Maria Laach Abbey is a Benedictine abbey on the southwestern shore of the Laacher See in Germany's Eifel region. Count Palatine Heinrich II von Laach and his wife Adelaide founded it in 1093 as a priory of Affligem Abbey, and it became independent in 1127. The article names no architect. It calls the style Romanesque of the Staufen period and dates the abbey structure to 1093 through 1177, with the Paradise porch added around 1225.
The Jesuits acquired the buildings in 1820, and the Benedictines of the Beuronese Congregation moved in in 1892. Later Gothic and Baroque changes were reverted to Romanesque. The article describes the basilica as one of the most beautiful Romanesque buildings in Germany. It says the church has six towers, though its descriptions list only five.
Inside are the founder's tomb, 16th-century murals and mosaics from around 1910 modeled on Sicilian examples.
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