rather dark, so it would be a good idea to click on it .....
When I visited the Ettal monastery church, the service was already over and so I had luck and good take pictures from inside too.
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Things To Do: The altars and the pulpit
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Here you can see some of the altars: The pictures were made by Franz Georg Hofmann, who was a painter from Kempten, and the two brothers Thomas and Felix Anton Scheffler. The sculptures go back to Roman Anton Boos and Johann Baptist Straub, both were from Munich.
Between the altars you can see the pulpit, which is a masterpiece of Straub. It looks so beautiful and sweet, because it is rather small.
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Directions:
they are at the left side in the church
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Things To Do: The right side of the church
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If look at the other side of the church, you will see this. It is worth to go there and watch the altars from a closer location. It is just amazing to see how many altars the church has. And it is also more than amazing that a little village like Ettal has such a great monastery church.
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Things To Do: The main altar
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The main altar is in a separate room behind the main room and so it looks a little bit hidden. But it is worth to watch it too. Unfortuneatly my church guide has no special infos about the main altar.
However, it looks great too, like the whole church.
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Things To Do: View to the main altar room
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Here I tried to photograph the main altar again, but you don't see it on the picture, because it is in the room behind. On the left and right side you can see two of the many side altars again and the wooden thing in the forefront of the picture are the benches, where the people sit and pray.
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Things To Do: The church interiors again
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This pictures gives a good impression how big the church and the dome is. Here you can see the main altar, some of the side altars and the pulpit again.
If you ask me about the architectural style of the church I would say that it is a mixture of baroque, rococo and classicism. It was also built in these eras.
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globetrott Thu Mar 22, 2007 23:14 UTC
What an interesting location, great tips and pics ! Ettal is a must for all tourists in Bavaria ! | globerover Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:58 UTC
The Ettal Monastery is simply great; years ago I spent three days in the region and especially enjoyed the beer! Thanx for bringing back great memories; | pepples46 Sat Jan 31, 2004 04:00 UTC
great shot of the Monastary, Ettal is realy worth a visit. .and you right, the booz is good too;-)) thanx Fred for a fine page, bin nochmal zurueck gekommen ^..^ | tessy Sun Oct 26, 2003 21:32 UTC
Fantastic! Hope to visit there soon! Thanks for your informations! |
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