Benediktinerkloster St. Salvator, Fulda
Monastery in Fulda, Germany, dating from 0744
The Abbey of Fulda (German: Kloster Fulda; Latin: Abbatia Fuldensis), from 1221 the Princely Abbey of Fulda (Fürstabtei Fulda) and from 1752 the Prince-Bishopric of Fulda (Fürstbistum Fulda), was a Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality centered on Fulda, in the present-day German state of Hesse. The monastery was founded in 744 by Saint Sturm, a disciple of Saint Boniface. After Boniface was buried at Fulda, it became a prominent center of learning and culture in Germany, and a site of religious significance and pilgrimage through the 8th and 9th centuries. The Annals of Fulda, one
From Princely Abbey of Fulda on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
- Type:
- Monastery
- Period:
- 0744
- Where:
- Fulda, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 50.55°N, 9.67°E
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