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Baden-Württemberg

Karlsruhe District

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Bad Herrenalb

Bad Herrenalb Evangelical Monastery Church

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Baden-Württemberg

Karlsruhe District

Calw
Bad Herrenalb

Bad Herrenalb Evangelical Monastery Church

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Bad Herrenalb Evangelical Monastery Church

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  • Location: Bad Herrenalb, Calw, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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    June 21, 2025

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    The originally Romanesque monastery church was completed in 1177. It had the form of a three-aisled basilica.

    (see model in the monastery courtyard).

    After the monastery was severely damaged in 1642, the current, smaller church was built in 1739.

    The Romanesque and Gothic architectural elements of the choir were preserved.
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    June 21, 2025

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    The church contains a so-called cenotaph, a false grave, intended solely to commemorate Bernhard I of Baden, born in 1364 and died on May 5, 1431. He ruled the Margraviate of Baden from 1372 until his death in 1431.
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    September 16, 2021

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    "... The dimensions of the former Herrenalb Monastery complex can only be discovered archaeologically. From the monastery church, which was completed in the late 12th century, the remains of the …
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    Location: Bad Herrenalb, Calw, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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