Werden Abbey

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Werden Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in present-day Essen, Germany, historically significant as a religious and cultural center of the early Middle Ages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial abbey
former Benedictine monastery
architecturalStyle Baroque NERFINISHED
Gothic
Romanesque
associatedWithSaint Saint Liudger NERFINISHED
Saint Ludger NERFINISHED
burialPlaceOf Saint Ludger NERFINISHED
country Germany NERFINISHED
culturalHeritage important site of Christianization of Saxony and Westphalia
currentUse museum and cultural site
part of a school complex
diocese Diocese of Münster NERFINISHED
dissolvedInCentury 19th century
dissolvedInContextOf secularization in Napoleonic era
earlyName Monasterium Werden NERFINISHED
foundedBy Saint Ludger NERFINISHED
foundedInCentury 8th century
foundedInYear 799
founder Saint Ludger NERFINISHED
governedBy Prince-abbot of Werden NERFINISHED
hadTerritory Abbey principality of Werden NERFINISHED
hasChurch St Ludgerus Basilica NERFINISHED
hasCollection Werden Abbey treasury NERFINISHED
heldTitle Imperial abbey of Werden NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation protected historic monument
knownFor Werden Abbey manuscripts
library
production of manuscripts
scriptorium
languageOfEarlyName Latin
laterDiocese Diocese of Essen NERFINISHED
locatedIn Essen NERFINISHED
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr region NERFINISHED
locatedNextTo River Ruhr NERFINISHED
nearLocality Essen-Werden district NERFINISHED
notableFunction center of learning and education in the early Middle Ages
notablePeriod Carolingian era
Ottonian era NERFINISHED
partOf Holy Roman Empire
politicalStatus Imperial immediacy NERFINISHED
regionDuringEmpire Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle NERFINISHED
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Benedictines NERFINISHED
significance important cultural center in the early Middle Ages
important religious center in the early Middle Ages

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Liudger buriedAt Werden Abbey
Liudger founded Werden Abbey
Liudger residence Werden Abbey