St. Ludger's Abbey
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St. Ludger's Abbey (German: Kloster St. Ludgeri) was a former monastery of the Benedictine Order in Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, founded by Saint Ludger around 800. Until it was secularised in 1802 it was an Imperial Abbey, with sovereignty over the whole town of Helmstedt until the 15th century.
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Imperial Abbey of St. Ludger Reichskloster St. Ludgeri | |||||||||
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c. 800 – 1802 | |||||||||
Status | Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
Capital | Helmstedt | ||||||||
Government | Theocracy | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Founded | ca 800 | ||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | Unknown | ||||||||
December 1802 | |||||||||
ISO 3166 code | ST | ||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
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