Buchau Abbey
Imperial Abbey of Buchau on the Federsee Reichsstift Buchau am Federsee | |||||||||
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| 1347–1803 | |||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
| Capital | Buchau Abbey | ||||||||
| Common languages | Alemannic | ||||||||
| Government | Elective principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Founded | 770 | ||||||||
| 1347 | |||||||||
• Converted to secular foundation | 1415 | ||||||||
1625 | |||||||||
| 1803 | |||||||||
• Ceded to Württemberg | 1806 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
Buchau Abbey, otherwise the Imperial Abbey of Buchau (German: Reichsstift Buchau), was a self-ruling Imperial Estate and its abbess had a seat and vote at the Imperial Diet.