15th-century towers on the Romanesque church of Sts Peter and Paul in Reichenau-Niederzell

Reichenau Island lies in Lake Constance in southern Germany, at approximately 47°42′ N 9°4′ E. It lies between the Gnadensee and the Untersee, almost due west of the city of Constance. The island is connected to the mainland by an artificial causeway. Download high resolution version (600x800, 56 KB)St. ... Download high resolution version (600x800, 56 KB)St. ... Romanesque St. ... Map of the Bodensee; Schweiz is Switzerland, Deutschland is Germany, and Osterreich is Austria. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2001 because of its monastery, the Abbey of Reichenau. Two further churches were built on the island consecrated to St Georg, and to Sts Peter and Paul, beside the abbey's Münster dedicated to the Virgin and St Mark. The abbey is the best-preserved monastery north of the Alps. The famous artworks of Reichenau include the Ottonian murals of miracles of Christ in St Georg, unique survivals of the 10th century. 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. World Heritage Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A monastery is the habitation of monks, derived from the Greek word for a hermits cell. ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... Alternate uses: Reichenau island Reichenau is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, where the two Rhine tributaries Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein meet. ... Ottonian dynasty is a name sometimes given to a ruling dynasty of German kings, sometimes regarded as the first dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, (though Charlemagne is commonly viewed as the original founder. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... Timber framing is the modern term for the traditional half-timbered construction in which timber provides a visible skeletal frame that supports the whole building. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right}. It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to...

Today the island is also famous for its vegetable farms and wineries. The Wollmatinger Ried next to the island is a big nature preserve, a wetland area of reeds which is used by many birds for the stop-over during their annual migration. A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ...

History

The Alemannic name of the island was Sindleozesauua, but it was also simply known as Ow, Auua, 'island' (Latinized as Augia, later also Augia felix or Augia dives, hence Richenow, Reichenau). Alemannic German (Alemannisch) is a group of dialects of the Upper German branch of the Germanic language family. ...

The Benedictine Abbey of Reichenau was founded in 724 by the itinerant Saint Pirmin, who is said to have fled Spain ahead of the Moorish invaders, with patronage that included Charles Martel and more locally Count Berthold and the Alemannian Duke Santfrid I (Nebi). 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 [1], the monastery began to flourish and to gain influence in the Carolingian empire by educating the who staffed Imperial and ducal chanceries. At Reichenau the famous plan for the Abbey of St Gall was drawn up, with its plan for an ideal monastery. Abbot Walahfrid Strabo (842-849) was renowned as a poet and Latin scholar. Events End of the reign of Empress Gensho of Japan Emperor Shomu succeeds to the throne of Japan. ... Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer, German: Karl Martell) (August 23, 686 – October 22, 741) was born in Herstal, in what is now Wallonia, Belgium, the illegitimate son of Pippin the Middle (635 or 640-December 16, 714) and his concubine Alpaida or Chalpaida. ... // Area Code Area Codes that served the places of St. ... The Carolingians (also known as the Carlovingians) were a dynasty of rulers that eventually controlled the Frankish realm and its successors from the 8th to the 10th century, officially taking over the kingdoms from the Merovingian dynasty in 751. ... The Abbey of St. ... Walafrid (also Walahfrid), surnamed Strabo (or Strabus, i. ... Events Oaths of Strasbourg — alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar — sworn and recorded in vernacular languages. ... Events Births Deaths August 18 - Walafrid Strabo, German monk and theologian Categories: 849 ...

The Abbey stood along a main north-south highway between Germany and Italy, where the lake passage eased the arduous route. 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. An example of the scriptorium's production is the Pericopes of Henry II, made for the Emperor, now in Munich. Reichenau has preserved its precious relics, which include the pitcher from the wedding at Cana. A Scriptorium was a room or building, usually within a Christian monastery where, during medieval times, manuscripts were written. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Coats of arms of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire This page is about the Germanic empire. ... Categories: Art stubs | Illuminated manuscripts ... For the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, see Munich (film). ... This article refers to a place mentioned in the New Testament. ...

The Abbey reached its apex under Abbot Berno (1008-1048). During this time important scholars such as Hermannus Contractus lived and worked in Reichenau. In the second half of the 11th century, the importance of the Abbey started to wane due to the restrictive reforms of Pope Gregory VII and to rivalry with nearby St. Gall; in 1540 the Bishop of Constance, an old rival of the Reichenau abbots, became lord of Reichenau, and under the control of the succeeding bishops the Abbey dwindled into insignificance. When the abbey lands were secularized and the monks disbanded under Napoleon, part of Reichenau's famed library was preserved in the state library (Landesbibliothek) at Karlsruhe. Events Olof, king of Sweden, is baptized. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... Hermannus Contractus (also called Hermannus Augiensis, Hermann of Reichenau) (1013 – 1054) was an 11th century scholar, composer, and music theorist. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Gregory VII, né Hildebrand (c. ... St. ... This article needs cleanup. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Map of Germany showing Karlsruhe Coat of Arms of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe castle at night Karlsruhe (population 282,595 in December 2003) is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border. ...

External links

• Reichenau: monastic island
• history and images (in German)
• Reichenau
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Reichenau