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.
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Aachen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause | secularization during German mediatization ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1802 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Holy Roman Emperor Otto III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder | Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | abbess ⓘ |
| grantedImperialImmediacyBy | Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedImperialImmediacyInCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| hasEcclesiasticalJurisdictionOver | its immediate territory around Burtscheid ⓘ |
| hasHeraldry | coat of arms of Burtscheid Abbey ⓘ |
| hasMonasticRule | Rule of Saint Benedict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableChurch |
St. Johann Baptist, Burtscheid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. Michael, Burtscheid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfStateTitle | Princess-abbess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heldSeatIn | Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Aachen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| politicalRole | imperial estate with territorial rights ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | Imperial immediacy ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
center of monastic life
ⓘ
convent for noblewomen ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Benedictines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cistercians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorialStatus | immediate territory of the Empire ⓘ |
| typeOfMonasticCommunity | female religious community ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.