Marchtal Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Marchtal
Reichsstift Marchtal
1500–1803
Coat of arms of Marchtal Abbey
Coat of arms
Minster church, Marchtal Abbey
Minster church, Marchtal Abbey
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalMarchtal Abbey
GovernmentElective principality
Historical eraMiddle Ages; early modern period
• Monastery founded
    by Ahalolfinger

before 776

993 1500
1171

2 May 1239
• Raised to abbey
1440
• Raised to Imperial abbey
1500
1803
• Mediatised to Württemberg
1806
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Württemberg
Thurn und Taxis
Today part ofGermany

Marchtal Abbey (German: Kloster Marchtal or Reichsstift Marchtal) is a former Premonstratensian monastery in Obermarchtal in the Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The minster church of Saints Peter and Paul, the former abbey church, located on a prominent elevation, still dominates the landscape for miles around.