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'''Rottenmünster Abbey''', also the '''Imperial Nunnery of Rottenmünster''' ({{lang-de|Kloster Rottenmünster}}), was a [[Cistercian]] abbey located near [[Rottweil]] in [[Baden-Württemberg]]. The self-ruling Imperial Abbey was secularized in the course of the [[German mediatization]] of 1802–1803 and its territory annexed to the [[Duchy of Württemberg]]. The monastery was closed in 1850. The
==History==
In 1221, a branch of a sister community was formed at Hochmauern, south of Rottweil, thus founding the future monastery. On 9 May 1224, [[Pope Honorius III]] inducted the monastery into the General Chapter of the Cistercians. The Abbot of [[Salem Abbey|Salem]], Eberhard von Rohrdorf, appointed the first Abbess, Williburgis. In 1237, [[Emperor Frederick II]] raised Rottenmünster to [[imperial immediacy]] and commended the protection of the monastery to the [[Free imperial city|imperial city]] of Rottweil. Through donations and dowries, the monastery collected land between the [[Black Forest]] and [[Swabian Jura|Swabian Alb]]. The lands contained about 3,000 inhabitants and produced an annual income of about 30,000 guilders (in 1803). The Abbess was a member of the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]] and the [[Swabian Circle|Swabian Imperial Circle]].
After the peak of 100 nuns at the end of the 14th century, the general population settled to between 20 and 30 nuns. During the [[
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