Zwiefalten Abbey (German: Kloster Zwiefalten, Abtei Zwiefalten or after 1750, Reichsabtei Zwiefalten) is a former Benedictine monastery situated at Zwiefalten...
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Germany located halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. The former Zwiefalten Abbey dominates the town. The former monastery is considered one of the finest...
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of Zwiefalten (died 1164) was a German Benedictine monk who wrote the first chronicle of Zwiefalten Abbey and then served as abbot of Neresheim Abbey from...
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Berthold of Zwiefalten (c. 1089 – 21 May 1169) was a German Benedictine monk who thrice served as abbot of Zwiefalten Abbey and wrote its early history...
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Saint Ernest (died 1148) was the abbot of the Benedictine Zwiefalten Abbey at Zwiefalten, Germany from 1141 to 1146. He participated in the Second Crusade...
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(Mönchroth) Weissenau Schussenried Marchthal Petershausen Wettenhausen Zwiefalten Gengenbach Neresheim Heggbach Gutenzell Rottenmünster Baindt Söflingen...
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monastery of Kladruby in 1115; Richeza also made several donations to Zwiefalten Abbey in her Swabian homelands. Through the intercession of his wife, in...
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His masterworks are considered to be the choir stalls in Zwiefalten Abbey and Ottobeuren Abbey. He was one of the few sculptors to work with wood, stone...
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Piast of Poland. Henry retired during the 1100s and became a monk in Zwiefalten Abbey. His eldest son succeeded him as the Count of Berg-Schelklingen. Henry...
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(ruin) Burg Hohenrechberg (ruin) Zwiefalten Abbey Ulm minster church (highest church spire in the world) Beuron Abbey Nebelhöhle (mist cave) Bärenhöhle...
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court decided that it should be returned to Zwiefalten Abbey under the following obligation: Zwiefalten Abbey had to pay 1,000 florins to Welzli and had...
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Austrian Bishop of Würzburg and Count of Lambach-Wels; joint founder of Zwiefalten Abbey Saint Albert of Montecorvino (d. 1127), Norman Bishop of Montecorvino...
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Great (1762 – 1778) Johann Michael Fischer was the architect of Ottobeuren Abbey (1748 – 1766), another Bavarian Rococo landmark. The church features, like...
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independence of the abbey from the Counts of Calw and placed its finances on a sound footing. In 1089, monks from Hirsau founded Zwiefalten Abbey. William completed...
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(1714–1783), built by Johann Georg Specht based on designs by Fischer Zwiefalten—Zwiefalten Abbey (1741–1747), considered a model of integrated Baroque design...
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Nebuchadnezzar confronts Zedekiah, who holds a plan of Jerusalem, in this Baroque-era depiction in Zwiefalten Abbey in Germany...
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century. Even though these counts never used arms by themselves, the Zwiefalten Abbey appointed them these arms. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht...
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monasteries along the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. The frescoes in the Zwiefalten Abbey are considered his masterpiece. Spiegler was born the Free Imperial...
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fief. Otto's widow Sophia returned to Swabia and probably retired to Zwiefalten Abbey. Salomea of Berg - sister in law Marek, Miroslav. "Bohemia". genealogy...
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1173–1177, 1191, 1198–1199 and 1201; Gertrude (1126/35–1160), nun at Zwiefalten Abbey; Henry (1127/32–1166), Duke of Sandomierz from 1138; Dobroniega Ludgarda...
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monastery in 1106. From 1140 until 1164, Ortlieb of Zwiefalten served as abbot. In the 13th century, the abbey owned seven villages and it had an income from...
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year, he was also co-founder of Zwiefalten Abbey in Swabia. On 6 October 1090 he died in Lambach and was buried in the abbey church which he himself had founded...
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trying to escape from the castle. In 1512 Duke Ulrich had the abbot of Zwiefalten Abbey, Georg Fischer, imprisoned at the castle. On the orders of Duke Ulrich...
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Ohnastetten and Würtingen were first mentioned in 1138 in a document of the Zwiefalten Abbey. Bleichstetten was recorded in 1102, Lonsingen in 1268 and Gächingen...
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Steinhausen, pilgrimage church Castle Mainau Obermarchtal, monastery Zwiefalten, abbey church Meßkirch, parish church Biberach an der Riss Meersburg, old...
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of St. John the Evangelist (altars) Zwiefalten—Zwiefalten Abbey (1741–1747) (stucco) Amorbach—Benedictine Abbey Church of St. Maria (high altar and other...
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Württembergische Landesbibliothek. It was originally acquired from the Zwiefalten Abbey, and is thought to be from the 14th century. 1321 Sanudo-Vesconte map...
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was a recent innovation, first used in the election of the Abbot of Zwiefalten Abbey in 1095, which was called the Electio per compromissum (Election through...
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courtesy of the duke. On October 31, 1717 Chur sold Engstingen to the Zwiefalten Abbey. From there it was transferred to the Protestant Württemberg on 30...
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and 2004. Above the third floor is a mansard roof that now houses Zwiefalten Abbey's original clockwork, taken by King Frederick I in 1809. The two pavilions...
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