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Name: Hersfeld Abbey

Type: Polity

Start: 776 AD

End: 1606 AD

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Was an Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire with Imperial immediacy.

Establishment


  • January 776: Hersfeld Abbey gains imperial immediacy.
  • Chronology


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    1. Hungarian invasions of Europe


    The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.

  • January 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south.
  • February 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south. After the ride they left these territories.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1607: Hersfeld Abbey falls under administration of Hesse-Cassel.
  • Selected Sources


  • Droysen, G. (1886): Historischer Handatlas, Bielefeld and Leipzig (Germany), pp. 30-31
  • Leyser, K. (1982): Medieval Germany and its neighbours, 900-1250, London (UK), p. 50
  • Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge (UK), p. 543
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