Imperial Abbey of Herford

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The Imperial Abbey of Herford was a prominent medieval Benedictine nunnery in Herford, Germany, that held the status of an Imperial Abbey within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine nunnery
Imperial abbey
medieval monastery
category Benedictine nunneries in Germany
Christian monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia
History of Herford
Imperial abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire
country Holy Roman Empire
diocese Diocese of Paderborn NERFINISHED
dissolutionCause secularisation in Napoleonic era
dissolved early 19th century
existedInPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
foundedAs monastery for women
foundedBy Hedwig of Saxony NERFINISHED
Waltgerus of Herford NERFINISHED
gainedImperialStatus circa 1147
genderOfCommunity nuns
governmentForm princely abbey
hadJurisdictionOver town of Herford
hadRepresentationIn Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
hasHeritageStatus site with preserved monastic buildings in Herford
hasStatus Imperial immediacy
hasType female religious house
headOfGovernmentTitle abbess
hostedPerson Gisela of Swabia NERFINISHED
Queen Edith of England NERFINISHED
inception 9th century
circa 800
languageOfAdministration Latin
locatedIn Germany
Herford NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver River Aa NERFINISHED
notableAbbess Gertrud II of Lippe NERFINISHED
Matilda of Ringelheim NERFINISHED
owned extensive landed estates
partOf Holy Roman Empire
partOfHistoricalRegion Westphalia NERFINISHED
politicalStatus Imperial immediacy within the Holy Roman Empire
primaryFunction religious life of Benedictine nuns
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Benedictine Order NERFINISHED
rite Latin Rite
secondaryFunction landlord and territorial lord

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Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle hasPart Imperial Abbey of Herford