Herford Abbey
Herford Abbey (German: Frauenstift Herford) was the oldest women's religious house in the Duchy of Saxony. It was founded as a house of secular canonesses in 789, initially in Müdehorst (near the modern Bielefeld) by a nobleman called Waltger, who moved it in about 800 onto the lands of his estate Herivurth (later Oldenhervorde) which stood at the crossing of a number of important roads and fords over the Aa and the Werre. The present city of Herford grew up on this site around the abbey.
Imperial Abbey of Herford Reichsfrauenstift Herford | |||||||||
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| 1147–1802 | |||||||||
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Former Herford Abbey church, now Herford Minster | |||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
| Common languages | West Low German | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Dedicated as Imperial abbey under Louis the Pious | 832 | ||||||||
| 973 1147 | |||||||||
1147 | |||||||||
• City joined Hanseatic Lg. | 1342 | ||||||||
• City's immediacy confirmed | 1631 | ||||||||
• City annexed by Mgvt Brandenburg | 1652 | ||||||||
| 1802 | |||||||||
• Annexed by Cty Ravensberg | 25 February 1803 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
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