Herrenalb Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Herrenalb
Reichskloster Herrenalb
1148–1497
Coat of arms
Herrenalb Abbey: entrance porch of the ruined abbey church, ca 1900
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalHerrenalb Abbey
GovernmentTheocracy
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Founded by Cty Eberstein
ca 1148
• Gained Imperial immediacy
1275
• Under Vogtei of Mgvt Baden
1289
• Under Vogtei of the
    county of Württemberg

1338
• Divided between the Vögte
1497
• Abandoned after Ulrich
    introduced Reformation
    to Württemberg


1536
Preceded by		Succeeded by
County of Eberstein
Margraviate of Baden
Duchy of Württemberg
Today part ofGermany

Herrenalb Abbey (German: Kloster Herrenalb; Latin: Alba dominorum) is a former Cistercian monastery in the present Bad Herrenalb in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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