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.
Statements (47)
| 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
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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