Quedlinburg Abbey

Quedlinburg Abbeywas a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded in 936 on the initiative of Saint Mathilda, the widow of Henry the Fowler, as his memorial. For many centuries it 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.

  • Rundgang Quedlinburg zur und um die romanische Stiftskirche St. Servatius - unterhalb
  • St. Servatius, Quedlinburg (© Buelipix)
  • Blick auf Schlossberg Quedlinburg - 11.7.2011
  • St. Servatius und Schloss im Novemberwetter

Country:
Germany
Rating:
7
Latitude:
51,7859414
Longitude:
11,1368148
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