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Gallery of Photos
Sayn Abbey, Bendorf,
Germany
. . . THIS MAY TAKE A MOMENT OR TWO . . .
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The abbey buildings from the Schloss/Castle.
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Seal of the abbey
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Print, ca. 1600
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Print, 1742
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Print, 1830 (J. Becker)
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Print, 19th century
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Aerial photograph, ca. 1960
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- Plan of the abbey grounds, showing Church,
- Chapterhouse (Querhaus),
Cloister (Kreuzgang),
- Fountain house (Brunnenhaus), and Prelature (Prälatur).
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View of the nave, 1960s
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- Nave, 1950s
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Norbert Backmund, O.Praem., in the 1950s)
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- Oldest part of the abbey church - north side
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)
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- Detail of the north side of the church,
- showing medieval arches and mosaics
- between the windows.
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- Westfront
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 2007)
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- Front of the dormitory building
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 2007)
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Church Tower
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Church apse
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- Church from cloister garden (sacristy is at lower center)
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)
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Church sanctuary
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Romanesque baptismal font
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Church organ
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Reliquary of St. Elizabeth of Thuringia
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Reliquary of St. Simon the Apostle
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- Reconstruction of sarcophagus of Count Henry III of Sayn.
- (Original is
in the Roman-German museum in Nürnberg)
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Cloister enclosure - west side
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- Cloister, west side, prior to restoration.
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)
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- Cloister, west side - capital
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)
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- Cloister, west side - capitals
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)
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- Cloister, west side - bases
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)
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- Cloister garden, gravestone
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 2003)
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Cloister, west side, after restoration
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Cloister, west side - after restoration - with fountain
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Fountain, closeup
Below, several views of the restored cloister:
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Some treasured portraits:
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- Saint Friedrich (of Mariengarten)
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)
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- Saint Siard
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)
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- One of the Saints of Gorcum
- (Photo Credit: R. D. Ludger Horstkötter, O. Praem, 1989)