Gengenbach Abbey
Imperial Abbey of Gengenbach Reichskloster Gengenbach | |||||||
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| 8th century–1803 | |||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||
| Capital | Gengenbach Abbey | ||||||
| Common languages | Alemannic | ||||||
| Government | Elective principality | ||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||
• Founded | early 8th century | ||||||
1007 8th century | |||||||
1360 | |||||||
1525 | |||||||
1548 | |||||||
• Unsuccessfully attempted to join College of Prelates | 1575 and 1580 | ||||||
• Joined College of Prelates | 1645 / 1751a 1803 | ||||||
• Mediatized to Baden | 25 February 1803 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||
a: Accession to the College of Prelates approved in 1645, but not implemented until 1751. | |||||||
Gengenbach Abbey (German: Kloster Gengenbach) was a Benedictine monastery in Gengenbach in the district of Ortenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was an Imperial Abbey from the late Carolingian period to 1803.