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Weissenburg Abbey, of the Order of Saint
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Around 1100, it was important for the monastery, which had now become wealthy, to distance itself from the Bishop of Speyer and his influence. To this end a new tradition was established about the origins of the monastery, backed up by forged documents (such
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middle of the town, in a pleasant part of the
Bishopric; the old called it Witzenburg or Weisheit Castle because the monks had always received good teaching there.
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Weissenburg developed quickly into one of the wealthiest and culturally most significant abbeys in
Germany. As early as 682 it was able to purchase shares in a
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was not anything unusual in the Middle Ages). In the case of
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Although it is in modern-day France, during its existence the abbey was under German rule, hence the usual name of
Weissenburg.
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Wissembourg. Avec quelques châteaux-forts de la basse Alsace et du Palatinat. Monographie historique
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Thanks to donations from the nobility and local landowners the monastery quickly acquired possessions and estates in the
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Traditiones possessionesque Wizenburgenses. Codices duo cum supplementis; impensis societatis historicae Palatinae
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With that ends the series of abbots. The provosts of the collegiate church were identical with the
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An annual Christmas fair is held on weekends in Advent, in the area around the church.
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