Reichenau Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Reichenau
Reichskloster Reichenau
724–1540 or 1548
Coat of arms of Reichenau
Coat of arms
StatusImperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalReichenau Abbey
GovernmentTheocracy
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Founded
724
• Gained Reichsfreiheit
Unknown 724
• Reichsfreiheit lost to
    Bishopric of Constance

1540 or 1548 1540s
• Secularised to
    Württemberg

1757–1803
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia
Bishopric of Constance
Today part ofGermany
Reichenau Abbey
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part ofMonastic Island of Reichenau
CriteriaCultural: iii, iv, vi
Reference974
Inscription2000 (24th Session)
Monastery and cloisters of Reichenau

Reichenau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery on Reichenau Island (known in Latin as Augia Dives). It was founded in 724 by the itinerant Saint Pirmin,[1] who is said to have fled Spain ahead of the Moorish invaders, with patronage that included Charles Martel, and, more locally, Count Berthold of the Ahalolfinger and the Alemannian Duke Santfrid I (Nebi). Pirmin's conflict with Santfrid resulted in his leaving Reichenau in 727.[2]

  1. ^ Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians, (Pearson Education Limited, 1983), 42.
  2. ^ Pierre Riche, The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe, transl. Michael Idomir Allen, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), 42.

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