Right next to the old monastery church you can see one of the oldest buildings in Bavaria, the Carolingian Gate Hall. Inside the gate hall, a cycle of frescoes by archangels can be seen, which can be regarded as a major work of the Carolingian Renaissance. The chapel room shows copies of famous art treasures from the Agilolfinger and Carolingian periods. The exhibition in the vicarage is dedicated to the Chiemsee painting.

Translated by Google •

Harald Schramm (Schocker)

April 17, 2021

Worth seeing is the so-called Carolingian gatehouse from the early days of the monastery, which dates back to the year 850.[5] This is a rectangular building made of tuff stone with a square extension on the east side. Its ground floor once housed a small chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas, and its upper floor was the apse of St. Michael's Chapel. During restoration work, almost life-size depictions of angels were uncovered here. Of these impressive in their simplicity, originally probably six red outline drawings, two are still almost completely preserved. They were previously dated to the 9th century, but today later. A large, barrel-vaulted passage runs through the gatehouse in the middle of the ground floor, bordered on both sides by an open row of arcades with three arches each. To the west is the baroque vicar's house.
Source and further information
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraueninsel

Translated by Google •

Tibor🥾🌿☀️

July 11, 2022

Many conversions and changes of use as a school and from 1920 as an artist exhibition space make it difficult to date exactly. It is assumed that the Carolingian gate hall with the art-historically valuable St. Michael's Chapel was built under Tassilo III. was built as the entrance building in front of the monastery around the year 782, other archaeologists place the building on the 8th or 10th century.

Translated by Google •

Details

Informations

Elevation 580 m

Weather

Today

Friday 24 October

8°C

7°C

70 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Chiemsee, Chiemgau, Traunstein, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Frauenwörth Abbey on Fraueninsel

Herrenchiemsee Palace

Paddle Steamer Ludwig Fessler (Chiemsee)

Fraueninsel Waterfront and Gardens

View of Fraueninsel from Gstadt am Chiemsee

Avenue at the Old Castle on Herreninsel, Chiemsee

Latona Fountain at Herrenchiemsee Palace

Observation Tower with View of Fraueninsel and the Alps

Fraueninsel Main Pier

Small Bathing Cove at the Mouth of the Tiroler Achen

Gate Hall

1. Fraueninsel (Chiemsee) – Pauls Ruh Viewpoint on Herreninsel loop from Stock

2. View of Fraueninsel – Gstadt on Lake Chiemsee 🌊 loop from Stock

3. North Pier Fraueninsel – Fraueninsel (Chiemsee) loop from Frauenchiemsee

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️