Reichenau Abbey

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Reichenau Abbey is a medieval Benedictine monastery on Reichenau Island in Lake Constance, renowned for its influential scriptoria, illuminated manuscripts, and role as a major intellectual and artistic center of the early Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery
Christian monastery
World Heritage Site
medieval monastery
architecturalStyle Carolingian architecture
Romanesque architecture
associatedWith Carolingian Renaissance
Ottonian dynasty
coordinateLocation 47.696°N 9.066°E
country Germany
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
foundedBy Saint Pirmin
foundedInCentury 8th century
foundingDate 724
function center of learning
center of manuscript production
religious center
governingBody Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg
linked to: Diocese of Freiburg
hasPart Church of St. George
Church of St. Mary and Marcus
Church of St. Peter and Paul
heritageDesignation Kulturerbe der Menschheit
UNESCO World Heritage Site
knownFor Carolingian art
Ottonian art
artistic center of the early Holy Roman Empire
illuminated manuscripts
intellectual center of the early Middle Ages
scriptorium
locatedIn Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Lake Constance
locatedInBodyOfWater Lake Constance
locatedInRegion Lake Constance region
locatedNear Konstanz
locatedOn Reichenau Island
notableWorkProduced Egbert Psalter
Pericopes of Henry II
Reichenau Gospel Books
partOf Holy Roman Empire
patron Holy Roman Emperors
linked to: Holy Roman Emperor
peakOfInfluence 10th century
11th century
religion Christianity
religiousOrder Benedictines
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii)
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UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2000

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Ottonian Renaissance mainCenter Reichenau Abbey
Charles the Fat burialPlace Reichenau Abbey
Codex Egberti creator Reichenau Abbey scriptorium
linked to: Reichenau Abbey
Codex Egberti placeOfProduction Reichenau Abbey
Pericopes of Henry II placeOfProduction Reichenau Abbey
Frankish monasteries notableExample Reichenau Abbey
World Heritage Sites in Germany hasPart Monastic Island of Reichenau
linked to: Reichenau Abbey