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Ruins of Allerheiligen monastery near Oppenau View of the romantic monastery ruins of the former Premonstratensian canon monastery in the Lierbach valley in the Black Forest, which existed from approx. 1195 to 1803, abolished in 1803 in the course of secularisation and set on fire by a lightning strike in 1804, the damaged church was provisionally secured, after 1812 the church was deconsecrated and sold as a "quarry" for other buildings, which led to the collapse of the monastery church in 1820, It was not until 1840, in the wake of the waning Romanticism, that the already badly damaged ruins were appreciated by tourists and the first restoration work was carried out. In 1878, Mark Twain travelled through Europe and visited the ruins, writing in his book "A Tramp Abroad [Strolling through Europe]" published in 1880 "... The glen at our feet - called All Saints' - offered just enough room at the end of its grassy bottom for a cosy, delightful nest of humanity, secluded from the world with its annoyances, and consequently the monks of old had not failed to discover it. Here were the brown and graceful ruins of their church and convent, proving that seven hundred years ago the priests had the same good nose for spotting the best nooks and crannies of a country as they do today. ...", finely painted with a pointed brush, oil on card, indistinctly monogrammed and dated "R. ... 1850", restored, framed in Berlin moulding, visible dimensions approx. 12.3 x 18 cm.

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Ruins of Allerheiligen monastery near Oppenau View of the romantic monastery ruins of the former Premonstratensian canon monastery in the Lierbach valley in the Black Forest, which existed from approx. 1195 to 1803, abolished in 1803 in the course of secularisation and set on fire by a lightning strike in 1804, the damaged church was provisionally secured, after 1812 the church was deconsecrated and sold as a "quarry" for other buildings, which led to the collapse of the monastery church in 1820, It was not until 1840, in the wake of the waning Romanticism, that the already badly damaged ruins were appreciated by tourists and the first restoration work was carried out. In 1878, Mark Twain travelled through Europe and visited the ruins, writing in his book "A Tramp Abroad [Strolling through Europe]" published in 1880 "... The glen at our feet - called All Saints' - offered just enough room at the end of its grassy bottom for a cosy, delightful nest of humanity, secluded from the world with its annoyances, and consequently the monks of old had not failed to discover it. Here were the brown and graceful ruins of their church and convent, proving that seven hundred years ago the priests had the same good nose for spotting the best nooks and crannies of a country as they do today. ...", finely painted with a pointed brush, oil on card, indistinctly monogrammed and dated "R. ... 1850", restored, framed in Berlin moulding, visible dimensions approx. 12.3 x 18 cm.

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