Saalfeld Abbey - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Saalfeld Abbey - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Saalfeld Abbey (, also Kloster Saalfeld) was an important medieval Benedictine monastery and Imperial Abbey in Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany. As an imperial abbey, the monastery was under the direct auspices of the Holy Roman Emperor, and enjoyed a degree of sovereignty equivalent to a small micro state within the Empire. The monastery was founded in 1071 and existed until 1526, when it was secularised during the Reformation. Read more on Wikipedia
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