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Imperial Abbey of Baindt

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  • 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

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Abbey of Bellelay

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

Abbey of Biel

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

Imperial Abbey of Blankenburg

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Imperial Abbey of Brunnen

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Princely Abbey of Buchau

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Imperial Abbey of Burtscheid

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Abbey of Buxheim

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  • 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

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Imperial Princely Abbey of Cornelimünster

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

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Imperial Abbey of Disentis

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Imperial Abbey of Echternach

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Imperial Abbey of Einsiedeln

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    • 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."
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Imperial Abbey of Elchingen

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Abbey of Ellwangen

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Imperial Princely Abbey of Essen

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  • 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")

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Imperial Abbey of Gandersheim

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

Imperial Abbey of Gengenbach

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Abbey of Gernrode

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

Imperial Abbey of Goslar

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Imperial Abbey of Gutenzell

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Abbey of Heggbach

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Abbey of Herford

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  • 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
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Imperial Abbey of Hersfeld

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Imperial Abbey of Herrnalb

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Imperial Abbey of Hynoltshusen

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Imperial Abbey of Irsee

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  • Irrsee

Abbey of Kaisheim

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  • Kaisersheim

Abbey of Kaufungen

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Imperial Abbey of Kempten

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Imperial Abbey of Kitzingen

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Imperial Abbet of Konigsbronn

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Imperial Abbey of Kreuzlingen

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Abbey of Lindau

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Abbey of Lorsch

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Imperial Abbey of Luders

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Imperial Princely Abbey of Malmedy

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Imperial Abbey of Marchtal

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  • 1793: Council of Princes

Imperial Abbey of Maulbronn

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Imperial Abbey of Maursmunster

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Imperial Abbey of Munchenroth

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  • Münchenroth
  • Münster im St. Gregoriental

Imperial Abbey of Murbach

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Abbey of Muri

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Imperial Abbey of Neresheim

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1793: Council of Princes

Imperial Princely Abbey of Niedermunster in Regensburg

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  • Niedermünster im Regensburg, Niedermunster in Regensburg

Imperial Abbey of Niederwesel

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Imperial Abbey of Obermunster

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Imperial Princely Abbey of Obermunster in Regensburg

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  • 1500: Bavarian Circle
  • 1793: Council of Princes

Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen

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

Imperial Abbey of Petershausen zu Konstanz

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Imperial Princely Abbey of Prum

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  • 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

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  • 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

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

Imperial Abbey of Rechenhausen

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  • Rottmünster, Rottenmünster

Imperial Abbey of Reichenau

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Imperial Abbey of Riddagshausen

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Imperial Abbey of Rockenhausen

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Imperial Abbey of Roggenburg

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Imperial Abbey of Roth

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

Imperial Abbey of Saalfeld

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Imperial Abbey of St. Ägidien zu Nürnberg

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Imperial Abbey of St. Blasien

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Imperial Princely Abbey of St. Emmeran in Regensburg

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Imperial Abbey of St. Gallen

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Imperial Abbey of St. Georgen

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Imperial Abbey of St. Johann

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Imperial Abbey of St. Johann im Turital

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Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin

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Abbey of St. Maxirain

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  • In Augsburg
  • Salem

Imperial Abbey of Schaffhausen

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Imperial Abbey of Schonthal

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Imperial Abbey of Schottem

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  • Schöttem

Imperial Abbey of Schussenried

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Imperial Abbey of Selz

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Abbey of Soflingen

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  • Söflingen

Imperial Princely Abbey of Stavelot

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Imperial Abbey of Stein am Rhein

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Abbey of Thorn

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Abbey of Urspring

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Imperial Abbey of Verden

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  • 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

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Imperial Abbey of Walkenried

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Imperial Abbey of Weingarten

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Imperial Abbey of Weissenau

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

Imperial Princely Abbey of Werden

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Abbey of Wessobrunn

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Imperial Abbey of Wettenhausen

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Abbey of Wilhering

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Imperial Abbey of Zwiefalten

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Imperial Cloister of Elten

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