Worth a closer lookHidden treasures

Lorch Monastery is a place that has retained the atmosphere of the late Middle Ages, especially in the impressive monastery church of the Benedictine order. Lorch is worth a second and third look, in search of hidden treasures.

Cross and choir vault in Lorch Monastery church

A dramatic burial

The sculpture of Christ on the cross in the monastery church has an old secret: its arms are movable.

Crucifix

Detail of a mural of the House of Staufen in the Lorch Monastery church

Commemorating tradition

The church was decorated with paintings of rulers from the House of Staufen centuries after the death of the last member of the House of Staufen.

Images of the House of Staufen

Prelates' room with decorated walls at Lorch Monastery

Mysticism in the prelates' room

An abbot in the Baroque period commissioned the astonishing murals, including references to occult science!

The prelates' room

Detail of the title page of the printed "Pfaff Bible."

Orthodoxy and pietism

It was the first bible to be printed in Württemberg and was intended to meet the needs of both piety and science.

The Pfaff Bible