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	Reichenau Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reichenau Island lies in Lake Constance in southern Germany, at approximately 47°42′N 9°4′E.
		The island is connected to the mainland by an artificial causeway.
		Among the Abbey's far-flung landholdings was Reichenau, a village in the municipality of Tamins in the canton of Graubünden, named for the Abbey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reichenau_Island (637 words)

	Reichenau Island: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Reichenau is a village in the municipality of tamins in the canton of graubünden, switzerland, where the two rhine tributaries vorderrhein...
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		Pellworm (danish pelvorm) is one of the north frisian islands on the north sea coast of germany....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/re/reichenau_island.htm (1472 words)

	Reichenau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 and 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reichenau (204 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Reichenau
		Reichenau, called Augia Dives in medieval Latin manuscripts and possessing a once celebrated Benedictine monastery, is an island upon the Gnadensee (Untersee) of the Lake of Constance, about one mile in breadth and about three and three-quarter miles long.
		The word "Zell" (cell) in the names of the three villages of Reichenau indicates the existence of a monastery on the island, which was the "reiche Aue" (the fertile islet) of medieval culture.
		Reichenau displayed its greatest lustre in the first centuries after its foundation (especially between the ninth and the middle of the thirteenth centuries), during which it discharged its great work of civilization.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12723a.htm (780 words)

	REICHENAU ISLAND - as UNESCO - WORLD HERITAGE in GERMANY - REICHENAU ISLAND PAGE 4 - GERMAN World Heritage presented by ...
		A procession, in which the reliquaries from the minster treasury are carried round the island and are accompanied by the historical militia and girls in local costumes, marks the highlight of each holiday.
		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)

	schloesser-magazin.de: Reichenau Monastery Island - Abbey Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In 724 the monastery was founded on the Reichenau Island in Lake Constance by the itinerant bishop Pirmin - apparently with the support of, among others, the Franconian major-domo Karl Martell.
		Of the Reichenau monastery library it was known throughout Europe in the early and high Middle Ages that it held hundreds of volumes.
		Numerous monastery and administrative buildings and courtyards were built on the thriving monastery island and still mark the appearance of the island in the lake to this day.
	www.schloesser-magazin.de /eng/objekte/re/re_muenstere.php (566 words)

	schloesser-magazin.de: Reichenau Monastery Island - Secularization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Reichenau was also affected by the closure of religious institutions and the takeover of church property.
		After nearly 1,100 years of religious rule, the island of Reichenau fell to the state of Baden in 1802 during Secularization.
		When the interest of the local residents in their own history and its evidence grew with the development of monument preservation in the 19th century, the value of the complex was recognized as an "antiquity of the fatherland".
	www.schloesser-magazin.de /eng/objekte/re/re_saekue.php?print=1 (246 words)

	ipedia.com: Reichenau Island Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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.ipedia.com /reichenau_island.html (306 words)

	Germany 2003 gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		A church on the island of Reichenau that was built in the year 1000.
		Matthew outside a church on the island of Reichenau that was built in the year 1000.
		Myslef, Vivianne, Matthew, Hans-Peter, Marcel, Sabine and Isabel Messner on the island of Reichenau
	www.congahead.com /My_Family/germany2003/index2.html (133 words)

	Reichenau, Germany
		6km/4mi west of Konstanz, in the Untersee, lies the island of Reichenau, connected with the mainland by a causeway.
		With an area of 428 hectares/1057 acres, it is the largest island in Lake Constance; cultivation of early vegetables (37 hectares/91 acres under glass).
		The three churches belonging to the once world-famed monastery of Reichenau, founded in 724 by Charles Martel, Charlemagne's grandfather, are among the finest examples of Early Romanesque art in Germany, both for their architecture and for their magnificent frescoes.
	www.planetware.com /konstanz/reichenau-d-bw-konrei.htm (156 words)

	Monastic Island of Reichenau - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		The island of Reichenau on Lake Constance preserves the traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724, which exercised remarkable spiritual, intellectual and artistic influence.
		Criterion iv The churches on the island of Reichenau retain remarkable elements of several stages of construction and thus offer outstanding examples of monastic architecture in Central Europe from the 9th to the 11th century.
		Criterion vi The monastery of Reichenau was a highly significant artistic centre of great significance to the history of art in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries, as is superbly illustrated by its monumental wall paintings and its illuminations.
	whc.unesco.org /en/list/974 (226 words)

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		Monastic Island of Reichenau UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000 The cultural landscape of the island of Reichenau on Lake Constance bears outstanding witness to the religious and cultural role of a great Benedictine monastery in the Middle Ages.
		The island's three Romanesque churches are outstanding examples of monastic architecture between the 9th and 11th centuries, and their wall paintings reveal that, during the 10th and 11th centuries, Reichenau was a cultural centre of major significance for the history of European art.
		A Benedictine monastery was founded on the island in 724 by the itinerant bishop Pirmin.
	www.unesco-welterbe.de /en/presse/texte/englisch/reichenau.doc (198 words)

	Reichenau, Berno of - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Reichenau, Berno of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		He was first a monk at Prüm, and abbot of Reichenau from 1008.
		He compiled a tonarius, dealing with the organization of the church chants into ‘tones’ – eight modes of the Gregorian chant.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Reichenau,%20Berno%20of (97 words)

	MUSIC ACTIVITIES - TRAVEL
		Those first days were restricted to singers and were spent on Reichenau Island rehearsing as much as nine hours a day.
		In Konstanz we sang three major performances, the concert on Reichenau in St.
		Georgskirche, one of the oldest churches in Europe, the Pentecost Mass in the Konstanz cathedral, and the concert in Schaffhausen.
	music.sdsmt.edu /travel/1993.htm (596 words)

	REICHENAU ISLAND - as UNESCO - WORLD HERITAGE in GERMANY - REICHENAU ISLAND PAGE 1 - GERMAN World Heritage presented by ...
		On the island with a total surface of about 1070 acres live approximately 3500 inhabitants.
		For more than 150 years the Island and the mainland, where you find Reichenau railway Station, have been linked by an artificial causeway.
		The Benedictine monastery of Reichenau, which was founded in 724 by bishop Pirmin, was one of the centres of Spiritual life under the reign of Charlemagne (768 - 814) and remained so until the end of the 11
	www.welterbestaetten.de /de2/reichenau.htm (265 words)

	Reichenau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Reichenau is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, where the two Rhine tributaries Vorderrhein andHinterrhein meet.
		It is a major traffic junction of the routes from Chur towardsthe Operalppass and Lukmanierpass and fromChur towards SanBernardino Pass and Julierpass.
		In the 17th century the first buildings for the sovereignty of Reichenau were built whichbecame the castle of Reichenau.
	www.therfcc.org /reichenau-82082.html (142 words)

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		ISLANDS OF nam, Wolin Islands of Szczecinski Zalew Karsibor Wielki Krzek Wiszowa Kepa Trzcinice Gesia Kepa Warnie Kepy Konski Smug Wydrza Kepa Chelminek Islands of Gdansk Bay Islands of Gdansk Port Island (Gdansk) Sobieszewo Island Ostrow Island Granary Island Zulawy Island.
		Brissago Islands (Lake Maggiore, Canton of Ticino), Ile d'Ogoz (Lac de la Gruyère), Rheinau Island (in the Rhine river, part of Rheinau, Canton of Zürich), Werd, Switzerland (in the Rhine river, near Eschenz, Canton of Thurgau), Schwanau Island (in Lauerzersee).
	www.discovertheislands.com /islands_of_Europe.html (803 words)

	History of BW - Reichenau: an Island
		In the year 1048, a Reichenau monk, whose job it was to record all important events of the monastery in a chronicle, wrote:
		The chronicler wrote: "At this time the Lord Abbot Berno of Reichenau, a man of outstanding learning and morality, passed away in the fortieth year of his office, at a very old age, and because of sickness exhausted his days on the 7th of June.
		When he died in 1054 at the age of 41, he was taken to the house of his father and buried in the family vault.
	www.pantel-web.de /bw_mirror/history/bw296_e.htm (1035 words)

	schloesser-magazin.de: Reichenau Monastery Island - Reichenau Monastery Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		From the founding of the monastery on Reichenau Island in Lake Constance in 724, the island developed for centuries to European cultural and political center.
		Church and monastery buildings together with their treasures from this golden age of the early and high Middle Ages have been preserved.
		Today he monastery tradition is still a major factor in the settlement and cultivation of Reichenau Island, on which wine and vegetables thrive.
	www.schloesser-magazin.de /eng/objekte/re/rethe.php (115 words)

	Monastic Island of Reichenau - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		The island is rolling/low lying and largely consists of fields of market garden produce.
		The reason for the island’s inscription is that the first German Benedictine monastery was founded there in 724.
		The whole island was run as a “monastery” and still has 3 churches dating from 8th to 13th century.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/reichenau.html (320 words)

	Hotels Bodensee Meersburg, Tourismus
		The wandering bishop Pirman set up his camp in 724 A.D. on the Island of Reichenau in the lower part of Lake Constance and founded a cloister.
		Along the with water sports activities for the whole family, the island is a true paradise for children.
		Freshly caught Lake Constance fish, fresh Reichenau vegetables and Müller-Thurgau, Late Burgundy, or Guteldel wine from vines on the island will make any wine-lover's heart smile.
	www.tourismus-reichenau.de /uk/page-two.html (144 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Pirminius, Augia dives, on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, became a literary and artistic center in the Middle Ages.
		When Charles the Fat was overthrown in the IX Century, he retired to Reichenau, where he was buried in 888, although he had since regained the throne of France.
		The monastery held the relics of St. Mark and of St. George, frescoes of whom, done in the X Century, are expressions of the monastery's artistic merit.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/reichenau.html (138 words)

	Home - Reichenau Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Pirmin's conflict with his local patron resulted in his leaving 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.
		In many districts where such woods once existed, their place has been occupied by the Scots pine and Norway spruce, which suffer less from the ravages of goats, the worst enemies of tree vegetation.
		The mean annual temperature of this region differs little from that of the British Islands; but the climate conditions are widely different.
	reichenau.island.en.infoax.org (5803 words)

	REICHENAU ISLAND as UNESCO - WORLD HERITAGE in GERMANY - World Heritage List - WELTERBESTAETTEN, Welterbe, ...
		The book decoration of the monastery of Reichenau, situated on an island in the Lake Constance, epitomizes book illustration of the Ottonian period in Germany.
		After the decline of the Carolingian Empire, political consolidation, the renewal of the idea of the empire and the reform of the church all contributed to a period of cultural rise.
		As one of its outstanding achievements, the book illustration from the Reichenau developed expansive cycles of miniatures on the life of Christ, which were to influence the art of subsequent centuries.
	www.welterbestaetten.de /en/reichenau-5.htm (357 words)

	CANOE Travel - Europe - A blooming delight
		The town was filled not only with clerics, noblemen and their attendants (estimated at 50,000 in all), but with thousands of prostitutes imported to meet the needs of the convention-goers.
		Perhaps the motto of Reichenau should be "saints and salads," because it is best known for market gardens, and for three historic churches.
		The island is also a walker's and bicyclist's paradise, with routes near the churches, through the fields and villages, and -- should hunger strike -- past many vegetable stalls.
	travel.canoe.ca /Travel/Europe/Central-Europe/2004/08/29/608041.html (1234 words)

	Lake Constance Tours : Bike Europe Affordably 1-888-934-2453 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Munot, built in the mid 1500's, is an impressive fortress affording a majestic view of the city and the Rhine.
		Reichenau Island, with its beautiful Romanesque churches, cozy lodgings and small hotels, boasts a Wild life preserve where you can spot rare bird species among the 200 registered there.
		The island was bought in 1853 by grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden for his family's summer residence.
	www.bikeeuropeaffordably.com /lakeconstance/index_lc.html (1987 words)

	Reichenau (Insel) - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon
		Reichenau heißt heute die Gemeinde im Landkreis Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, die außer der Insel noch einige Flächen auf dem Festland umfasst.
		Durch die temperaturausgleichende Wirkung des Bodensees, die positiven Auswirkungen des Alpenföhns und die daraus resultierende hohe Zahl an Sonnentagen ist das Klima auf der Reichenau besonders mild.
		Weitere Bücher zum Stichwort "Reichenau (Insel)" bei Amazon.de suchen
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Reichenau-%28Baden-Wuerttemberg%29.html (326 words)

	MUSIC ACTIVITIES - TRAVEL
		Concert that night on Reichenau was split between the cathedral there and the school since the local priest did not want secular music in the church.
		On Reichenau, the choir had expressed a desire to have a full-blown rehearsal somewhere in the middle of the tour, after some concerts had been experienced.
		Those of us who were in Vienna in 1989/1990 and sang at the Karlskirche twice were surprised to learn that the "Karl" is "St. Charles" who was one of the Borromeos.
	music.sdsmt.edu /travel/1996.htm (3799 words)

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