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Sayn Abbey, Bendorf, Germany

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The abbey buildings from the Schloss/Castle.  

Seal of the abbey

Print, ca. 1600

Print, 1742

Print, 1830 (J. Becker)

Print, 19th century

Aerial photograph, ca. 1960

Plan of the abbey grounds, showing Church, 

Chapterhouse (Querhaus), Cloister (Kreuzgang), 

Fountain house (Brunnenhaus), and Prelature (Prälatur). 

View of the nave, 1960s

Nave, 1950s

(Photo Credit: R. D. Norbert Backmund, O.Praem., in the 1950s)

Oldest part of the abbey church - north side

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)

Detail of the north side of the church,

showing medieval arches and mosaics

between the windows.

Westfront

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 2007)

Front of the dormitory building

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 2007)

 

 

Church Tower

Church apse

Church from cloister garden (sacristy is at lower center)

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)

Church sanctuary

Romanesque baptismal font

Church organ

Reliquary of St. Elizabeth of Thuringia

Reliquary of St. Simon the Apostle

Reconstruction of sarcophagus of Count Henry III of Sayn.

(Original is in the Roman-German museum in Nürnberg)

Cloister enclosure - west side

Cloister, west side, prior to restoration.

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)

Cloister, west side - capital

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)

Cloister, west side - capitals

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)

Cloister, west side - bases

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)

Cloister garden, gravestone

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 2003)

Cloister, west side, after restoration

Cloister, west side - after restoration - with fountain

Fountain, closeup

Below, several views of the restored cloister:

Some treasured portraits:

Saint Friedrich (of Mariengarten)

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)

Saint Siard

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)

One of the Saints of Gorcum

(Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)