St Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest or St. Peter's Abbey, Schwarzwald is a former Benedictine monastery in the village of St. Peter im Schwarzwald in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-W
Klosterkirche St. Peter Gesamtansicht
Abbey church
Interior of the abbey church
Berthold II of Swabia
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Berthold II, also known as Berchtold II, was the Duke of Swabia from 1092 to 1098. After he conceded the Duchy of Swabia to the Staufer in 1098, the title of "Duke of Zähringen" was created for him, i
Abbey of Saint Peter in the Black Forest
…family. It was founded in Weilheim, in or before 1073, but was forced by hostile military action during the Investiture Controversy to move to Hirsau. Duke Berthold II of Zähringen (1078–1111) re-founded it as a family monastery, but decided in about 1090 to move it to the site which is now St. Peter im Schwarzwald. Here it soon…
Berthold II Zahringen