Wiblingen Abbey

Wiblingen Abbey
Kloster Wiblingen
Monastery information
OrderBenedictines
Established1093
Disestablished1806
People
Founder(s)Hartmann von Kirchberg, Otto von Kirchberg, counts of Kirchberg
Architecture
ArchitectChristian Wiedemann
StyleBaroque
Site
Coordinates48°21′25″N 9°59′18″E / 48.35694°N 9.98833°E / 48.35694; 9.98833
Public accessyes
Websitewww.kloster-wiblingen.de
Aerial view of the Wiblingen Abbey
Abbey Gate
Abbey church with unfinished towers and southern wing of monastery
Interior of Abbey church
Chancel by Fidel Sporer
Library interior
Bookshelf in library

Wiblingen Abbey was a former Benedictine abbey which was later used as barracks. Today its buildings house several departments of the medical faculty of the University of Ulm. The former abbey is located south of the confluence of the rivers Danube and Iller, south of the city of Ulm in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Administratively, the former independent village of Wiblingen now belongs to the city of Ulm. The abbey is part of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route.