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5 unusual facts about Reichenau Island


Alemannic German

Due to the importance of the Carolingian abbeys of St. Gall and Reichenau Island, a considerable part of the Old High German corpus has Alemannic traits.

Chronicon Suevicum universale

It was once commonly associated with the monastery of Saint Gall, but is now thought to have been composed by a monk of Reichenau.

Koenwald

Koenwald's visit to St. Gall and to Reichenau is thought to be connected to the rise of the monastic reform movement in 10th century England.

Reichenau Island

The famous artworks of Reichenau include the Ottonian murals of miracles of Christ in St Georg, unique survivals from the 10th century.

Rithmomachy

The rules of the game were improved shortly thereafter by the respected monk, Hermannus Contractus, from Reichenau, and in the school of Liège.


Burchard III, Duke of Swabia

In 973, he died and was buried in the chapel of Saint Erasmus in the monastery on Reichenau Island in Lake Constance.

St. George's Abbey in the Black Forest

The monastery was founded in 1084–85 in the Black Forest, by the source of the Brigach, against the background of the Investiture Controversy, as a result of the community of interests of the Swabian aristocracy and the church reform party, the founders being Hezelo and Hesso of the family of the Vögte of Reichenau, and the politically influential Abbot William of Hirsau.


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