Imperial Abbey of Corvey

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The Imperial Abbey of Corvey was a prominent Benedictine monastery and later imperial abbey in present-day Germany, renowned as a cultural and religious center of the early Middle Ages and noted for its Carolingian Westwork, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Heritage Site
imperial abbey
architecturalStyle Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture

Carolingian architecture NERFINISHED
Romanesque architecture
consecrationYear 844
country Germany NERFINISHED
currentUse Corvey Castle complex NERFINISHED
parish church
diocese Diocese of Paderborn NERFINISHED
dissolutionCause German mediatization
endTime 1803
foundedAs Benedictine monastery
foundedBy Adalard of Corbie NERFINISHED
Wala of Corbie NERFINISHED
foundedUnderDynasty Carolingian dynasty NERFINISHED
foundedUnderRuler Louis the Pious NERFINISHED
function imperial abbey of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
monastery
governingBody Prince-abbot of Corvey NERFINISHED
hasPart Carolingian Westwork of Corvey NERFINISHED
hasWebsite https://www.welterbe-corvey.de/
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
monument of national significance in Germany
locatedIn Höxter NERFINISHED
North Rhine-Westphalia
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
locatedOn Weser River NERFINISHED
notableFor Carolingian Westwork NERFINISHED
missionary activity in Saxony and Scandinavia
role as cultural center in the early Middle Ages
scriptorium and library
ownedBy House of Hohenlohe NERFINISHED
partOf Holy Roman Empire
patronSaint Saint Stephen NERFINISHED
Saint Vitus NERFINISHED
politicalStatus Imperial immediacy
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Benedictines NERFINISHED
significantPeriod Carolingian Renaissance NERFINISHED
Early Middle Ages
startTime 822
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii)
(iii)
(iv)
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 2014
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1447

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Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle hasPart Imperial Abbey of Corvey
Corvey UNESCOSiteName Imperial Abbey of Corvey
this entity surface form: Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey
Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda predecessor Imperial Abbey of Corvey
Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda formedFrom Imperial Abbey of Corvey
World Heritage Sites in Germany hasPart Imperial Abbey of Corvey
this entity surface form: Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey