Hersfeld Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Hersfeld Reichsabtei Hersfeld
775–1606 (de facto) 775–1648 (de jure)
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Hersfeld Abbey: church ruins
Status	Imperial Abbey
Capital	Hersfeld Abbey
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Founded by Saint Boniface	736–42
• Granted Imperial immediacy     by Charlemagne	775
• City of Hersfeld placed     itself under Hessian protection	1371
• Forced union with Fulda	1513–15
• Abbot Krato swore allegiance     to Lutheran Hesse	1525
• Otto, Prince of Hesse, elected     lay administrator	1606
• Secularised to Hesse-Kassel     by Peace of Westphalia	1648
Preceded by Succeeded by Fulda monastery Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Today part of	Germany

Hersfeld Abbey was an important Benedictine imperial abbey in the town of Bad Hersfeld in Hesse (formerly in Hesse-Nassau), Germany, at the confluence of the rivers Geisa, Haune and Fulda. The ruins are now a medieval festival venue.