Interior view
by SPIEGLER, Franz Joseph, Photo
The present buildings of Zwiefalten Abbey were constructed in German Baroque style from 1739-47 under the direction of Johann Michael Fischer, who began overseeing the work in 1741. The interior, considered a model of Baroque design, is filled with ornate chapels and gilded balustrades, dominated by the high altar, which combines a Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary dating from 1430 with Baroque additions (dating from about 1750) by Johann Joseph Christian (1706-1677). The elaborate frescoes are by Franz Joseph Spiegler, the stucco work by Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger.