울메이팅거 리드 주변 최고의 버스 정류장 출발 하이킹 & 워킹 코스

beautiful island in Lake Constance

The natural monument "Alte Linde" (Old Linden Tree), also known as the "Mittelzeller Linde" (Mittelzell Linden Tree), stands in the village square (Alemannic: Ergat) and is approximately 700 years old. https://www.baumkunde.de/baumregister/1419-mittelzeller_linde_auf_der_insel_reichenau/

The Minster of St. Mary and St. Mark is the Romanesque former monastery church of Reichenau Monastery and today's Catholic parish church[1] in the Mittelzell district on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance (Untersee). This minster was the abbey church of the important Benedictine abbey (Latin: Monasterium Augiensis) and is the largest of the three Romanesque churches on the island. On the occasion of the monastery's 1,300th anniversary, Pope Francis elevated the minster to a minor basilica in April 2024. Since 2000, the monastery island of Reichenau, including the minster, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site; in 2003, ten major works of the Reichenau manuscripts were added to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register as "unique documents of cultural history that exemplify the collective memory of humanity." To mark the 1300th anniversary, the Great State Exhibition Baden-Württemberg 2024, entitled "World Heritage of the Middle Ages," presented manuscripts and other relics from the island from April to October 2024 at the Baden-Württemberg State Archaeological Museum in Konstanz on Lake Constance and on Reichenau itself. A citizens' project group created the "Reichenau Book of Solidarity 2024" for Reichenau Minster, a continuation of the Reichenau Book of Brotherhood of 824. In 724, the wandering monk Pirmin founded Reichenau Monastery with the help of the Franconian mayor of the palace, Charles Martel, and the Alemannic Duke Lantfrid. According to a founding charter dated April 25, 724, he brought forty monks with him to the island of Reichenau. The first wooden monastery church was built in 724 under the founding abbot Pirmin. Abbot Haito had a Carolingian basilica built on a cruciform ground plan, parts of which still survive today in the crossing and the east transept. It was consecrated on August 16, 816, in honor of the Virgin Mary. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnster_St._Maria_und_Markus_(Reichenau-Mittelzell)

World Heritage Reichenau Monastery

One of the smallest communities in Switzerland owes its existence to the Bishop of Constance, Eberhard II. In 1251, he had a double-towered moated castle with a battlement built here. Today, only the two 33m high corner towers remain from the original castle complex. In 1837, the rest was significantly altered when it was converted into a palace. The palace is privately owned and unfortunately it is difficult to see through the trees.

The part of the Wollmatinger Ried that is accessible without a NABU guide is a straight and flat stretch of about 1.5 km along the old canal, where beavers live, to the banks of the Rhine directly opposite Gottlieben (Switzerland). There are explanatory panels about the fauna and flora. But the views towards the Ried, Reichenauer Damm and Hegau are particularly impressive and make you forget how close you are to civilization.

Decline and dissolution By a decree under Abbot Friedrich von Wartenberg (1427-1453), the monastery, which had been reserved for the high nobility, was also made accessible to the lower nobility. The Reichenau Abbey came to an end with Markus von Knöringen, abbot of the monastery from 1508-1516 and from 1523-1540. It was sold for a fee to the Bishop of Constance, Johann III von Weeze, who was enfeoffed with the imperial fief of the abbey by Charles V. The monastery continued to exist as a priory until it was dissolved in 1757. Text / Source: Tourist Information Reichenau, Pirminstraße 145, Reichenau Island https://www.reichenau-tourismus.de/de/erleben/unesco-welterbe/geschichte

The Golden Age The golden age of Reichenau began with Abbot Waldo (786-806). He established the fame of the monastery school and the library. His successor, a man as influential as he was fond of art, was Abbot Heito I (806-823). Abbots Erlebald (823-838) and Ruadhelm (838-842) were followed by the abbey's peak under Abbot Walahfrid Strabo (842-849). Politically, Reichenau achieved unique political power under Abbot Hatto III (888-913). Around 1000, the eight panels of the central nave in the Ottonian style were created in the church of St. George, which makes St. George one of the art sites of Western rank. Under the abbots Eggehard I, Ruodman and Witigowo, Reichenau book painting reached its artistic peak. Hermann the Lame (born 1013, died 1054), monk of Reichenau, was already a famous personality during his lifetime. With him, the glorious era of the Benedictine Abbey of Reichenau also ended. Text / Source: Tourist Information Reichenau, Pirminstraße 145, Reichenau Island https://www.reichenau-tourismus.de/de/erleben/unesco-welterbe/geschichte