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Princely Abbey of Corvey

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The Reformation threatened Corvey as it did the other ecclesiastical territories in north-west Germany but the princely abbey did survive somewhat precariously as a self-ruling principality at the border of Protestant Brunswick and Hesse-Kassel. From the mid-16th century onward, the prince-abbot and
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crossed the Weser, was of some strategic importance and assured its economic and cultural importance. The abbey's historian H. H. Kaminsky estimates that the royal entourage visited Corvey at least 110 times before 1073, occasions for the issuance of charters.
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The present owner of the palace is Viktor, 5th Duke of Ratibor and 5th Prince of Corvey, Prince of Hohenlohe-SchillingsfĂŒrst-Metternich-SĂĄndor (b. 1964). The palace, library, and church are today open to the public.
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his monks ran the administration in cooperation with a partly Protestant assembly consisting of three noble families, one town (Höxter) and a prelate. The prince-abbot, who had a seat and vote in the
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architecture. The inside of the westwork contains the only known wall paintings of ancient mythology with Christian interpretation in Carolingian times. The former abbey church was listed as a
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The abbey also participated in attempts to reform the Catholic Church during the 11th century. It was the dominant theological centre in the region and established numerous subsidiary abbeys.
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as a member of the College of Ruling Princes, took only a modest part in imperial affairs, while the home affairs of the abbey were limited to little more than gentry-like estate management.
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the abbey building was sacked by imperial troops who also laid siege to Höxter. It was later demolished. Only the
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The library has been discussed as a cultural marker in the record of a symposium at Corvey, Rainer Schöwerling,
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in 940, the first of its kind, established the abbot, Folcmar, in a new kind of setting. The abbot was granted
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Die FĂŒrstliche Bibliothek Corvey: ihre Bedeutung fĂŒr eine neue Sicht der Literatur des frĂŒhen 19. Jahrhunderts
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Corvey thus became "one of the most privileged Carolingian monastic sanctuaries in the 9th-century
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near Paris. Saint Vitus now became the patron saint of the Saxons. Since he was also one of the
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Hethis, noting Herbert KrĂŒger, "Wo lag Hethis, der Ort der ersten Corveyer KlostergrĂŒndung?",
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Peter Garside and Anthony Mandal, "Producing fiction in Britain, 1800 – 1829"
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Gospels. A 10th-century book illumination from the scriptorium of Corvey Abbey, now in the
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The Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle (red) within the Holy Roman Empire (white) after 1548
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While Corvey had ceased to exist as a political state in 1803, it continued to exist as a
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Die karolingischen Stuckfiguren im Westwerk von Corvey : zur Frage ihrer Deutung
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It took decades for the local area to recover from the devastation of the war. After
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Sinopia and stuccowork in the westwork of the Carolingian monastery church of Corvey
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The famous abbey library has long since been dispersed, but the "princely library" (
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by Gian Biagio Conte, Don P. Fowler, Glen W. Most and Joseph Solodow (Nov 4, 1999)
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in 1815. As compensation for lost territory west of the Rhine, it was awarded to
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meant that its abbot was answerable directly to the emperor in secular matters.
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Sinopien und Stuck im Westwerk der karolingischen Klosterkirche von Corvey
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In 1792, Corvey ceased to be a Benedictine abbey and was raised by pope
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Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey : UNESCO Official Website
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The Corvey Library and Anglo-German cultural exchanges, 1770–1837
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Leyser, Karl. "Henry I and the Beginnings of the Saxon Empire",
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The first stone church was consecrated in 844. In 873–885, the
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WĂŒrzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
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A final period of prosperity followed under the leadership of
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Territory of the Princely Abbey of Corvey in the 18th century
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The site of the abbey, where the east-west route called the
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Nathan, Carola (August 2014). "Ideenwelt der Karolinger".
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Landgrave Victor Amadeus rebuilt the abbey buildings as a
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Religious buildings and structures completed in the 840s
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The first abbot of Corvey was a cousin of Charlemagne,
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Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
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Official name: Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey
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Christian monasteries established in the 9th century
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Corvey Abbey

Westwork
Affiliation
Catholic
Year consecrated
Höxter
Princely Abbey of Corvey is located in Germany
Princely Abbey of Corvey is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Geographic coordinates
51°46â€Č44″N 9°24â€Č34″E / 51.77885°N 9.40943°E / 51.77885; 9.40943
Style
UNESCO World Heritage Site
session
1447
Europe and North America
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Benedictine
ecclesiastical principality
North Rhine-Westphalia
princely abbeys
Holy Roman Empire
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prince-bishopric
German mediatisation
Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda

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