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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imperial Abbey of Corvey canonical | 3 |
| Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey | 2 |
Statements (47)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey
this entity surface form:
Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey