Monastic Island of Reichenau World Heritage Site

Official name

Monastic Island of Reichenau | UNESCO

Country

Germany | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

District of Freiburg, State of Baden-Württemberg
47.6987° Lat, 9.6130° Lon | Map

Code

974

Time Zone

Europe/Berlin (CEST, +0200)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2000. The island of Reichenau on Lake Constance preserves the traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724, which exercised remarkable spiritual, intellectual and artistic influence. The churches of St Mary and Marcus, St Peter and St Paul, and St George, mainly built between the 9th and 11th centuries, provide a panorama of early medieval monastic architecture in central Europe. Their wall paintings bear witness to impressive artistic activity.