Abbey of Kempten

ABBEY OF KEMPTEN (Abbatia principalis Campidunensis)

Country : Germany
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Order: Benedictan

Established : 773
Abolished : 1803

Origin/meaning

The arms are known since the middle of the 15th century and show the founder of the Abbey, Queen Hildegard, wife of Emperor Charlemagne. Before the abbey used only the divided shield with a wavy silver chief. These arms are known from the late 14th century.

The arms were also used by the Kempten district until 1973.

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  The arms in a 17th century manuscript

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  The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)

Arms of Abbots

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  Friedrich von Hirschdorf (1382–1405)

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  Friedrich von Laubenberg (1405–1434)

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  Pilgrim von Wernau (1434–1451)

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  Gerwig von Sulmentingen (1451–1460)

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  Johann von Wernau (1460–1481)

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  Johann von Riedheim (1481–1507)

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  Johann Rudolf von Raitenau (1507–1523)

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  Wolfgang von Grünenstein (1536–1557)

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  Georg von Gravenegg-Burchberg (1557–1571)

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  Eberhard von Stein (1571–1584)

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  Adalbert von Hoheneck (1584–1587)

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  Johann Erhard Blarer von Wartensee (1587–1594)

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  Johann Adam Renner von Allmendingen (1594–1607)

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  Heinrich von Ulm-Langenrhein (1607–1616)

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  Johann Eucharius von Wolffurt (1616–1631)

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  Johann Willibald Schenk von Castell (1631–1639)

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  Roman Giel von Gielsberg (1639–1673)

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  Bernhard Gustav von Baden-Durlach (1673–1677)

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  Rupert von Bodman (1678–1728)

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  Anselm Reichlin von Meldegg (1728–1747)

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  Engelbert von Syrgenstein (1747–1760)

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  Honorius Roth von Schreckenstein (1760–1785)

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  Rupert von Neuenstein (1785–1793)

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  Castolus Reichlin von Meldegg (1793–1803)

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