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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

Imperial Abbey of Beckenreid

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

Imperial Abbey of Blankenburg

Imperial Abbey of Brunnen

Princely Abbey of
Buchau

Imperial Abbey of Burtscheid

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 Abbey of Comburg

Imperial Princely Abbey of Cornelimünster

Imperial Princely Abbey of
Corvey
(See under "Bishopric")

Imperial Abbey of Disentis

Imperial Abbey of Echternach

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]

Imperial Abbey of Elchingen

Abbey of Ellwangen

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

Imperial Abbey of Fulda (See under "Bishopric")

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

Abbey of Gernrode

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

Imperial Abbey of Goslar

Imperial Abbey of
Gutenzell

Abbey of Heggbach

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]

Imperial Abbey of
Hersfeld

Imperial Abbey of Herrnalb

Imperial Abbey of Hynoltshusen

Imperial Abbey of Irsee

  • Irrsee

Abbey of Kaisheim

  • Kaisersheim

Abbey of Kaufungen

Imperial Abbey of Kempten

Imperial Abbey of Kitzingen

Imperial Abbet of
Konigsbronn

Imperial Abbey of Kreuzlingen

Abbey of Lindau

Abbey of Lorsch

Imperial Abbey of Luders

  • Lüders

Imperial Princely Abbey of Malmedy

  • Malmédy

Imperial Abbey of Marchtal

  • 1793: Council of Princes

Imperial Abbey of Maulbronn

Imperial Abbey of Maursmunster

Imperial Abbey of Munchenroth

  • Münchenroth

Imperial Abbey of Munster in St. Gregoriental

  • Münster im St. Gregoriental

Imperial Abbey of Murbach

Abbey of Muri

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 Niederwesel

Imperial Abbey of
Obermunster

  • Obermünster

Imperial Princely Abbey of
Obermunster in Regensburg

  • 1500: Bavarian Circle
  • 1793: Council of Princes

Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen

Abbey of Petershausen

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

Imperial Abbey of Petershausen zu Konstanz

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

Abbey of Reichsabteu Rottmunster

  • Rottmünster, Rottenmünster

Imperial Abbey of Reichenau

Imperial Abbey of Riddagshausen

Imperial Abbey of Rockenhausen

Imperial Abbey of Roggenburg

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 Abbey of Saalfeld

Imperial Abbey of St. Ägidien zu Nürnberg

Imperial Abbey of
St. Blasien

Imperial Princely Abbey of St. Emmeran in Regensburg

Imperial Abbey of St. Gallen

Abbey of St. Georg in Isny

Imperial Abbey of St. Georgen

Imperial Abbey of St. Johann

Imperial Abbey of
St. Johann im Turital

Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin

Abbey of St. Maxirain

Imperial Abbey St. Peter im Schwarzwald

Imperial Abbey of St. Ulrich und Afra im Augsburg

  • In Augsburg

Abbey of
Salmannsweiler

  • Salem

Imperial Abbey of Schaffhausen

Imperial Abbey of
Schonthal

Imperial Abbey of Schottem

  • Schöttem

Imperial Abbey of Schussenried

Imperial Abbey of Selz

Abbey of Soflingen

  • Söflingen

Imperial Princely Abbey of Stavelot

  • Stablo

Imperial Abbey of Stein am Rhein

Abbey of Thorn

Abbey of Urspring

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

Imperial Abbey of Waldsassen

Imperial Abbey of Walkenried

Imperial Abbey of Weingarten

Imperial Abbey of Weissenau

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

Imperial Princely Abbey of
Werden

Abbey of Wessobrunn

Imperial Abbey of Wettenhausen

Abbey of Wilhering

Imperial Abbey of Zwiefalten

Imperial Cloister of Elten