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| Buxheim | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 3.202 (2019) | |
| height | 587 m | |
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Buxheim is an Upper Swabian municipality in the district Unterallgäu. It borders the Iller in the west and is otherwise surrounded by the city Memmingen.
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background
The place Buxheim is primarily known for the Buxheim monastery.
getting there
By plane
The Memmingen Airport
(IATA: FMM) is only a few kilometers away.
By train
The next train station is in neighboring Memmingen. From there on weekdays there are hourly buses to Buxheim.
In the street
Buxheim is located at the motorway junction between the A7 and the A96, the next driveways are only around 5 km away.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
Buxheim Monastery
- Charterhouse of Buxheim (At the Brunohaus). Tel.: (0)8331 61804. Open: from 1st Apr-1st Open daily in November, in winter only with prior registration (guided tour).Price: Adults € 4.
- The monastery was founded around 1000 as a canon monastery. In 1402 it was acquired by the Catholic Order of Carthusian. When the Protestant imperial city of Memmingen intervened in the life of the religious in 1546, the monastery was called Reich Charterhouse Maria Saal placed under the protection of the Holy Roman Empire. It had its heyday in the 18th century, when the charterhouse was fundamentally rebuilt by the brothers Johann Baptist Zimmermann and Domenicus carpenter. In 1803 the monastery was secularized and the new owners sold part of the inventory due to financial problems. A large part of the cultural assets and the lands were acquired by the Bavarian state, some of the buildings were given to the Salesians Don Bosco sold and now serve as a private school.
- 1 St. Mary.
This central structure is divided by the large cloister. On the east side is the priest's choir with the choir stalls carved from 200 oaks. A side door leads to the sacral museum in the sacristy. In addition to the display boards and the sacristy tariff, this also deserves attention Buxheim organ book with audio samples. The west side of the church is the brother choir, it served the lay brothers as a place of worship. It is separated from the priestly choir by a rood screen through which the great cloister leads. The Marienkapelle is on the northwest corner.
Anna Chapel
The small Annenkapelle on the northwest corner of the Great Cloister was designed around 1740 in the style of the early Rococo and often as a little Wies designated.
Carthusian Museum
Three cells with reference to the life and work of the Carthusians, they show the living and working space of the monks, illustrate the daily routine in the monastery.
Museum of the Klosterstüble
Exhibits on the history of Buxheim, collection of musical instruments. Maintained by the home service in Buxheim.
miscellaneous
- Refectory, the baroque dining room is only accessible during a guided tour
- Magdalenenkapelle, room for multimedia presentations, in an openly accessible part of the small cloister
- Library room on the upper floor above the Magdalenenkapelle, especially the large ceiling fresco
Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul
The church, built by Domenicus Zimmermann in the early 18th century, originally belonged to the monastery complex, is located on the edge of the area and is freely accessible as a village church.
activities
- Buxheim Pond and Carthusian Lake, once the monastery fish pond, today a popular destination with a campsite with the hiking adventure trail and several signposted hiking trails
- Buxheim is on Iller cycle path
shop
kitchen
- Gasthaus Sonne (opposite the Charterhouse). Tel.: (0)8331 72690. Open: closed on Wednesdays.
- Seegarten restaurant, Am Weiherhaus 11, 87740 Buxheim. Tel.: (0)8331 72522. Open: closed on Thursdays.
- Gut Westerhart restaurant
- Gasthaus zum Löwen, At Maienplatz 9,. Tel.: (0)8331 72949. Open: closed on Mondays.
nightlife
accommodation
- Camping Buxheim, Am Weiherhaus 7, 87740 Buxheim. Tel.: (0)8331 71800.
- Weiherhaus Buxheim
health
Practical advice
- Buxheim community, Kirchplatz 2, 87740 Buxheim. Tel.: (0)8331 9770-0, Email: [email protected].
trips
literature
- Buxheim, Charterhouse and parish church. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg, 2011 (2nd edition), ISBN 9783898705295 , P.56.
Web links
- http://www.buxheim.de/ - Official website of Buxheim
- w: Buxheim organ book
- w: Buxheimer choir stalls
- Home Service Buxheim
- Homepage of the Marianum School
