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	Reichenau Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The abbey is the best-preserved monastery north of the Alps.
		The abbey's bailiff was housed in a two-storey stone building that was raised by two more storeys of half-timbered construction in the 14th century, one of the oldest half-timbered buildings in south Germany.
		The Abbey of Reichenau housed a school, and a scriptorium and artists' workshop that has a claim to having been the largest and artistically most influential center for producing lavishly illuminated manuscripts in Europe during the late 10th and early 11th centuries, when this part of Switzerland belonged to the Holy Roman Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reichenau_Island (627 words)

	Reichenau Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Reichenau abbey was founded by St. Pirmin in 724.
		Pirmin left Reichenau in 727 and under his successor Hatto, the monastery began to flourish and to gain influence in the carolingian empire.
		In the second half of the 11th century, the importance of the abbey started to decreased due to the restricitive reforms of pope Gregory VII and to rivalry with nearby St.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /r/re/reichenau_island.html (248 words)

	Abbey of St. Gall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Abbey of St. Gall (German, Sankt Gallen) was for many centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe.
		However, the monastery depicted in the Plan was not St. Gall, but an ideal of what a well-designed and well-supplied monastery should have as envisioned by one of the synods held at Aachen for the reform of monasticism in the Frankish empire during the early years of emperor Louis the Pious (between 814 and 817).
		In the thirteenth century the abbey and the town became an independent principality, over which the abbots ruled as territorial sovereigns with rank as Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abbey_of_St._Gall (377 words)

	Einsiedeln abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Meinrad, of the family of the Counts of Hohenzollern, was educated at the abbey school of Reichenau, an island in Lake Constance, under his kinsmen Abbots Hatto and Erlebald, where he became a monk and was ordained.
		In 1274 the abbey, with its dependencies, was created an independent principality by Rudolf of Hapsburg, over which the abbot exercised temporal as well as spiritual jurisdiction.
		The abbey is now what is termed nullius dioecesis, the abbot having quasi-episcopal authority over ten parishes served by the monks and comprising nearly twenty thousand souls.
	www.t131.greatnet.de /encyclopedia/e/ei/einsiedeln_abbey.html (914 words)

	REICHENAU (ISL.) - LoveToKnow Article on REICHENAU (ISL.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		REICHENAU, a picturesque island in the Untersee or western arm of the lake of Constance, 3 m.
		The Benedictine abbey of Reichenau, founded in 724, was long celebrated for its wealth and for the services rendered by its monks to the cause of learning.
		In 1540 the abbey, which had previously been independent, was annexed to the see of Constance, and in 1799 it was secularized.
	43.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RE/REICHENAU_ISL_.htm (2635 words)

	Reichenau - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Reichenau is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, where the two Rhine tributaries Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein meet.
		The monastery was founded in 724 an drew to itself abbots with connections to the highest Carolingian and Ottonian society; it housed a school, and a famous scriptorium.
		In the 17th century the first buildings for the sovereignty of Reichenau were built which became the castle of Reichenau.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /reichenau.htm (271 words)

	Einsiedeln abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After some years at Reichenau, and the dependent priory of Bollingen, on Lake Zurich, he embraced an eremitical life and established his hermitage on the slopes of Mt.
		In 1274 the abbey, with its dependencies, was created an independent principality by Rudolf I of Germany, over which the abbot exercised temporal as well as spiritual jurisdiction.
		The community numbered (in 2004), 90 priests and forty lay brothers, and attached to the abbey are a seminary and a college for about two hundred and sixty pupils, both of which are taught by the monks, who also direct six convents of nuns.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Einsiedeln_abbey (944 words)

	schloesser-magazin.de: Reichenau Monastery Island - Abbey Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the 10th and 11th century the Abbey was the seat of a famous school of book illustration, the works of which can still be found today in the world's major libraries.
		Of the Reichenau monastery library it was known throughout Europe in the early and high Middle Ages that it held hundreds of volumes.
		Despite the high cultural and scientific level of the "reichen au" (rich meadowland), a decline came in the 11th century and the abbey was reduced to poverty.
	www.schloesser-magazin.de /eng/objekte/re/re_muenstere.php?print=1 (566 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Denominations: Catholicism: Reference: Catholic ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bec, Abbey of - The Benedictine Abbey of Bec, or Le Bec, in Normandy, was founded in the earlier part of the eleventh century by Herluin, a Norman knight who about 1031 left the court of Count Gilbert of Brionne to devote himself to a life of religion.
		Benedictbeurn, Abbey of - Tradition, as well as manuscripts dating as far back as the tenth century, ascribe its foundation in the year 740, to three brothers of noble birth, named Lanfrid, Wulfram, and Eliland, acting under the influence of St. Boniface, who was then preaching the Faith in Bavaria.
		Berthold of Reichenau - Benedictine monk and chronicler of the Abbey of Reichenau on the Lake of Constance; d.
	www.dmoz.org /Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Catholicism/Reference/Catholic_Encyclopedia/H (12188 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abbey of St. Gall
		Two distinguished guests of the abbey were Peter and Romanus, chanters from Rome, sent by Pope Adrian I at Charlemagne's request to propagate the use of the Gregorian chant.
		The other schools of the abbey — for the younger monks and for lay scholars attracted thither by the fame of the monastic professors — were founded as early as the ninth century, for the well-known, but unrealized plan of 820 provides separate accommodation for both schools.
		The abbey and town were rebuilt and fortified, and throughout the eleventh and twelfth centuries St. Gall maintained its place in the front rank of monastic establishments.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06347a.htm (1200 words)

	Abbey of Mellifont - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Abbey of Mellifont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The earliest Cistercian abbey in Ireland, near Drogheda, County Louth, Republic of Ireland.
		The remains include the chapter house, the church foundations, and, most notably, the only extant example of a lavabo in Ireland (where the monks washed their hands before and after meals).
		After the Reformation the monastery was dissolved and the abbey was turned into a fortified house.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Abbey+of+Mellifont (150 words)

	REICHENAU ISLAND - as UNESCO - WORLD HERITAGE in GERMANY - REICHENAU ISLAND PAGE 4 - GERMAN World Heritage presented by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		One of the remarkable aspects about fishing in the "Untersee", which had been controlled by Reichenau abbey for centuries, has always been the strong feeling of solidarity in times of crises; for the Lake Constance fishermen borders have never seemed to exist.
		In order to protect and to preserve the endangered fish population in the "Untersee", a fish breeding centre was buildt on the Reichenau in 1927 and was extended considerably in the sixties of the 20th Century.
		The best-known fish of the lake are whitefish, pike, trout and perch, all of which are deliciously prepared and served in the different restaurants on the Reichenau.
	www.welterbestaetten.de /de2/reichenau4.htm (522 words)

	Abbey of St. Gall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However the monastery depicted in the was not St. Gall but an ideal what a well-designed and well-supplied monastery should as envisioned by one of the synods at Aachen for the reform of monasticism in Frankish empire during the early years of Louis the Pious (between 814 and 817).
		Gall got into conflict with the Abbey of Reichenau on Lake Constance.
		In the thirteenth century the abbey and town became an independent principality over which the abbots ruled as sovereigns with rank as Princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
	www.freeglossary.com /Abbey_of_St_Gall (454 words)

	Reichenau Illumination - Detailed Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Included since the end of 2003 are the ten illuminated manuscripts from the monastery on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, which itself had been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage already in 2000.
		The manuscripts are thus representative of the entire group of surviving manuscripts with Ottonian illumination from the Reichenau.
		In the 10th and 11th centuries, the Benedictine Abbey of Reichenau housed an artists' workshop, which was probably the largest and most influential in Europe.
	www.bsb-muenchen.de /english/reichenau_inf_e.htm (750 words)

	Javorie.com :: Society :: Religion and Spirituality :: Christianity :: Denominations :: Catholicism :: Reference :: ...
		17 March, 836, in the Abbey of Reichenau, on an island in the Lake of Constance.
		A village in the diocese of Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Holland, in which the dispersed religious of the confiscated Norbertine Abbey of Berne created a new abbey and college.
		This name indicates the unknown author of some small mystical treatises, written about the beginning of the fourteenth century at the Cistercian Abbey of Heilsbronn.
	www.exil.sk /directory/index.php/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/Denominations/Catholicism/Reference/Catholic_Encyclopedia/H (2570 words)

	Abbey of St. Gall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		However, the monastery depicted in the Plan was not St. Gall, but an ideal of what a well-designed andwell-supplied monastery should have as envisioned by one of the synods held at Aachen for the reform of monasticism in the Frankish empire during the early years of emperor Louis the Pious (between 814 and 817).
		Gall got into conflict with the nearby Abbey of Reichenau at LakeConstance.
		Between 924 and 933 Huns threatened the abbey and the books had to beremoved to Reichenau for safety.
	www.therfcc.org /abbey-of-st.-gall-92125.html (328 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia - Better Solutions to All Your Problems - Community Message Board at Skincareindia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Holy Cross Abbey - The ruins of this monastery are situated on the right bank of the River Suir, about three miles south-west of the cathedral town of Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
		Holyrood Abbey - Located in Edinburgh, Scotland; founded in 1128 by King David I for the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, probably brought from St. Andrews.
		When he refused to surrender the abbey, he was condemned to death.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Haito
		When Waldo was transferred to the Abbey of St. Denis, near Paris, in 806, Haito was made Abbot of Reichenau, and about the same time Bishop of Basle.
		He enjoyed the confidence of Charlemagne and in 811 was sent with others to Constantinople on a diplomatic mission, which he fulfilled to the satisfaction of his master.
		He rebuilt the cathedral of Basle and the abbey church of Reichenau, and issued appropriate instructions for the guidance of clergy and people in the ways of religion.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07115a.htm (400 words)

	Walafrid Strabo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Educated at the abbey of Reichenau, he wrote, at 18, a Latin verse account of a journey to the hereafter, Visio Wettini.
		In 842 he returned to Reichenau as abbot.
		Among Walafrid’s writings, renowned throughout the Middle Ages for their distinguished Latin, are Hortulus, a poem describing the monastery garden; a scriptural commentary; and notes on contemporary liturgy, still valuable as a source.
	www.orbilat.com /Encyclopaedia/W/Walafrid_Strabo.html (79 words)

	Insel Reichenau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The great time of book painting during the 10th and the 11th century is visualized with a facsimile exhibition in the small council room.
		A highlight of this exhibition is the detailed mock-up of a boat builder's workshop on the Island of Reichenau.
		Within the framework of the "Internationaler Arbeitskreis Bodenseeausstellungen" (international association for Lake Constance exhibitions), the museum was presenting the topics tourism (1992), end of the war (1995) and turn of the century (1999).
	www.reichenau.de /touristikEngl/museum.html (716 words)

	The Codex Egberti Finn's Fine Books Facsimile Book Catalogue
		Bishop Egbert was active during the second half of the 10th century, a period considered to be among the most fruitful in the history of art.
		Centres of outstanding artistic creativity emerged from the scriptoria of the abbeys at the time, and the Benedictine Abbey of Reichenau was the most famous of all.
		A distinctive feature of the painterly craft of the Master of the Registrum Gregorii, whose hand is recognisable in at least seven miniatures of the book, is his tendency to rely on late Antique models influenced by the style of Byzantium.
	www.finns-books.com /egbert.htm (1019 words)

	History of the Christian Church, Volume IV: Mediaeval Christianity. A.D. 590-1073. (i.xiv.xxviii)
		Walahfrid, poet and commentator, theologian and teacher, was born of obscure parentage in Alemannia about 809, and educated in the Benedictine abbey school of Reichenau on the island in Lake Constance.
		Walahfrid was a very amiable, genial and witty man, possessed remarkable attainments in both ecclesiastical and classical literature, and was moreover a poet with a dash of genius, and in this latter respect is a contrast to the merely mechanical versifiers of the period.
		This valuable and original work upon the archeology of the liturgy was written about 840 at the request of Reginbert, the learned librarian of the abbey of Reichenau, who desired more accurate information upon the origin of the different parts of the liturgy.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/hcc4.i.xiv.xxviii.html (916 words)

	reichenau
		The civilisation of the place is traced back till 500 A.D. The name originates from the monastery of Reichenau on Lake Constance which owned properties in this location during the Middle Age.
		Already in the 14th century the first bridges were built over the Rhine tributaries.
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	www.fact-library.com /reichenau.html (173 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Image:Reichenau.jpg Reichenau Switzerland: confluence of Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein
		Reichenau at the confluence of the Rhine tributaries River from the left (east): ''Vorderrhein'' River from the bottom (south): ''Hinterrhein'' *River to the right (west): ''Rhine''
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Reichenau.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Reichenau.html (252 words)

	wiki/Reichenau Definition / wiki/Reichenau Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Reichenau is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the canton of GraubÃ¼nden, SwitzerlandThe Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein.
		The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, and is home to many international organisations....
		The civilisation of the place is traced back till 500 A.D. The name originates from the Benedictine Abbey of Reichenau on Reichenau IslandThe Reichenau Island in Lake Constance in southern Germany was declared a world heritage site in 2001 because of its monastery.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Reichenau (591 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		Pirmin's conflict with his local patron resulted in his heaving Reichenau in 727, but under his successor Hatto, a kinsman of the Count of Hohenzollern [http://www.reichenau.de/touristikEngl/museum.html], the monastery began to flourish and to gain influence in the Carolingian empire by educating the who staffed Imperial and ducal chanceries.
		Reichenau has preserved its precious relics, which include the pitcher from the Cana wedding at Cana, The Abbey reached its apex under Abbot Berno (1008-1048).
		There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Reichenau island.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Reichenau_Island.html (530 words)

	Geometry.Net - Scientists: Lame Hermann The
		A contemporary of the Holy Roman emperor Henry III, Hermann von Reichenau is historiographically important...
		HERMANN OF REICHENAU (HERIMANNUS AUGIENSIS), commonly distinguished as Hermannus Contractus, i.e.
		He became a monk at the Benedictine Monastery at Reichenau in 1043, becoming Abbot of the Monastery.
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