Buchau Abbey

The foundation of Buchau Abbey is dated to around 770, dedicated to Saints Cyprian and Cornelius. It emerged as a Frankish-Carolingian foundation, serving the strategic securing of Frankish rule in the Duchy of Alemannia. A legend states that Adelindis, a daughter of Duke Hildebrand of Swabia, had the monastery built after the death of her husband Atto and died there as the first abbess. However, more recent research suggests that this Adelindis lived a century later. In 819, the monastery received possessions in Saulgau and Mengen, as well as its own palatine court. In 857, it was mentioned as a proprietary monastery of Louis the German. Following Hungarian incursions in 902, a reorganization of monastic life occurred in the 10th century, with the Rule of Saint Benedict being applied for a time. A fire in 1032 destroyed parts of the monastery. In the 13th century, the foundation evolved from Augustinian canonesses to an unregulated canonesses' foundation for noble ladies from Swabia. In 1347, the ladies' foundation was elevated to an imperial principality, making it immediately subject to the emperor, and the abbess was first referred to as an Imperial Princess. From the 16th century, the foundation, as an Imperial Estate, also held blood jurisdiction. It primarily admitted daughters of Upper Swabian noble families, as well as families from Tyrol, Alsace, and the eastern Austrian hereditary lands. In 1415, it was transformed into a secular foundation, expanding its monastic property and creating a small territory. The foundation's constitution of 1417 provided for an abbess, twelve canonesses, four secular canons, and two permanent chaplains. In 1803, the monastery was secularized.

The Buchau Ladies' Convent is situated in the town of Biberach in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located at an elevation of approximately 607 meters above sea level.

In the Romanesque crypt of the former collegiate church of St. Cornelius and Cyprian, the sarcophagus containing the body of the beatified founder of the monastery, Adelindis, is preserved.

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