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Memleben
Memleben is a village and part of the Kaiserpfalz municipality of the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is known for former Memleben Abbey, the site of a medieval ''Kaiserpfalz''. Geography It is located southwest of Nebra on the Unstrut River. The former municipality was merged with the neighbouring villages of Bucha and Wohlmirstedt into Kaiserpfalz on 1 July 2009. Nowadays the village has about 800 inhabitants. It also has an animal exhibition park with a small circus. History A settlement called ''Mimelebo'' was already documented in a 780 register of the Hersfeld Abbey estates, issued by Archbishop Lullus of Mainz. In the 10th century the ''Pfalz'' or ''villa regia'' of Memleben, a kind of seasonal king's court, was one of the favourite places of the German king Henry the Fowler and his son Emperor Otto I. Henry the Fowler died here, probably by a stroke, on 2 July 936; his son Emperor Otto I also used Memleben as a temporary residence and died here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memleben Abbey
Memleben Abbey (german: Kloster Memleben) was a Benedictine Order, Benedictine monastery in Memleben on the Unstrut river, today part of the Kaiserpfalz, Saxony-Anhalt, Kaiserpfalz municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The convent, now ruined, was established by Emperor Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto II and his consort Theophanu about 979. History The settlement of ''Mimilebo'' was already mentioned in an urbarium register of Hersfeld Abbey under the rule of Archbishop Lullus, Lullus of Mainz (died 786). A Hersfeld tithe register, compiled between 881 and 899, again documents the locality of ''Mimileba'' in the Duchy of Saxony, Saxon shire (''Gau (territory), Gau'') of ''Friesenfeld'', west of the Hassegau. Royal palace Memleben acquired considerable importance under the Saxon dukes of the Ottonian dynasty about 900. Duke Otto I, Duke of Saxony, Otto the Illustrious (d. 912) served as Hersfeld abbot, his son Henry the Fowler married Hatheburg of Merseburg, a daughter of Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Memleben is a village and part of the Kaiserpfalz, Saxony-Anhalt, Kaiserpfalz municipality of the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is known for former Memleben Abbey, the site of a medieval ''Kaiserpfalz''. Geography It is located southwest of Nebra (Unstrut), Nebra on the Unstrut River. The former municipality was merged with the neighbouring villages of Bucha, Saxony-Anhalt, Bucha and Wohlmirstedt into Kaiserpfalz on 1 July 2009. Nowadays the village has about 800 inhabitants. It also has an animal exhibition park with a small circus. History A settlement called ''Mimelebo'' was already documented in a 780 register of the Hersfeld Abbey estates, issued by Archbishop Lullus, Lullus of Mainz. In the 10th century the ''Pfalz'' or ''villa regia'' of Memleben, a kind of seasonal king's court, was one of the favourite places of the German king Henry the Fowler and his son Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I. Henry the Fowler died here, probably by a stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (''der Rote''), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty, Otto II was the youngest and sole surviving son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy. Otto II was made joint-ruler of Germany in 961, at an early age, and his father named him co-Emperor in 967 to secure his succession to the throne. His father also arranged for Otto II to marry the Byzantine Princess Theophanu, who would be his wife until his death. When his father died after a 37-year reign, the eighteen-year-old Otto II became absolute ruler of the Holy Roman Empire in a peaceful succession. Otto II spent his reign continuing his father's policy of strengthening Imperial rule in Germany and extending the borders of the Empire deeper into southern Italy. Otto II also continued the work of Otto I in subordinating the Catholic Church to Imperial control. Early in his reign, Otto II defeated a major revolt against his r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Francia, East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the oldest son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim. Otto inherited the Duchy of Saxony and the kingship of the Germans upon his father's death in 936. He continued his father's work of unifying all Germans, German tribes into a single kingdom and greatly expanded the king's powers at the expense of the aristocracy. Through strategic marriages and personal appointments, Otto installed members of his family in the kingdom's most important duchies. This reduced the various dukes, who had previously been co-equals with the king, to royal subjects under his authority. Otto transformed the church in Germany to strengthen royal authority and subjected its clergy to his personal control. After putting down a brief civil war among the rebellious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unstrut
The Unstrut () is a river in Germany and a left tributary of the Saale. The Unstrut originates in northern Thuringia near Dingelstädt (west of Kefferhausen in the Eichsfeld area) and its catchment area is the whole of the Thuringian Basin. It breaks out of the basin through the Thuringian Gate west of Heldrungen and, in its lower reaches, flows through Saxony-Anhalt before emptying into the Saale near Naumburg. The total length of the Unstrut is . Towns along the Unstrut include Mühlhausen, Sömmerda, Bad Frankenhausen, Artern, Roßleben, and Freyburg, Germany, Freyburg. The main tributaries of the Unstrut are the Gera (river), Gera, Wipper (Unstrut), Wipper, Helme, and Lossa (Unstrut), Lossa. The countryside around the Saale and Unstrut rivers forms the wine-growing region of Saale-Unstrut. The well-known brand of sparkling wine, ''Rotkäppchen'' ("Little Red Riding Hood") is produced in the cellars of Freyburg. Name Old High German ''Strödu'' means 'boggy thicket' and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry The Fowler
Henry the Fowler (german: Heinrich der Vogler or '; la, Henricus Auceps) (c. 876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia. An avid hunter, he obtained the epithet "the Fowler" because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king. He was born into the Liudolfing line of Saxon dukes. His father Otto I of Saxony died in 912 and was succeeded by Henry. The new duke launched a rebellion against the king of East Francia, Conrad I of Germany, over the rights to lands in the Duchy of Thuringia. They reconciled in 915 and on his deathbed in 918, Conrad recommended Henry as the next king, considering the duke the only one who could hold the kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiserpfalz, Saxony-Anhalt
Kaiserpfalz is a municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Bucha, Memleben and Wohlmirstedt, on 1 July 2009. Statistisches Bundesamt
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Pforta
Pforta, or Schulpforta, is a school located in Pforta monastery, a former Cistercian monastery (1137–1540), near Naumburg on the Saale River in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The site has been a school since the 16th century. Notable past alumni include the mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius, the historian Leopold von Ranke, and the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Today, it is a well-known public boarding school for academically gifted children, called Landesschule Pforta. It is coeducational and teaches around 300 high school students. Pforta is proposed for inscription in the World Heritage List as one component of the German nomination Naumburg Cathedral and the High Medieval Cultural Landscape of the Rivers Saale and Unstrut. History Monastery The abbey was at first situated in Schmölln on the Sprotta, near Altenburg. In 1127, Count Bruno of Pleissengau founded a Benedictine monastery there and endowed it with 1,100 hides of land. This foundation not being s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wohlmirstedt
Wohlmirstedt is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality Kaiserpfalz. The first reference to Wohlmirstedt (Wolmerstede) is for 786. In 998 it came into possession of Memleben Abbey 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 consor .... Sights * Protestant Church St. Maria Magdalena (early 16th century) References Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Burgenlandkreis {{Burgenlandkreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Imperial Abbeys
Princely abbeys (german: Fürstabtei, ''Fürststift'') and Imperial abbeys (german: Reichsabtei, ''Reichskloster'', ''Reichsstift'', ''Reichsgotthaus'') were religious establishments within the Holy Roman Empire which enjoyed the status of imperial immediacy (''Reichsunmittelbarkeit'') and therefore were answerable directly to the Emperor. The possession of imperial immediacy came with a unique form of territorial authority known as '' Landeshoheit'', which carried with it nearly all the attributes of sovereignty. Princely abbeys and imperial abbeys The distinction between a princely abbey and an imperial abbey was related to the status of the abbot: while both prince-abbots and the more numerous imperial abbots sat on the ecclesiastical bench of the College of ruling princes of the Imperial Diet, prince-abbots cast an individual vote while imperial abbots cast only a curial (collective) vote alongside his or her fellow imperial abbots and abbesses. Eight princely abbeys (incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiserpfalz
The term ''Kaiserpfalz'' (, "imperial palace") or ''Königspfalz'' (, "royal palace", from Middle High German ''phal ne'' to Old High German ''phalanza'' from Middle Latin ''palatia'' luralto Latin ''palatium'' "palace") refers to a number of castles and palaces across the Holy Roman Empire that served as temporary, secondary seats of power for the Holy Roman Emperor in the Early and High Middle Ages. The term was also used more rarely for a bishop who, as a territorial lord (''Landesherr''), had to provide the king and his entourage with board and lodging, a duty referred to as ''Gastungspflicht''. Origin of the name ''Kaiserpfalz'' is a German word that is a combination of ''Kaiser'', meaning "emperor", which is derived from "caesar"; and ''Pfalz'', meaning "palace", and itself derived from the Latin ''palatium'', meaning the same (see palace). Likewise ''Königspfalz'' is a combination of ''König'', "king", and ''Pfalz'', meaning "royal palace". Description and purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruinen Der Klosterkirche Zu Memleben Teichgräber
Ruinen is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of De Wolden, about 10 km northwest of Hoogeveen. The Dwingelderveld National Park is located near Ruinen. History The village was first mentioned in 1139 as de Runa. The etymology is unknown. Ruinen is an ''esdorp'' from the Early Middle Ages. Around 1140, a double monastery of the Benedictines was founded in Ruinen, however they moved to De Wijk in 1325. The Dutch Reformed has been built in the 15th century replacing and reusing the monastery church of which dated from around 1140. The tower was built in 1423. The spire has been renewed in 1660 after it had been damaged by a storm, and the crown was replaced in 1952. Between 1972 and 1975, the church was restored to its original form before 1836. Ruinen was home to 1,059 people in 1840. Ruinen was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became part of De Wolden. The windmill De Zaandplatte, Ruinen, ''De Zaandplatte'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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