Imperial Abbey of Burtscheid

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The Imperial Abbey of Burtscheid was a Benedictine (later Cistercian) imperial abbey near Aachen that held immediate status within the Holy Roman Empire and played a notable religious and political role in the region.

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Label Occurrences
Imperial Abbey of Burtscheid canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cistercian nunnery ⓘ
Imperial abbey ⓘ
buildingsCurrentlyUsedAs parish churches ⓘ
convertedToCistercianOrderInCentury 13th century ⓘ
coordinatesApproximate 50.76°N 6.10°E ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint John the Baptist ⓘ
linked to: John the Baptist
diocese Diocese of Aachen ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Aachen
dissolutionCause secularization during German mediatization ⓘ
dissolved 1802 ⓘ
foundedBy Holy Roman Emperor Otto III ⓘ
founder Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
governedBy abbess ⓘ
grantedImperialImmediacyBy Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
grantedImperialImmediacyInCentury 11th century ⓘ
hasEcclesiasticalJurisdictionOver its immediate territory around Burtscheid ⓘ
hasHeraldry coat of arms of Burtscheid Abbey ⓘ
hasMonasticRule Rule of Saint Benedict ⓘ
hasNotableChurch St. Johann Baptist, Burtscheid ⓘ
St. Michael, Burtscheid ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Princess-abbess ⓘ
heldSeatIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Diet
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
imperialImmediateStatus yes ⓘ
inception 997 ⓘ
integratedInto Prussian state structures after secularization ⓘ
knownFor political autonomy within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religious influence in the Aachen region ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Latin ⓘ
laterLanguageOfAdministration German ⓘ
locatedIn Burtscheid ⓘ
locatedNear Aachen ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
politicalRole imperial estate with territorial rights ⓘ
politicalStatus Imperial immediacy ⓘ
presentDayLocation Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ⓘ
linked to: Aachen
region Rhineland ⓘ
religiousFunction center of monastic life ⓘ
convent for noblewomen ⓘ
religiousOrder Benedictines ⓘ
Cistercians ⓘ
successor Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
territorialStatus immediate territory of the Empire ⓘ
typeOfMonasticCommunity female religious community ⓘ

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Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle → hasPart → Imperial Abbey of Burtscheid ⓘ