The facade of the Abbey of EchternachInside the St Willibrord basilica
The Abbey of Echternach is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Echternach, in eastern Luxembourg. The abbey was founded in the 7th century by St Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg. For three hundred years, it benefited from the patronage of a succession of rulers, and was the most powerful institution in Luxembourg.
The abbey is currently a popular tourist attraction mostly on account of an annual dancing procession that is held every Whit Tuesday. Tens of thousands of tourists, day-trippers, pilgrims, and clergy visit Echternach to witness or participate in the traditional ceremony.
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49.81389; 6.42250 The AbbeyofEchternach is a Benedictine monastery in the town ofEchternach, in eastern Luxembourg. The abbey was founded in the 7th...
Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in Luxembourg. The town grew around the AbbeyofEchternach, which was...
The Echternach Gospels (Paris, Bib. N., MS. lat. 9389) were produced, presumably, at Lindisfarne Abbey in Northumbria around the year 690. This location...
It honours Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg, who established the AbbeyofEchternach. Echternach has developed a strong tourism industry centred...
AbbeyofEchternach in AD 698, and is celebrated annually in the dancing procession ofEchternach. For a few centuries the abbey would become one of northern...
counted the first bishop of Utrecht. In 698 he established the AbbeyofEchternach on the site of a Roman villa in Echternach, which was donated to him...
falls just outside the end of rule by the Ottonian dynasty. It was produced at the AbbeyofEchternach under the direction of Abbot Humbert. The manuscript...
mother, he made a donation to the AbbeyofEchternach. Charibert's father was possibly Martin of Laon. The name of Charibert's wife is not known. Charibert...
Aureus ofEchternach (or Liber Aureus) of the AbbeyofEchternach. In this document is a charter included in which a certain Aengilbertus, son of late Gaobertus...
Echternach is a canton in the east of Luxembourg. It is largely coterminous with the Mullerthal region. It borders Germany. Echternach Canton consists...
Willibrord, founder of the AbbeyofEchternach. The abbey had been built on land donated by Plectrude's mother, Irmina of Oeren, but most of Willibrord's missionary...
constructions in Echternach, and founded the AbbeyofEchternach, dedicated to educating monks according to the Benedictine rule. It was in Echternach that he...
near the town of Fischbach, in central Luxembourg. Fischbach has the longest history of any of Luxembourg's castles. The AbbeyofEchternach, the wealthiest...
Hollenfels Castle Luxembourg also has a number of architecturally interesting churches. The AbbeyofEchternach (700) is the oldest Anglo-Saxon monastery in...
From the 8th century, the AbbeyofEchternach became an important centre for church music. Around the year 900, the abbey produced the Officium Sancti...
Echternach Evangeliaria (Echternacher Evageliarien) is the name given to a number of notable medieval evangeliaria produced in Echternachabbey: the evangeliary...
(852-872). Another group of churches with alternating piers and columns is located in former Lower Lorraine: AbbeyofEchternach (1016-1031), church in...
ballad Der Geiger von Echternach (The Echternach Fiddler) which she completed when she was 83. It was premiered in the AbbeyofEchternach in July 1972 to great...
four gospels. One of the most lavishly illustrated Ottonian manuscripts, it was produced at the AbbeyofEchternach under the direction of Abbot Humbert....
reference of settlements in Thuringia and central and eastern Germany. In 726, Arnstadt passed to the AbbeyofEchternach, and later to the Abbeyof Hersfeld...
Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, and large parts were held by the AbbeyofEchternach. From the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance, authors attributed...
current streets of Oosterwijzend and Dorpsstraat in Wognum. In 980 the city was first mentioned in a church list of the AbbeyofEchternach. The place was...
Augustine of Canterbury in 597, and preserved in a manuscript at the AbbeyofEchternach, founded by the English missionary Willibrord. The Martyrologium...
the teachings of Christ. Both evangelistaries that now constitute the Codex Eyckensis were presumably brought from the AbbeyofEchternach to Aldeneik by...
is a record of a gift in the form of a vineyard in Monte Viennense made by Saint Irmina to the AbbeyofEchternach. Vianden possesses one of the oldest...
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