Germany · 7th century
Kloster Herrenchiemsee (also called Herrenwörth) is a former Benedictine monastery and later Augustinian canons' collegiate foundation on the island of Herrenchiemsee in the Chiemsee in Bavaria. The monastery church served from 1216 to 1807 as the cathedral of the Diocese of Chiemsee, while the Augustinian canons of this foundation formed the cathedral chapter. After the secularisation in Bavaria the monastery buildings were converted into the Old Palace of Herrenchiemsee. The complex is listed under file number D-1-87-123-19 as a protected architectural monument of Herrenchiemsee. "Subsurface medieval and early modern finds in the area of the former Augustinian canons' foundation of Herrenchiemsee ('Old Palace') and its early medieval predecessor buildings with the former collegiate church of St Sebastian and Sixtus ('Island Cathedral'), the abandoned monastery cemetery with the Catholic church of St Mary and the partly vanished farm yard" are additionally listed as a ground monument under file number D-1-8140-0095.
Machine-translated from “Kloster Herrenchiemsee” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kloster Herrenchiemsee ranks #2,944 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #233 of the 709 mapped in Germany. Founded 620, it is older than 96% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 39 atlas entries founded in the 7th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,461 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Salzburg, 49 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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