Helmarshausen Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Helmarshausen
Reichskloster Helmarshausen
997–1538
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalHelmarshausen Abbey
Common languagesWest Low German
GovernmentTheocracy
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Founded with immediacy
    under Otto III
997
• Consecrated by
    Meinwerk

1011
• Independence disputed
    with Bp Paderborn

1160–91
• Gospels of Henry the Lion
    produced

1176–88
• Protectorate of Hesse
from 1479
• Dissolved to Hesse during
    the Reformation
1538
• Paderborn renounced
    rights

1597
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Saxony
Landgraviate of Hesse
Today part ofGermany

Helmarshausen Abbey (German: Kloster Helmarshausen) was a Benedictine monastery situated in the small town of Helmarshausen, now part of Bad Karlshafen in Hesse, Germany.