St. John's Chapel

The oldest part of the conventual complex was built in the Romanesque style back in the 12th century and remodeled in the Renaissance style around 1600. Due to similarities it is presumed that the same craftsmen who were engaged at St. Luzen were employed at this. The altar, erected in this period, shows incidents from the life of St. John the Baptist. The main image depicts the baptism of Christ in the River Jordan. Unfortunately, this precious hand-carved altar was destroyed in the fire of 1898 and no longer exists. Fortunately, there is a photograph of it.

The chapel has been housing the "Holy Bodies" of St. Theodorus and St. Justina since the 17th century, with interruptions. The beaded vestments of the "saints" are particularly noteworthy: They were hand-crafted by the Dominican sisters at the time. In the past, when the sacristan wanted to scare the young acolytes, he would show them the "skeletons".