The garden

View of the southern part of the covered walkway. Viewing direction from east to west. On the left there is a wall with a door. The windows of the covered walkway and a door open onto the inner courtyard on the right. The floor is covered with fired tiles. A gothic rib vault covers the ceiling. The ribs of the vault and the borders of the windows and the doors are made of grey sandstone. Decorated plaster covers the triangle shapes above the arch. It’s daytime and the light is subdued.
Southern wing of the covered walkway with the doors that connect church and the interior of the cloister
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View of the covered walkway’s inner courtyard. The north-eastern corner of the walkway is at the centre. The lawn and a rose bush are in the foreground. At the left is the northern wing of the walkway and behind is part of the middle of the church. On the right is the eastern wing of the walkway and two bedroom windows on the upper floor. It’s daytime and the sky is slightly overcast. The inner courtyard is sunny.
View of the covered walkway’s inner courtyard
© Federal Office of culture, St George Abbey’s Museum. Photo: Andrea Helbling
View through a door with a gothic pointed arch into the open. A gravel path leads from the door to a garden. On both sides of the path are cushion plants, some of them with bright pink blooms. There are bushes in the background. The sky above is blue with some white clouds.
A bit of freedom behind monastery walls. View from the dining area into the garden.
© Federal Office of culture, St George Abbey’s Museum. Photo: Claudio Moser

The garden

In the east of the monastery there is a garden which can be entered from various rooms. Little is known about the appearance and use of the garden in historical times. As the terrain slopes steeply from the church down to the Rhine, three terraces were created. On the uppermost terrace, a show garden for culinary and medicinal herbs was planted in 2003. In historical times, a cemetery was located here. The lowest part of the garden lies directly on the banks of the Rhine. This part is also called the Bannhof. There is direct access to the garden from the abbot's flats. It is assumed that the abbots were able to use this part of the garden for themselves.

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