Grüningen Priory was a short-lived

Cluniac The Cluniac Reforms (also called the Benedictine Reform) were a series of changes within medieval monasticism of the Western Church focused on restoring the traditional monastic life, encouraging art, and caring for the poor. The movement began wi ...

foundation, predecessor to

St. Ulrich's Priory in the Black Forest St. Ulrich's Priory in the Black Forest (St. Ulrich im Schwarzwald) was a priory of Cluny Abbey (in Burgundy) founded in the valley of the River Möhlin in the Black Forest in about 1083. St. Ulrich is now part of the municipality of Bollschweil, ...

, at Grüningen( de) near Oberrimsingen in

Breisach Breisach (formerly Altbreisach; Low Alemannic: ''Alt-Brisach'') is a town with approximately 16,500 inhabitants, situated along the Rhine in the Rhine Valley, in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about halfway ...

in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald,

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History

A small monastery, Tuniberg Priory (''Kloster Tuniberg''), apparently

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, was founded sometime before 1072 on the mountain known as the Tuniberg near the Kaiserstuhl by Hesso of Eichstetten and Rimsingen. This was moved between 1077 and 1080 to Grüningen. With the founder's consent,

Ulrich of Zell Ulrich of Zell, also known as Wulderic, sometimes of Cluny or of Regensburg (c. 1029 – 1093), was a Cluniac The Cluniac Reforms (also called the Benedictine Reform) were a series of changes within medieval monasticism of the Western Chur ...

(d. 1093), in his advancement of the

Cluniac reforms The Cluniac Reforms (also called the Benedictine Reform) were a series of changes within medieval monasticism of the Western Church focused on restoring the traditional monastic life, encouraging art, and caring for the poor. The movement began wi ...

in German territory, turned it into a priory directly dependent on Cluny Abbey. At his instigation the community moved yet again in about 1087, this time to Zell in the

Möhlin Möhlin () is a municipality in the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The area around Möhlin was prehistorically settled. A neolithic settlement has been discovered at ''Chleizelgli'', while scattered Bro ...

valley, where it developed into St. Ulrich's Priory in the Black Forest.Julius Mayer: ''Verleihung des Bruderhauses zu Grüningen bei Oberrimsingen.'' In: ''Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv''
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Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1903

References

Monasteries in Baden-Württemberg Benedictine monasteries in Germany Cluniac monasteries in Germany Christian monasteries established in the 11th century {{BadenWürttemberg-struct-stub