Talk:List of Imperial abbeys

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Only a few of the Abbots were actually Princes of the Holy Roman Empire - Fulda, Kempten, Ellwangen, Weissenburg, Berchtesgaden, Stablo, Prüm, Hersfeld, and Korvey, I believe. The rest had only collective votes in the Council of Princes, in either the College of Prelates of the Rhine or the College of Prelates of Swabia. The appropriate designation for them is "Prelates." The distinction is comparable to that between secular princes and counts. This ought to be clarified. john k 20:54, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quedlinburg

The foundation date should be 936, not 836; it was established by Henry I and his wife, Mathilda, shortly before the former's death. Also, calling it a "nunnery" is a bit inaccurate; St. Servatius was a female canonry, rather than a house of Benedictine (or other) nuns per se. SGilsdorf 04:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Selz

Selz's foundation date is c. 991, not 968-999; although the property on which the monastery was built was given to its founder (Adelheid) by her husband Otto I in 968, she did not establish a religious community there until late in her life. The monastery received royal protection (tuitio) and immunity from episcopal control early in 992. SGilsdorf 05:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)