Weingarten Abbey
Weingarten Abbey or St. Martin's Abbey (German: Reichsabtei Weingarten until 1803, then merely Abtei Weingarten) is a Benedictine monastery on the Martinsberg (St. Martin's Mount) in Weingarten near Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg (Germany).
Imperial Abbey of St Martin at Weingarten Reichsabtei Weingarten | |||||||||
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| 1274–1803 | |||||||||
Coat of arms of Weingarten
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Weingarten Abbey, 1525 | |||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
| Capital | Weingarten | ||||||||
| Government | Theocracy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Founded | 1056 1274 | ||||||||
1268 | |||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | 1274 | ||||||||
• Joined Council of Princes | 1793 | ||||||||
| 1803 | |||||||||
• Annexed by Württemberg | 1806 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
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