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Sacred art at the heart of Rottenburg<\/h3>\n

The art has been housed since 1996 in the former Carmelite abbey between the River Neckar, the priests\u2019 seminary and the Rottenburg market square. The baroque church interior was redesigned for the purpose by Stuttgart architect Eckehard Janofske. By using modern features, a kind of \u2018house-within-a-house\u2019 has been achieved \u2013 a striking contrast between old and new. On the ground floor there are mostly altar and devotional paintings, hanging in little niches around the baroque building \u2013 and thus evolving their own unique sacred force. Most of the sculptures, together with works of Swabian folk art, are found on the upper floor. The \u2018treasure chamber\u2019 down in the basement is home to valuable liturgical devices and garments, as well as the extraordinary collection of glass reliquaries.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image media=”1363″ media_width_percent=”50″ alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-210407″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ enable_top_divider=”default” top_divider_inv=”tilt” shape_top_invert=”yes” shape_top_h_use_pixel=”” shape_top_height=”75″ shape_top_color=”color-lxmt” shape_top_opacity=”100″ shape_top_safe=”yes” shape_top_index=”0″ inverted_device_order=”yes”][vc_column column_width_percent=”90″ position_vertical=”bottom” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”-2″ shift_y_down_fixed=”yes” z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image media=”1362″ media_width_percent=”100″ alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ style=”dark” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Faith made visible \u2013 painting and sculpture<\/h3>\n

The painting collection of the diocesan museum boasts masterpieces from the 15th to the 21st centuries, including Dutch panel paintings and works by the successors of Albrecht D\u00fcrer. Late mediaeval Swabian painting is well represented, with the acclaimed St Martin Dividing his Cloak (1460\/70), Rottweil high alter panels (1440) and the works of the Master of Me\u00dfkirch (1535\/40). The collection is also thematically varied: with several scenes from the life of Christ, and depictions of the Virgin Mary and the saints, the fascinating Christian pictorial world is on full display.<\/p>\n

In the large collection of sculpture, some of the leading late mediaeval and renaissance artists of the south west are represented, with works by Hans Multscher, Niklaus Weckmann and J\u00f6rg Lederer. Highlights include the Christ and St John Group (1340), Man of Sorrows (1470\/80) and the Palm Donkey (1520). A rare example of the luminance and colourfulness of mediaeval sculpture is Saint Catherine (1470) by J\u00f6rg Stein, whose exceptionally good state of preservation has an impact even today. The Swabian baroque period is represented by the monumental Hechingen Triumphal Cross Group (1600), among others.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-vyce” overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ inverted_device_order=”yes”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ style=”dark” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Worth its weight in gold \u2013 sacred treasury art<\/h3>\n

The \u2018treasure trove\u2019 presents outstanding goldsmithery from over a thousand years: among the oldest examples is the Ennabeuren Purse-shaped Reliquary from the 7th century, that originates from the period of the Christianisation of the Alemanni tribes. The Augsburg Monstrance (1755) by Franz Ignaz Berdolt is a spectacular testimony to Jesuit splendour. Of particular symbolic significance to the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart are the episcopal insignia, most especially the crozier with St Martin dividing his cloak (1905) used by Bishop Johannes B. Sproll, as well as the precious jewel-embellished Keppler Chalice (1925), still used today in the ordination of priests.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”-2″ shift_y_fixed=”yes” shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image media=”766″ media_width_percent=”100″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ row_name=”Highlights” el_id=”highlights”][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading]Highlights[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ enable_top_divider=”default” top_divider_inv=”tilt” shape_top_invert=”yes” shape_top_h_use_pixel=”” shape_top_height=”75″ shape_top_color=”color-lxmt” shape_top_opacity=”100″ shape_top_safe=”yes” shape_top_index=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-954564″ medias=”1390,1378,1386,1391,1394,1379,1392,1380,1384,857,858,1381,859,1393,860,1395,861,862,1382,863,865,950,1396,958,957,956,955,954,953,952,951,1397,1389,1388,1387,1385,1383,856,1377″ gutter_size=”3″ media_items=”media|lightbox|original,icon,spacer|half,caption” screen_lg=”1000″ screen_md=”600″ screen_sm=”480″ single_style=”dark” single_overlay_color=”color-xsdn” single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_image_anim=”no” single_h_align=”center” single_padding=”3″ single_icon=”fa fa-expand” single_border=”yes” lbox_skin=”white” lbox_caption=”yes”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Diocesan Museum of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is among the oldest institutions of its kind, and houses one of the most important collections of mediaeval art in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg.
\nIt was founded in 1862, when the Rottweil minister Johann Georg Martin Dursch sold his collection of old Swabian paintings to Joseph von Lipp, the then Bishop of Rottenburg. The collection has been growing ever since \u2013 and today, alongside a wide selection of late mediaeval painting and sculpture, the museum boasts an impressive array of sacred treasury art, outstanding examples of folk art, and the largest glass reliquary collection in the German speaking world. Through this varied artistic display, visitors get an insight into the religious traditions of the German south-west, stretching over a millennium. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1796,"parent":2090,"menu_order":33,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1794","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dioezesanmuseum-rottenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dioezesanmuseum-rottenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dioezesanmuseum-rottenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dioezesanmuseum-rottenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dioezesanmuseum-rottenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dioezesanmuseum-rottenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1794\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dioezesanmuseum-rottenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dioezesanmuseum-rottenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dioezesanmuseum-rottenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}