Wiblingen Monastery Library

Wiblingen, Germany – 2024

Wiblingen Monastery and its church represent the final masterpiece of Baroque architecture in Upper Swabia. The former Benedictine monastery is located south of the city of Ulm in Upper Swabia. Founded in 1093 by the Counts Hartmann and Otto von Kirchberg and dedicated to St. Martin, the monastery was inhabited by Benedictine monks from St. Blasien in the Black Forest. An ambitious renovation and expansion project began in 1714, turning the monastery into an awe-inspiring Baroque masterpiece.

The interior of the library is considered to be one of the finest examples of Rococo architecture. The numerous statues and sweeping ceiling fresco represent the architect’s vision that the library be a place for preserving “treasures of wisdom and science”.