Schöntal Abbey
| Imperial Abbey of Schöntal | ||||||||||
| Reichskloster Schöntal | ||||||||||
| Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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 Schöntal Abbey: Baroque abbey church
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| Capital | Schöntal | |||||||||
| Government | Elective principality | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Founded in Neusass | 1153 | ||||||||
| • | Relocated to Schöntal | 1157–63 1418 | ||||||||
| • | Pawned to Kaisheim Abbey | early 1200s – 1283 | ||||||||
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Council of Constance granted Reichsfreiheit |
1418 |
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| • | Reichsfreiheit revoked | 1495 | ||||||||
| • | Abandoned during Thirty Years' War |
1631 |
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| • | Revived and expanded | 1683–1782 1495 | ||||||||
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Secularised to Württemberg |
1802 |
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Coordinates: 49°19′41″N 9°30′17″E / 49.3281°N 9.5047°E
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Schöntal Abbey (German: Kloster Schöntal, Reichskloster Schöntal) is a former Cistercian abbey in Schöntal in the district of Hohenlohe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is famous as one of the most impressive pieces of Baroque architecture in northern Württemberg and is now used by the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart as a retreat and training centre.
The Cistercian monastery was founded in 1153 in Neusass by Wolfram von Bebenburg and was settled by monks from Maulbronn Abbey. The original site proved unsuitable and the new community moved to the present location in Schöntal on the Jagst between 1157 and 1163. The land for the new site was provided by the von Berlichingen family in exchange for rights of burial in the monastery. The monastery was under the protection of the Bishops of Würzburg.
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