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Hersfeld Abbey was an important Benedictine imperial abbey in the town of Bad Hersfeld in Hesse (formerly in Hesse-Nassau ), Germany, at the confluence of the rivers Geisa, Haune and Fulda. The ruins are now a medieval festival venue. Territorium Abbatæ Heresfeldensis, 1645.
A medieval festival venue. This former Benedictine monastery was founded over 1,200 years ago and elevated to the status of imperial abbey by Charlemagne. The church that can be seen today was built later. The Bad Hersfeld Festival takes place here each summer, inside the walls of one of the largest church ruins from the Romanesque period,
In Bad Hersfeld are three comprehensive schools, Gesamtschule Geistal, Gesamtschule Obersberg and Konrad-Duden-Schule, the last-named of which was founded in 1570 by Abbot Michael of the Hersfeld Abbey as a monastery school.
HERSFELD, ABBEY OF. A former Benedictine abbey (Hirshfeld, Herocampia, Hirsfeldia, Hersfeldense) in the Diocese of Mainz. Sturmius, a pupil of St. Boniface, established a cell there in 736. Lullus, a monk of Malmesbury, the best known of Boniface's companions and later his successor as bishop of Mainz, founded the abbey in 769 – 770.
Hersfeld, ancient imperial abbey of the Benedictine Order, situated at the confluence of the Geisa and Haune with the Fulda, in the Province of Hesse -Nassau, Prussia. Sturmi, a disciple of St. Boniface, originally founded a monastery here in 742, but, owing to its position being exposed to attacks from the Saxons, he transferred it to Fulda.
The Codex Hersfeldensis was a manuscript from the Early Middle Ages. Written between 830 and 850, the codex was found in Hersfeld Abbey in the first half of the 15th century. The codex was brought to Italy by Enoch of Ascoli in 1455, where it was divided up and copied. The original has since been lost.
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The town of Hersfeld, outside the abbey walls, also grew and flourished, one result of this being that it found itself strong enough to assert its independence of the rule of the monks, and in 1371 formally placed itself under the protection of the Landgraves of Hesse.
