Werden Abbey
Abbey in Essen-Werden, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Quick Facts Imperial Abbey of Werden-HelmstedtReichsabtei Werden-Helmstedt, Status ...
Imperial Abbey of Werden-Helmstedt Reichsabtei Werden-Helmstedt | |||||||||
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877–1803 | |||||||||
Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
Capital | Werden | ||||||||
Common languages | Low Saxon | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
Government | Theocracy | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Werden founded | 809 877 | ||||||||
• Helmstedt founded | 827 | ||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | May 22, 877 | ||||||||
1803 | |||||||||
1806–14 | |||||||||
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Werden Abbey (German: Kloster Werden) was a Benedictine monastery in Essen-Werden (Germany), situated on the Ruhr.