Quedlinburg Abbey
Former abbey in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Quedlinburg Abbey (German: Stift Quedlinburg or Reichsstift Quedlinburg) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.[1][2] It was founded in 936 on the initiative of Saint Mathilda, the widow of the East Frankish King Henry the Fowler, as his memorial.[3] For many centuries it and its abbesses enjoyed great prestige and influence. Quedlinburg Abbey was an Imperial Estate and one of the approximately forty self-ruling Imperial Abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire. It was disestablished in 1802/3. The church, known as Stiftskirche St Servatius, is now used by the Lutheran Evangelical Church in Germany.
Imperial Abbey of Quedlinburg Reichsstift Quedlinburg | |||||||||
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936–1802/3 | |||||||||
Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
Capital | Quedlinburg | ||||||||
Government | Elective principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages, Early modern | ||||||||
• Abbey founded | 936 | ||||||||
1500 | |||||||||
• Turned Protestant | 1539 | ||||||||
1802/3 | |||||||||
1816 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Official name | Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg |
Criteria | Cultural: iv |
Reference | 535 |
Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) |
Area | 90 ha |
Buffer zone | 270 ha |
The castle, abbey, church, and surrounding buildings are exceptionally well preserved and are masterpieces of Romanesque architecture. As a result, and because of their historical importance, the buildings were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994.[4]