Marmoutier - The Abbey

A wall at a doorway in the former abbey. The pretty damaged coat of arms, holded up by an angle, can only be that of Maximilian II (see the words), showing the double headed eagle. This is probably from around 1550. After having been looted during the "Peasants´War" and later the "Thirty Years' War", this coat may have been a kind of warning, showing that the monastry had protection from Maximilian II.

Next to it - carved graffitis all over the wall.