Rot an der Rot Abbey

Rot an der Rot Abbey (also referred to as Roth, Münchroth, Münchenroth, Mönchroth or Mönchsroth) was a Premonstratensian monastery in Rot an der Rot in Upper Swabia, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was the first Premonstratensian monastery in the whole of Swabia. The imposing structure of the former monastery is situated on a hill between the valleys of the rivers Rot and Haslach. The monastery church, dedicated to St Verena, and the convent buildings are an important part of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. Apart from the actual monastic buildings, a number of other structures have been preserved among which are the gates and the economy building.

Imperial Abbey of Rot an der Rot
Reichsabtei Rot an der Rot
1497–1803
Coat of arms
View of the monastery
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalRot an der Rot Abbey
GovernmentTheocracy
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Founded (by St Norbert?)
1126
• Placed under Imperial
    protection by Barbarossa

1179 1497
• Exempted from
    secular courts

1338
• Granted Imp. immediacy
    by Maximilian I

1497
• Leopold of Austria
    mortgaged high justice
    to abbeya


1619
• Looted repeated during
    Thirty Years' Warb

1618–48
• Mediatised to Wartenberg
1803
1806
Succeeded by
County of Wartenberg
Today part ofGermany
a: The rights to deliver high justice for Tyrol were only effected during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48).
b: As well as being looted more than 200 times during the Thirty Years' War (1618–48), the abbey was also looted during the German Peasants' War (1525) and the Schmalkaldic War (1546).
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