Memleben Abbey
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Memleben Abbey (German: Kloster Memleben) was a Benedictine monastery in Memleben on the Unstrut river, today part of the Kaiserpfalz municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The convent, now ruined, was established by Emperor Otto II and his consort Theophanu about 979.
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Imperial Abbey of Memleben Reichskloster Memleben | |||||||||
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late 10th century – 1015 | |||||||||
Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
Capital | Memleben Abbey | ||||||||
Government | Theocracy | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Founded by Otto II | c. 979 | ||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | Uncertain 10th century | ||||||||
994 | |||||||||
• Privileges confirmed by Henry II | 1002 | ||||||||
• Dispossessed in favour of Hersfeld | 1015 | ||||||||
• Abbey dissolved | 1548 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
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