Marchtal Abbey, Premonstratensian monastery in Obermarchtal, Germany

Marchtal Abbey is a former Premonstratensian monastery in Obermarchtal, Baden-Württemberg. Its Baroque minster church of Saints Peter and Paul, built from 1686 and dedicated in 1701 by architects Michael and Christian Thumb and Franz Beer, stands on a prominent elevation and dominates the landscape for miles. The adjoining convent buildings were rebuilt in the Baroque style from 1686.

The abbey was established in 776 and grew into an important religious center over the centuries. It gained Imperial abbey status in 1500, which brought greater influence and recognition to the institution.

The abbey church, raised to minster status in 2001, holds the grave of Baroque dialect poet Sebastian Sailer, a canon of Marchtal. The former convent buildings have housed a teacher training academy since 1978, opened after the diocese bought the complex in 1973.

The former abbey complex is now the Katholische Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart, a teacher training academy opened on 8 September 1978. The abbey church serves as the parish church of Obermarchtal. Visitors should check opening times of the academy and church before planning a visit.

The canons fled the advancing Swedes in 1632, but the buildings survived the Thirty Years' War, albeit in a dilapidated state. Rebuilding began with the first stone of the new church in 1686, and the church was dedicated in 1701 under Abbot Nikolaus Wierith, called the abbey's "second founder".