Schöntal Abbey
49°19′41″N 9°30′17″E / 49.3281°N 9.5047°E
Imperial Abbey of Schöntal Reichskloster Schöntal | |||||||||
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| 1418–1495 | |||||||||
Schöntal Abbey: Baroque abbey church | |||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Schöntal | ||||||||
| Government | Elective principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Founded in Neusass | 1153 | ||||||||
• Relocated to Schöntal | 1157–63 | ||||||||
| early 1200s – 1283 | |||||||||
| 1418 | |||||||||
• Reichsfreiheit revoked | 1495 | ||||||||
• Abandoned during Thirty Years' War | 1631 | ||||||||
• Revived and expanded | 1683–1782 | ||||||||
| 1802 | |||||||||
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Schöntal Abbey (German: Kloster Schöntal, Reichskloster Schöntal) is a former Cistercian abbey in Schöntal in the district of Hohenlohe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is famous as one of the most impressive pieces of Baroque architecture in northern Württemberg and is now used by the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart as a retreat and training centre.