Werden Abbey
51°23′17″N 7°00′17″E / 51.38806°N 7.00472°E
Imperial Abbey of Werden-Helmstedt Reichsabtei Werden-Helmstedt | |||||||||
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| 877–1803 | |||||||||
Main building of the former abbey | |||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
| Capital | Werden | ||||||||
| Common languages | Low Saxon | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
| Government | Theocracy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Werden founded | 809 877 | ||||||||
• Helmstedt founded | 827 | ||||||||
• Gained Reichsfreiheit | May 22, 877 | ||||||||
| 1803 | |||||||||
| 1806–14 | |||||||||
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Werden Abbey (German: Kloster Werden) was a Benedictine monastery in Essen-Werden (Germany), situated on the Ruhr.