Marchtal Abbey
Imperial Abbey of Marchtal Reichsstift Marchtal | |||||||||
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| 1500–1803 | |||||||||
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Minster church, Marchtal Abbey | |||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
| Capital | Marchtal Abbey | ||||||||
| Government | Elective principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages; early modern period | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
| 1803 | |||||||||
• Mediatised to Württemberg | 1806 | ||||||||
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| 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.