St. Trudpert's Abbey, Benedictine monastery in Münstertal, Germany

St. Trudpert's Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Münstertal in the southern Black Forest, now the principal house of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Trudpert. Its church, dedicated to St. Peter and Paul, has a Baroque nave built by Peter Thumb between 1712 and 1727, with an elliptical plaster vault, wall pilasters and side chapels. The stucco was made by Michele Angelo de Prevosti and Carpoforo Caratti-Orsatti, and the frescoes are by Francesco Antonio Giorgioli.

The monastery was founded in the 7th century by the Irish missionary Trudpert and gradually grew into a powerful religious institution over the following centuries. It was badly damaged during the Peasants' War and again during the Thirty Years' War, after which it was largely rebuilt in the Baroque style.

The abbey takes its name from an Irish monk who traveled to this valley as a missionary in the early medieval period. Inside the church, visitors can see Baroque artwork and decorations that have remained largely in place for centuries.

The abbey is currently run by the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and parts of the complex are not open to the public at all times. It is a good idea to check in advance which areas can be visited before making the trip.

Two 13th-century crosses in niello work survive from the abbey, and its library held a manuscript of the second half of the 14th century containing the St. Trudperter Hohelied, a 12th-century Lower Alemannic text sometimes called the first book of German mysticism.