Mondsee Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Mondsee
Reichskloster Mondsee
788–831

1142–1791
The Collegiate Church of St Michael, Mondsee — formerly the monastery church
The Collegiate Church of St Michael, Mondsee — formerly the monastery church
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalMondsee Abbey
GovernmentTheocracy
Historical eraMiddle Ages
748
• Gained Imp. immediacy
    after deposition of Tassilo III
788
• Gifted to Regensburg Cathedral
    by Louis the Pious

831
• Regained independence
    under Abbot Conrad II

1142
• Mondseeland transferred
    from Bavaria to Austria

1506
• Dissolved by Leopold II
1791
• Granted to Bavarian
    field-marshal von Wrede

1810 – ca 1815
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Bavaria
Bishopric of Regensburg
Bishopric of Regensburg
Archduchy of Austria
Today part ofAustria

Mondsee Abbey (German: Kloster Mondsee) was a Benedictine monastery in Mondsee in Upper Austria.