page_title: Saalfeld Abbey
hierarchical_section_title: Saalfeld Abbey
caption_attribution_description: English: Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne showing monasteries he established Deutsch: Anno II., Erzbischof von Köln zusammen mit der seinerzeit typischen Abbildung von Modellen von individuell gestifteten Kirchen und Klöstern (hier: die von ihm gestifteten Klöster)
context_page_description: Saalfeld Abbey 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.
context_section_description: Saalfeld Abbey (German: Abtei Saalfeld, 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.
caption: Anno II. in the Vita Annonis Minor (Saalfeld Abbey is bottom left)
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