Gengenbach Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Gengenbach
Reichskloster Gengenbach
8th century–1803
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalGengenbach Abbey
Common languagesAlemannic
GovernmentElective principality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
 Founded
early 8th century
 Granted to Bp Bamberg
    by Emperor Henry II

1007 8th century
 Gengenbach raised
    to Imperial city

1360
 Gengenbach converted
    to Lutheranism

1525
 Augsburg Interim
    guaranteed Catholicism

1548
 Unsuccessfully attempted
    to join College of Prelates

1575 and 1580
 Joined College of Prelates
1645 / 1751a 1803
 Mediatized to Baden
25 February 1803
Succeeded by
Margraviate of Baden
Today part ofGermany
a: Accession to the College of Prelates approved in 1645, but not implemented until 1751.

Gengenbach Abbey (German: Kloster Gengenbach) was a Benedictine monastery in Gengenbach in the district of Ortenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was an Imperial Abbey from the late Carolingian period to 1803.