About five kilometers from Ulm is the large Benedictine monastery of Wiblingen. Founded in the 11th-century and dissolved in 1803, the monastery is home to a magnificent Baroque church built in 1780, with outstanding sculptures and ceiling paintings by Januarius Zick. The monastery's highlight, though, is its sumptuously decorated Rococo library, one of the finest examples of that style. Its interior is ringed by a gallery set on highly ornamented columns, and combines with the statues and ceiling fresco for an airy and whimsical style that seems almost frivolous for a monastery.Today, the building houses the Museum in Konventbau, which paints a fascinating picture of the role of the abbey over the centuries.