Abtei Corvey
Monastery in Höxter, Germany, dating from 0801
The Princely Abbey of Corvey (German: Fürststift Corvey or German: Fürstabtei Corvey) is a former Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was one of the half-dozen self-ruling princely abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire from the Late Middle Ages until 1792 when Corvey was elevated to a prince-bishopric. Corvey, whose territory extended over a vast area, was in turn secularized in 1803 in the course of the German mediatisation and absorbed into the newly created Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda. Originally built in 822 and 885 and remodeled i
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- Type:
- Monastery
- Period:
- 0801
- Where:
- Höxter, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 51.78°N, 9.41°E
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