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Abbey

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  • Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Baindt

• 1240: Founded by Conrad of Winterstetten
• 1376: Granted immediate status
• 1793: In Council of Princes
• 1802: Secularized; tranferred to Aspermont-Lynden

Abbey of Bellelay

• c1136: Abbey
• ?: Abbotts also held the Lordship of Bellelay (from 15th cent. called Courtine de Bellelay)
• References
• Swiss Cantons

Abbey of Biel

• Bienne
• 999: Part of Bishopric of Basel
• ?-1234?: Part of County Neuchâtel/Neuenburg
• 1234?: Restored to Bishopric of Basel
• References
• Swiss Cantons

Abbey of Buxheim

• 1548: Emperor Charles V granted Buxheim imperial immediacy
• 1802: Secularized; to Counts of Ostein
• 1809: Inherited by the Counts Waldbott von Bassenheim

Imperial Princely Abbey of Cornelimünster

• Kornelimunster, Kornelimünster

Imperial Abbey of Einsiedeln

• • 965: "...Gregory, the third Abbot of Einsiedeln, was made a prince of the empire by Otto I, and his successors continued to enjoy the same dignity up to the cessation of the empire in the beginning of the nineteenth century."
  • 1274: "...the abbey, with its dependencies, was created an independent principality by Rudolf of Hapsburg, over which the abbot exercised temporal as well as spiritual jurisdiction. It continued independent until the French Revolution. The abbey is now what is termed nullius dioecesis, the abbot having quasi-episcopal authority over ten parishes served by the monks and comprising nearly twenty thousand souls."
• Reference
• [1]

Abbey of Ellwangen

• http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05392c.htm

Imperial Princely Abbey of Essen

• c800: Benedictine monastery founded
• 852: Abbey for daughters of high Saxon nobility founded
• 874/947: Imperial immediate status
• 971-1011: Prioress Matilda of the Saxon imperial family who endowed the churche with precious objects making it one of the most significant of its kind in Europe
• 1039-1058: Prioress Theophano, granddaughter of the Emperor Otto II
• 1216: Emperor Frederick II designates the Prioress a Princess of the Empire
• 1228: Abbess called HRE Princess
• 1290: King Rudolf of Germany confirmed the Princess-Abbess of Essen's territorial soveriegnty over the town of Essen
• 1336: Citizens of Essen attempted to be freed of Princess-Abbess' rule over the town & establish imperial immediacy
• 1337: Emperor Charles IV granted Essen states of a Free City
• 1369: Emperor Charles IV granted the Princess-Abbess the right to extract coal
• 1661: HRE Princess-Abbacy
• 1793: In the Council of Princes
• 1802: Annexed to Prussia
• 1803: Secularize
• 1806: Joint condominium of Prussia and Berg
• 1806 Annexed to Berg
• 1815: To Prussia

• References
• History of City of Essen

Imperial Abbey of Gandersheim

• 856: Abbey of Gandersheim founded by Duke Ludolf of Saxony
• 1793: Council of Princes
• 1803: To Brunswick

Imperial Abbey of Gengenbach

• References
• Gengenbach Abbey

Abbey of Gernrode

• 961: Under Imperial protection
• 1512: To Upper Saxon Circle
• 1610: Secularized to Anhalt
• 1793: Council of Princes

Abbey of Herford

• 820: Abbey founded
• 851: Granted sovereign status
• 973: Given rights of trade, coinage, costumes
• 1174: Imperial immediacy, imperial estate status
• 1500-1521: In the Westphalian Imperial Circle
• 1521: Imperial prelate
• 1523: Princess-Abess of the Empire
• 1533: Secular Protestant Chapter
• 1802: Annexed by Prussia

• Rulers

[2]

• References
• Herford Abbey
• Elizabeth of Hervorden (1618-1680). Princess-Abbess of Reichsabtei Herford

Imperial Abbey of Hersfeld

• Hirschfeld

Imperial Abbey of Irsee

• Irrsee

Abbey of Kaisheim

• Kaisersheim

Imperial Abbey of Kitzingen

• References
• Kitzingen Abbey

Imperial Abbet of Konigsbronn

• Königsbronn

Abbey of Lorsch

• Reference
• Lorsch Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Luders

• Lüders

Imperial Princely Abbey of Malmedy

• Malmédy

Imperial Abbey of Marchtal

• 1793: Council of Princes

Imperial Abbey of Maursmunster

• Maursmünster

Imperial Abbey of Munchenroth

• Münchenroth

Imperial Abbey of Munster in St. Gregoriental

• Münster im St. Gregoriental

Imperial Abbey of Neresheim

1793: Council of Princes

Abbey of Niedermunster

• Niedermünster

Imperial Princely Abbey of Niedermunster in Regensburg

• Niedermünster im Regensburg, Niedermunster in Regensburg

Imperial Abbey of Obermunster

• Obermünster

Imperial Princely Abbey of Obermunster in Regensburg

• 1500: Bavarian Circle
• 1793: Council of Princes

Abbey of Petershausen

• 983: Abbey founded by St. Gebhard II (979-995)
• 1793: Council of Princes

Imperial Abbey of Pfäfers

• Pfafers
• 740: Abbey
• ?: HRE Abbey

Imperial Princely Abbey of Prum

• Prüm
• Title: Prince-Abbot of Prum
• 720: HRE Abbey
• 1557: Annexed to Sternberg and Pyrmont
• 1583: Recreated on partition
• 1631: Annexed to Waldeck-Eisenberg

Abbey of Quedlinburg

• 931: HRE Abbacy
• 1465: HRE Princess-Abbacy
• 1793: Council of Princes
• 1801: Secularized
• 1803: To Prussia
• 1807: To Westphalia
• 1815: To Prussia

Abbey of Ratzenburg

• 1648: Secularized to Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• 1792: In Council of Princes

Imperial Abbey of Rechenhausen

• Recklinghausen

Abbey of Reichsabteu Rottmunster

• Rottmünster, Rottenmünster

Imperial Abbey of Roth

• Rot

Abbey of Rottenmunster

• Rottenmünster, Rothenmünster
• 1126: Benedictine Abbey of Rottenmünster [3]
• 1442: Princess-Abbess of the Empire
• 1803: Secularized and annexed to Wurttemberg

Imperial Princely Abbey of St. Emmeran in Regensburg

• Sankt Emmeram
• References
• [4]

Imperial Abbey of St. Ulrich und Afra im Augsburg

• In Augsburg

Abbey of Salmannsweiler

• Salem

Imperial Abbey of Schonthal

• Schönthal

Imperial Abbey of Schottem

• Schöttem

Abbey of Soflingen

• Söflingen

Imperial Princely Abbey of Stavelot

• Stablo

Abbey of Urspring

• Ursberg

Imperial Abbey of Verden

• Vreden, Werden
• 809: Abbey of Werden founded
• 877: HRE Prince-Abbot
• 827: Helmstadt founded
• ?-1085: Imperial Abbey
• 1216: Emperor Frederick II designated the Prior as Prince of the Empire
• 1792: In Council of Princes
• 1803: Secularised to Prussia
• 1806: Annexed to Berg
• 1808: Annexed to Westphalia
• 1814: Restored to Prussia

• References
• [5]

Imperial Abbey of Waldsassen

• References
• Waldsassen

Imperial Abbey of Walkenried

• References
• Walkenried

Imperial Abbey of Weingarten

• References
• Weingarted

Imperial Abbey of Weissenau

• Weißenau
• 1145: Founded
• 1257: Raised to the rank of an abbey
• Weissenau

Imperial Princely Abbey of Werden

• References
• Werden

Abbey of Wessobrunn

• References
• [6]

Abbey of Wilhering

• References
• Wilhering