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Princely Abbey of Kempten
Fürststift Kempten
1062–1803
Coat of arms of Kempten Abbey
Coat of arms
Imperial City and Princely Abbey of Kempten, c. 1800
Imperial City and Princely Abbey of Kempten, c. 1800
StatusPrincely Abbey
CapitalKempten (not included)
GovernmentElective ecclesiastical principality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Abbey founded
752
• Imperial immediacy confirmed
1062
• Prince–Abbacy
1213
• Joined Swabian Circle
1500
• Joined Catholic League
1609
• Abbey property purchased by the City of Kempten
1525
• Mediatised to Bavaria
1803
• Cities united
1819
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Princely Abbey of Kempten Duchy of Swabia
Electorate of Bavaria Princely Abbey of Kempten
47°43′40″N 10°18′48″E / 47.7277°N 10.3132°E / 47.7277; 10.3132

The Princely Abbey of Kempten (German: Fürststift Kempten or Fürstabtei Kempten) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire for centuries until it was annexed to the Electorate of Bavaria in the course of the German mediatization in 1803.

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Abbey of Saint Gall

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Konrad von Gundelfingen

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Egid Verhelst the Elder

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Dominikus von Brentano

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Dreiherrenstein

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point between Irsee Abbey, Kempten Abbey and Electoral Bavarian Mindelheim A total of 13 Dreiherrensteine is located on the Rennsteig, of which 11 are in...

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Wilhelm von Montfort

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Ramschwag as advocatus over the princely abbey. Additionally, Ulrich was a bad economist who amassed a large amount of debt for the city, in large parts...

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Free imperial city

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Reformation

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delegates of Strasbourg, Nuremberg, Ulm, Constance, Lindau, Memmingen, Kempten, Nördlingen, Heilbronn, Reutlingen, Isny im Allgäu, St. Gallen, Weissenburg...

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Magnus Agricola

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