Monastery church
The monastery church on the Fraueninsel
The monastery church on the Fraueninsel is one of the oldest Christian places of worship in Southern Germany. This region was Christianized in the 7th century by Irkutish wandering monks, who came from Scotland and Ireland to this region and built their mission station in Salzburg.
The Irish traveling missionary and saint, Virgil (~ 700-784), monk of the Scottish Abbey of Iona on the same island and builder of the first cathedral in Salzburg, consecrated as bishop of Salzburg on 1 September 782 the monastery church of the Duke of Bavaria Tassilo III. donated nunnery. This is documented.
Until the secularization of 1803, the abbey Frauenchiemsee belonged to the Archdiocese of Salzburg and was then assigned to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
A short tour through the minster Frauenwörth ...
. Before you enter the cathedral, please stay in the cemetery!
. Take a look to the north, to the oldest building on the island, the Carolingian Gate Hall. It is unique in its kind in southern Germany. This building completed the monastery Palatinate. According to the latest findings, the Bavarian Duke Tassilo III. as early as 782 has had it built up together with the monastery and the church. Today, there is an Agilolfinger memorial exhibition in the upper room of the gate hall during the summer months.
. The Corpus Christi painted on two wooden boards is one of the rare monuments of Romanesque panel painting, probably from the early 13th century, but was overpainted in 1536.
. Before you enter the cathedral, please stay in the cemetery!
