Marchtal Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Marchtal Reichsstift Marchtal
1500–1803
Coat of arms
Minster church, Marchtal Abbey
Status	Imperial Abbey
Capital	Marchtal Abbey
Government	Elective principality
Historical era	Middle Ages; early modern period
• Monastery founded     by Ahalolfinger	before 776
• Dedicated by Herman II,     Duke of Swabia	993 1500
• Refounded by Hugo II,     Count Palatine of Tübingen	1171
• Rededicated by Henry I,     Bishop of Constance	2 May 1239
• Raised to abbey	1440
• Raised to Imperial abbey	1500
• Secularised to Thurn und Taxis	1803
• Mediatised to Württemberg	1806
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Württemberg Thurn und Taxis
Today part of	Germany

Marchtal Abbey (German: Kloster Marchtal or Reichsstift Marchtal) is a former Premonstratensian monastery in Obermarchtal in the Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The minster church of Saints Peter and Paul, the former abbey church, located on a prominent elevation, still dominates the landscape for miles around.