Comburg Abbey

Comburg, Germany

Comburg was a Benedictine monastery founded in the late 1070s by the Counts of Comburg-Rothenburg on the site of their castle. The first monks were from Brauweiler Abbey, but in the 1080s an abbot from Hirsau Abbey was appointed, and this brought Comburg into the movement of the Hirsau Reforms.

The monks of Comburg were exclusively of noble birth, and accordingly resisted the Benedictine reforms of the 15th century, under the pressure of which the monastery became a collegiate foundation in 1488, rather than admit non-nobles to the community.

In 1587 Comburg was mediatised by Württemberg, which brought to an end its status as an Imperial abbey.

The community was secularised in 1803. The library survives in the Württemberg State Library, but the church treasure was melted down in the Ludwigsburg mint.

The buildings have had a number of uses since then. Until 1909 a regiment of invalid soldiers was based here. During World War II the site was used for a variety of training purposes and also at one point as a prisoner of war camp. After the war it was used briefly for housing displaced persons, but since 1947 it has housed a teacher training establishment.

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Founded: 1070s
Category: Religious sites in Germany
Historical period: Salian Dynasty (Germany)

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Michael Ruoss (2 years ago)
Wunderschönes Panorama. Am WE leider nur sehr marginal besichtigbar.
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Sehenswert
Mosulet Alexandru (3 years ago)
sehr schön aber am sonntag kann man innen nicht rein ... sünde
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Прекрасное место...впечатляет !!!
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Sehr schöne Anlage. Interessante Führung. Sehr schön zu Fuss von Schwäbisch Hall zu erreichen.
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