Michaelsberg Abbey

Germany / Bayern / Bamberg / Michelsberg
 monastery, Order of Saint Benedict, listed building / architectural heritage, closed

After the creation of the Bishopric of Bamberg by Emperor Henry II, the first Bishop of Bamberg, Eberhard I, founded the abbey in 1015 as the bishop's private monastery. Accordingly the abbot answered directly to the bishop of Bamberg, and to no-one else. The monks for the new establishment were drawn from Amorbach Abbey and Fulda Abbey
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Coordinates:   49°53'37"N   10°52'38"E
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