Reichsabt
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A Reichsabt, literally 'Imperial Abbot' or 'Abbot of the Empire', was an Abbot whose abbey was granted within the Holy Roman Empire the status of Reichsabtei (or Reichskloster), literally 'Imperial Abbey' (or - Monastery), meaning that it enjoyed Reichsfreiheit, like an Imperial City, making him a prince of the church, with the rank of a Prince of the Empire, like a prince-bishop.
List of Reichabteien (imperial abbeys)
The following abbacies have, at some time, enjoyed the state-like status of ecclesiastical principality (list possibly incomplete):- Aachen-Burtscheid
- Comburg
- Corvey = Korvey
- Disentis (Switzerland)
- Essen-Werden
- Frauenchiemsee
- Fulda - later a prince-bishopric
- Helmarshausen
- Herford (Germany)
- Hersfeld
- Klingenmünster
- Kornelimünster
- Lorsch
- Maulbronn
- Mondsee (in Austria)
- Murbach (in Elsaß=Alsace)
- Nienburg (Saale)
- Ochsenhausen
- Prüm
- Reichenau
- Roggenburg
- Rot an der Rot
- Salem (Germany)
- Kloster Sankt Ulrich und Afra, in Augsburg
- St. Emmeram
- St. Gallen (Schweiz)
- St. Maximin (Trier)
- Siegburg
- Stablo (Belgien)
- Weingarten
- Zwiefalten
See also
Sources and references
(incomplete) The above is partially based on the German Wikipedia article Reichsabtei on imperial abbeys
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