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Imperial Abbey (Prince-Provostry) of Ellwangen
Reichskloster (Fürstpropstei) Ellwangen
1011–1802
Coat of arms of Ellwangen Abbey
Coat of arms
St. Vitus's Basilica
St. Vitus's Basilica
StatusPrince-provostry of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalEllwangen
GovernmentImperial abbey
Prince-provostry (from 1460)
Historical eraMiddle Ages
Early modern period
• Founded
ca 764
• Imperial immediacy
1011
• Reichsfreiheit
   confirmed
1347
• Converted to
   provostry
1460
• Joined
   Swabian Circle
1500
• Joined
   Catholic League
1609
• Mediatised to
   Württemberg
1802
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Swabia Duchy of Swabia
Duchy of Württemberg Ellwangen Abbey
Today part ofGermany

Ellwangen Abbey (German: Kloster Ellwangen) was the earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy of Swabia, at the present-day town of Ellwangen an der Jagst, Baden-Württemberg, about 100 km (60 mi) north-east of Stuttgart.

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Ellwangen Abbey

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Ellwangen Abbey (German: Kloster Ellwangen) was the earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy of Swabia, at the present-day town of Ellwangen...

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Ellwangen

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Ellwangen an der Jagst, officially Ellwangen (Jagst), in common use simply Ellwangen (German pronunciation: [ˈɛlˌvaŋən] ) is a town in the district of...

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Aalen

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Hamarstat. Aalen itself was first mentioned in an inventory list of Ellwangen Abbey, dated ca. 1136, as the village Alon, along with a lower nobleman named...

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Hatto I

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of Reichenau, of which he became abbot in 888. He was also abbot of Ellwangen Abbey. Hatto soon became known to the German king, Arnulf, who appointed...

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Oberkochen

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until Feb 25th 1803 Oberkochen had two Schultheißen, one of the catholic Ellwangen and one of the Protestant würtembergian Königsbronn. Since 1933 Oberkochen...

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Ostalbkreis

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the two precursor districts. The crosier in the middle represents Ellwangen Abbey, which possessed many smaller areas scattered in the district. "Bevölkerung...

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Herulph

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the Abbey of St. Gall who founded Ellwangen Abbey. He is a Catholic saint; his feast day is December 13. Herulph was born about 730 in Ellwangen near...

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Katzwang

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time in the year 1152. It belonged at that point to Ellwangen Abbey, which sold it to Ebrach Abbey in 1296. The church of Saint Mary still contains medieval...

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Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament

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The acronym INRI (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews) written in three languages, as in John 19:20, Ellwangen Abbey, Germany...

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Princely abbeys and imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire

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voice in the Imperial Diet; there were ten of these (Fulda, Kempten, Ellwangen, Murbach-Lüders, Berchtesgaden, Weissenburg, Prüm, Stablo-Malmedy, Corvey...

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Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony

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with the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg and the Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen Abbey, which were secularized and annexed by the princes of Nassau-Weilburg...

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Berchtesgaden Provostry

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within the Empire: the only other one was at the Swabian Imperial Ellwangen Abbey. The position of Prince-Provost was frequently held in conjunction...

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John 19

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The acronym INRI ("Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" in Latin) written in three languages (as in John 19:20) on the cross, Ellwangen Abbey, Germany....

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Comburg

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Protestantism. The monks of the Comburg also maintained close ties to Ellwangen Abbey. As a part of the Napoleonic during the process of German mediatization...

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Ermanrich of Passau

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son of a Swabian noble family, was originally a Benedictine monk at Ellwangen Abbey. At the Monastery of Fulda he was a student of Rabanus Maurus and Rudolf...

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List of Jesuit sites

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Ellwangen, Swabia (1658–1773) next to Ellwangen Abbey, now Landgericht [de] and Evangelical Church [de]; precursor to Peutinger-Gymnasium Ellwangen [de]...

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres

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Erlolf 772–778 Herulphe, Herulphus or Ariolf (759–774), founder of Ellwangen Abbey 778–790 Baldric 790–820 Belto, Betto (790–820), who helped to draw...

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List of Carolingian monasteries

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Disentis 700 Dol Abbey Dol-de-Bretagne 6th century Samson of Dol Echternach Abbey Echternach 698 Willibrord Ellwangen Abbey Ellwangen c. 764 Herulph and...

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Dellmensingen Castle

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and Regensburg, died without there being a male successor in 1647, Ellwangen Abbey, which had seignory over the Lower Castle, attempted to expand its...

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