Residenz Kempten

The Benedictine monastery, founded around 750, was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. Prince-Abbot Roman Giel von Gielsberg had the church and residential buildings rebuilt from 1652 onwards as the first monumental monastery complex in Germany. The living quarters were furnished from 1732-1742 under the art-loving Anselm von Reichlin-Meldegg. Anteroom and audience room, day and bedroom are kept in the late Régence style, the throne room already leads into the Rococo. The uniqueness of the rooms lies on the one hand in the integration of both sacred and secular elements, and on the other hand in the strong, warm colors.