Obermünster, Regensburg
Imperial Abbey of Obermünster Reichsstift Obermünster (German) | |||||||||
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| 1315–1803 | |||||||||
Coat of arms of the Imperial Abbey (modern drawing)
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Location of the monastery in the city of Regensburg on a city map section from 1700 (Obermünster in the upper center of the picture, right monastery area) | |||||||||
(Map of the Bavarian Imperial Circle after 1696; Regensburg on the Danube in the upper center of the map in the largest pink field) | |||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Obermünster | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Founded | Early 9th century | ||||||||
• Destroyed by fire | 1002 1315 | ||||||||
Before 1024 | |||||||||
• Gained Papal protection | 1219 | ||||||||
• Raised to Imperial principality | 1315 | ||||||||
• Secularised to Regensburg | 1803 | ||||||||
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The Obermünster, or Obermünster Abbey, Regensburg, was a collegiate house of canonesses (Frauenstift) in Regensburg, Bavaria, second only to Niedermünster in wealth and power.