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Lorsch Abby

The Lorsch Abby is located in Germany about 6 miles away from the city worms. It was one of the most important buildings in the pre Romanesque. The Lorsch Abby was first rited in old records in 764 and then it moved to a different location in 767. From 772 till 1232 it was a king abby and in 876 it became the place of rest for East Franconian or German or also Monarchs. It was on of the most important monastic centers of the Carolingian time and it owned land from the North Sea coast line all the way down to Switzerland. It had a really bug library and it played a big role in the knowledge until it was ruined in the Reformation in 1556. The 30 year war that had gone one left nothing to community but the Carolingian building also known as the King’s hall and the rump of the earlier Romanesque church. Then 1991 the building site was put as a cultural monument in “UNESCO’s world Heritage.” (resource #1) In 1995 the Museum Centre opened not to far from the King’s hall. It was really 3 different museums all smooshed into one big building. One of the maine sections is concerned with the history that the monastic communities describe about the early Middle Ages. The other section tells about the history of tobacco growing and tobacco processing around the Lorsch in Hesse.

Work Cited

"Lorsch: Monastery with gate-hall and church remains". Unesco World Heritage Kloster Lorsch with Museumszentrum. 11/20/08 .

"Lorsch Abbey". Wikipedia. 11/20/08 .

"Lorsch Abbey". 11/20/08 .