Ehemalige Klosterkirche St. Clemens

The three-aisled Romanesque basilica was not completed according to his plans until 1120.After a fire in 1349, in which only the northern Romanesque transverse wing was spared, the choir was vaulted, but the nave was not completed as a Gothic three-aisled hall church until 1408.

Under Prince-Bishop Philip Sigismund, the church was given a Renaissance interior around 1600 . The last surviving evidence of this era is the balustrade of today's organ gallery with its high-quality sculptural work.

History:

• Iburg is the place most closely associated with the eventful history of the Osnabrück region. It is an exception among the Westphalian monasteries, as the monastery had to share the castle hill with the prince-bishop's sovereign and his residence. The monastery had to repeatedly demand compliance with the established boundaries and insist on its ecclesiastical immunity.
  
• Preceding a 9th/10th century complex; the castle on the western side of the ridge in the 11th century was founded by the bishops Benno I (1052-68) and Benno II (1068-88). The castle was extended by Benno II as a secondary residence to the bishop's palace in Osnabrück and was the preferred residence of the bishops after the cathedral fire in 1100.
• Monastery:Benno II founded the monastery in 1080/81. He founded the building on the east side of the hill, north of the church. Soon after its foundation, it was considered one of the richest monasteries in the Osnabrück region.
• Among other things, the monastery was considered impoverished in 1415 after the great fire of 1349. Although the Reformation was introduced and accepted in the convent, the monastery remained Catholic. After the Thirty Years' War, the monastery was considered prosperous again under Abbot Maurus Rost from 1666-1706.
• The monastery was dissolved during secularization in 1803. It then became the seat of the Iburg office, later the district office and today it is the local court.
• The monastery is considered to be the architectural design for a new Baroque building by the famous architect Johann Conrad Schlaun. Due to far-reaching changes to the plans by Abbot Hane, Schlaun resigned as construction manager.
  
• St. Clemens Monastery Church:
• The St. Clemens Monastery Church is a former monastery church from the time of Bishop Benno II between 1068-88.
• The church was spared in a fire in 1581.
• In 1803, the closure of the church caused resentment among the population. From 1807, the church was used by the parish of St. Clemens. Since 1837, it has been the property of the Catholic parish of Bad Iburg and is now a parish church.
  
• Cloisters - still existing buildings / use:
• Diente the former cloister.
• Convent building - Bad Iburg district court, castle museum

Stories / legends:

• Casel:Bishop Benno II. accompanied King Henry IV in 1077 on his supplication     to Canossa to Pope Gregory VII. Apparently Benno received the material (Byzant. Page     in blue-purple) of the later Benno chasuble (Diocesan Museum) as an imperial    thanks.
  
• "Conrad Schlaun sees red"