Church of Saint Vitus

Gröningen Priory (Kloster Gröningen) was a house of the Benedictine Order located at Gröningen in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. This article concerns Roman Catholic Order of Saint Benedict see also Benedictine Confederation and Benedictine. Gröningen is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Saxony-Anhalt ( Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen ''Bundesländer'' (federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

The monastery was founded in 936 from the Abbey of Corvey, of which it was a priory, and dissolved in 1550. Events By Place Asia King Taejo of Goryeo (Wanggeon defeats Hubaekje. Corvey Abbey or the Imperial Abbey of Corvey (Fürstabtei Corvey was a Benedictine monastery on the River Weser, 2km northeast of Höxter, now

A building of particular interest is the monastery church of Saint Vitus, set on a slight eminence. "Saint Guy" redirects here For the Belgian saint see Guy of Anderlecht. It was dedicated in 940 by Abbot Flockmar from Corvey and in about 1200 re-built in the style of Hirsau Abbey as a Romanesque basilica with three aisles. Events By Place Asia Saadia Gaon compiles his Siddur (Jewish prayer book in Iraq. Hirsau Abbey, formerly known as Hirschau, was once one of the most prominent Benedictine abbeys of Germany. Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basiliké Stoà, Royal Stoa) was originally used to describe a Roman Of particular note is the very unusual octagonal crossing tower and the 12th century reliefs, as well as a number of other features of architectural interest. A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, is the junction of the four arms of a Cruciform (cross-shaped church

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