Zwiefalten Abbey (German: Kloster Zwiefalten, Abtei Zwiefalten or after 1750, Reichsabtei Zwiefalten) is a former Benedictine monastery situated at Zwiefalten...

Germany located halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. The former Zwiefalten Abbey dominates the town. The former monastery is considered one of the finest...

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...

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...

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...

(Mönchroth) Weissenau Schussenried Marchthal Petershausen Wettenhausen Zwiefalten Gengenbach Neresheim Heggbach Gutenzell Rottenmünster Baindt Söflingen...

monastery of Kladruby in 1115; Richeza also made several donations to Zwiefalten Abbey in her Swabian homelands. Through the intercession of his wife, in...

(ruin) Burg Hohenrechberg (ruin) Zwiefalten Abbey Ulm minster church (highest church spire in the world) Beuron Abbey Nebelhöhle (mist cave) Bärenhöhle...

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...

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...

Nebuchadnezzar confronts Zedekiah, who holds a plan of Jerusalem, in this Baroque-era depiction in Zwiefalten Abbey in Germany...

Great (1762 – 1778) Johann Michael Fischer was the architect of Ottobeuren Abbey (1748 – 1766), another Bavarian Rococo landmark. The church features, like...

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...

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...

(1714–1783), built by Johann Georg Specht based on designs by Fischer Zwiefalten—Zwiefalten Abbey (1741–1747), considered a model of integrated Baroque design...

Austrian Bishop of Würzburg and Count of Lambach-Wels; joint founder of Zwiefalten Abbey Saint Albert of Montecorvino (d. 1127), Norman Bishop of Montecorvino...

century. Even though these counts never used arms by themselves, the Zwiefalten Abbey appointed them these arms. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht...

monasteries along the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. The frescoes in the Zwiefalten Abbey are considered his masterpiece. Spiegler was born the Free Imperial...

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...

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...

Steinhausen, pilgrimage church Castle Mainau Obermarchtal, monastery Zwiefalten, abbey church Meßkirch, parish church Biberach an der Riss Meersburg, old...

fief. Otto's widow Sophia returned to Swabia and probably retired to Zwiefalten Abbey. Salomea of Berg - sister in law Marek, Miroslav. "Bohemia". genealogy...

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...

of St. John the Evangelist (altars) Zwiefalten—Zwiefalten Abbey (1741–1747) (stucco) Amorbach—Benedictine Abbey Church of St. Maria (high altar and other...

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...

After Manegold's imperial confirmation, Heinrich von Twiel withdrew to Zwiefalten Abbey. On the behest of Werinher, he returned to Saint Gall as provost in...

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...

Württembergische Landesbibliothek. It was originally acquired from the Zwiefalten Abbey, and is thought to be from the 14th century. 1321 Sanudo-Vesconte map...

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...

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...