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Schönau Abbey (
Kloster Schönau) in
Schönau in the
Odenwald, in the
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in
Baden-Württemberg, was a
Cistercian monastery founded in
1142 from
Eberbach Abbey. The present settlement of Schönau grew up round the monastery.
By the end of the 12th century Schönau was already in use as a burial place of the
Staufen family: in 1195
Conrad of Hohenstaufen,
Count Palatine of the Rhine, was buried here, as had been his son of the same name, probably in 1186, and both his wives.
Rupert II of the Palatinate (d. 1398) was also buried here.
In the 14th century Schönau was also the burial place of the Counts of
Erbach.
During the
Reformation the abbey was dissolved, in 1558. The empty buildings were occupied in 1562 by
Huguenot refugees from
Wallonia, to whom Schönau gave rights of residence.
Sights
Physical remains of the abbey include:
» * the abbey gateway (c. 1200);
* the abbey church (c. 1230);
» * the former
refectory; and
* the "Walloon forge" (the former abbey forge, renovated by the Walloons after 1558)
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