Schussenried Abbey

Schussenried Abbey
Kloster Schussenried
New Monastery (Neues Kloster) from the north
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General information
Location	Bad Schussenried, Germany
Coordinates	48°00′26″N 9°39′31″E / 48.00722°N 9.65861°E / 48.00722; 9.65861
Website
www.kloster-schussenried.de

Schussenried Abbey (Kloster Schussenried, Reichsabtei Schussenried) is a former Catholic monastery in Bad Schussenried, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is famed for its Baroque library hall. The abbey was established in the 12th century by the Premonstratensian Order and made an Imperial Abbey in the 15th century. The monastery sustained immense damage in the Thirty Years' War. In the 18th century, the abbey began expansions in the Baroque style, but was unable to complete them. The abbey was secularized in 1803 and twice awarded during the process of German Mediatization, eventually becoming a possession of the Kingdom of Württemberg. Its second king, William I, opened a foundry on its grounds, which was followed by a nursing home. These ceased operation or moved out of the monastery in the 1990s.