Weissenau Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Weissenau Reichsstift Weißenau
13th century – 1802
Engraving of Weissenau Abbey, Johann Mathias Steidlin, 1734
Status	Imperial Abbey
Capital	Weißenau
Common languages	Alemannic German
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Elective principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Founded	1145 13th century
• Raised to abbey	1257
• Gained Reichsfreiheit	mid-to-late 13th century
• Received Precious Blood     from Rudolph of Habsburg	1283
• Joined Council of Princes	1793
• Secularised to Sternberg-     Manderscheid	1802
• Bought by Württemberg	1835
Succeeded by Sternberg-Manderscheid

Weissenau Abbey (German: Kloster Weißenau, Reichsstift Weißenau) was an Imperial abbey (Reichsabtei) of the Holy Roman Empire located near Ravensburg in the Swabian Circle. The abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery, was an Imperial Estate and therefore its abbot had seat and vote in the Reichstag as a prelate of the Swabian Bench. The abbey existed from 1145 until the secularisation of 1802-1803.