Imperial Abbey of St Maximin, Trier Reichsabtei Sankt Maximin in Trier | |||||||||
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| before early 12th century – 1669 | |||||||||
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_mit_Stadtmauer.jpg) St. Maximin's Abbey (centre) with St. Paulinus' church (left) and city wall of Trier. Engraving by Merian, c. 1646 | |||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||
| Capital | St. Maximin's Abbey | ||||||||
| Government | Theocracy | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Founded | 4th century | ||||||||
6th century | |||||||||
899 | |||||||||
| before early 12th century | |||||||||
• Papal immunity confirmed | 1140 | ||||||||
• Surrendered to Trier | 1669 | ||||||||
| 1802 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
St. Maximin's Abbey (German: Reichsabtei St. Maximin) was a Benedictine monastery in Trier in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.