Between 1191 and 1196 |
Duchess Uta von Schauenburg founds the Premonstratensian abbey of Allerheiligen |
Early 13th cent. |
Building is begun |
1297 |
A document proves
that the church is still being built |
Beginning of 14th century |
Allerheiligen Monastery is very probably completed |
1469 |
The prior complains of the dilapidated state of the monastery complex |
1470 |
A fire starts in the kitchen and destroys large sections of the monastery |
1470-1484 |
The convent moves from the ruins of the monastery to Lautenbach in the Rench valley |
1484 |
The convent returns to
Allerheiligen. It resolves only to take on monks in the future, who
swear an oath beforehand that they will never agree to the monastery
being moved. |
1555 |
Another monastery fire primarily damages the convent
buildings |
1657 |
The provost's residence is raised to an abbey |
18th century |
The church is redesigned in the baroque style and the monastery
complex is expanded |
1802 |
Margrave Karl Friedrich von Baden closes the
monastery in the course of secularization and takes possession of the
entire property |
1804/05 |
The factory owner Reinhard Brenneisen tries to
set up a wool-spinning mill in the convent buildings, however this
venture is an economic failure |
June 1804 |
A bolt of lightning sets the
church tower and church roofs on fire. The adjacent monastery buildings
are largely destroyed. |
Up to 1814 |
The church is used, although seldom,
as a house of God |
1816 |
All buildings except for the church are
auctioned off for demolition |
1824 |
The government in Karlsruhe releases
the meanwhile partially collapsed church as a stone quarry for the new
church to be built in Achern |
1840 |
The forest administration develops
the waterfalls with ladders and later with stairs. The destructive
exploitation of the church is forbidden by the Ministry of the Interior
of the Grand Duchy. |
1844 |
The forest-keeper Mittenmeier becomes Allerheiligen's first innkeeper |
1845 |
Repair and restoration work
begins; tourism flourishes |
1871/87 |
Two new "Kurhäuser" (health resort
buildings) are built for the growing number of tourists |
1903 |
A new
forester's lodge is built |
1925 |
The war memorial of the
Schwarzwaldverein (Black Forest Association) is erected |
1947 |
The
Caritasverband (German association of Roman Catholic charitable
organizations) of the diocese of Mainz purchases the "Kurhäuser" and
turns them into a children's recreation home |
1960 |
A chapel is
constructed above the church ruins |
Since 1980 |
Repair measures begin |
1995 |
The permanent exhibition on the monastery's history opens at the
information center |
1996 |
The 800th anniversary of the monastery's existence is celebrated |