Castle and Abbey of Corvey

Just 2km Northwest of Höxter is the Castle complex and Abbey of Corvey, which is the most distinguished Benedictine abbey in Northern Germany. The abbey was founded in 822 by Ludwig the Pious and secularised in 1803 - it now belongs to the Duke of Ratibor. Of the old abbey church the impressive carolingian west work [873-885] survives - it is the oldest building of the early medieval period in Westphalia. The present abbey church has a magnificent Baroque interior. On the southside of the abbey is the tomb of A. H. Hoffmann von Fallersleben, the author of the German national anthem "Deutschland über Alles". He was a librarian in Schloß Corvey.

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