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 Konstanz. 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. ... Map of the Bodensee; Schweiz is Switzerland, Deutschland is Germany, and Osterreich is Austria. ... Map of the Bodensee; Schweiz is Switzerland, Deutschland is Germany, and Osterreich is Austria. ... Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80,000 inhabitants at the eastern end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. ...

It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2001 because of its monastery, the Abbey of Reichenau. The abbey's Münster is dedicated to the Virgin and St Mark. Two further churches were built on the island consecrated to St Georg, and to Sts Peter and Paul. 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. Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... In English usage a Minster is a grand type of church; the term may be extended to apply to a cathedral, such as York Minster. ... Church of St Michael, Hildesheim. ... 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). ...

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. 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. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Graubünden or Grisons (German: Graubünden; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun, French: Grisons) is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. ...

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 leaving 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. 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. ... Pirmin (died 753) was appointed first abbot of the Reichenau Abbey by Charles Martel in 724. ... For the 13th century titular King of Hungary, see Charles Martel dAnjou. ... // Area Code Area Codes that served the places of St. ... Also see: France in the Middle Ages. ... 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 ...

One of the island's many vegetable fieldswith Sankt Georg Kirche in the background

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. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 520 KB) Summary took this picture some time september, 2005 while living on reichenau. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 520 KB) Summary took this picture some time september, 2005 while living on reichenau. ... 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. ... The Holy Roman Empire and from the 16th century on also The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was a political conglomeration of lands in Central Europe in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. ... Categories: Art stubs | Illuminated manuscripts ... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... This article refers to a place mentioned in the New Testament. ...

The Abbey reached its apex under Abbot Berno of Reichenau (1008-1048). During his time important scholars such as Hermannus Contractus lived and worked in Reichenau. In the second half of the 11th century, the cultural 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 July 18 – 1054 September 24) 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. ... YOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN. YOUR COMPUTER WILL SHUT DOWN IN 5 SECONDS. PLEASE STAND BY. ... St. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Karlsruhe (population 283,959 in 2005) is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border. ...

External links

• Reichenau: monastic island
• (German) History and images
• Reichenau Abbey Church
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Reichenau

Cities and towns in Konstanz (district)

Aach | Allensbach | Bodman-Ludwigshafen | Büsingen (Hochrhein) | Engen (Konstanz) | Eigeltingen | Gaienhofen | Gaitlingen (Hochrhein) | Gottmadingen | Hilzingen | Hohenfels | Konstanz | Moos | Mühlhausen-Ehingen | Mühlingen | Öhningen | Orsingen-Nenzingen | Radolfzell (Bodensee) | Reichenau | Rielasingen-Worblingen | Singen (Hohentwiel)  | Stockach | Steißlingen | Tengen | Volkertshausen Coat of arms of the Constance district File links The following pages link to this file: Konstanz (district) Categories: Public domain images ... Konstanz (also sometimes in English Constance) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Aach is a small town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. ... Büsingen am Hochrhein is a German town entirely surrounded by the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. ... Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80,000 inhabitants at the eastern end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. ... Radolfzell am Bodensee is a town in Germany at the western end of Lake Constance. ... Singen (Hohentwiel) is a city in the very south of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Stockach is a town in Germany. ...

 

World Heritage Sites in Germany

Aachen Cathedral | Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch | Augustusburg and Falkenlust | Bamberg | Bauhaus Sites | Classical Weimar | Cologne Cathedral | Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm | Dresden Elbe Valley | Goslar with Mines of Rammelsberg | Lübeck | Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg | Maulbronn Monastery Complex | Messel Pit Fossil Site | Muskauer Park (w/ Poland) | Monastic Island of Reichenau | Museum Island | Old Town of Quedlinburg | Pilgrimage Church of Wies | Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady, Trier | Sanssouci, New Palace, Charlottenburg | St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim | Speyer Cathedral | Stralsund and Wismar | Town Hall and Roland in Bremen | Upper German Raetian Limes (w/ UK) | Upper Middle Rhine Valley | Völklingen Ironworks | Wartburg Castle | Würzburg Residence | Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... 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