Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . G EiNtKAL VliiVV of BOPPART Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine In the fourteenth century the town was a free imperial city ; but, following uponpolitical dissension with its neighbours, itwas returned to the guardianship of the Arch-bishop of Treves. Previously it would appear that the inhab-itants had not been very religious, but thearchbishop was able to induce them to buildhim a chateau here as a place of temporaryresidence; the first service, says the chron-icle of the time, ^ which we have rendered ourgracious 193 XX LAACH AND STOLZENFELSL
Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . G EiNtKAL VliiVV of BOPPART Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine In the fourteenth century the town was a free imperial city ; but, following uponpolitical dissension with its neighbours, itwas returned to the guardianship of the Arch-bishop of Treves. Previously it would appear that the inhab-itants had not been very religious, but thearchbishop was able to induce them to buildhim a chateau here as a place of temporaryresidence; the first service, says the chron-icle of the time, ^ which we have rendered ourgracious 193 XX LAACH AND STOLZENFELSLaach Back of Coblenz is the charming littlelake of Laach, at the other end of which isthe picturesque but deserted abbey of Laach,one of the most celebrated, architecturally andhistorically, of all the religious edifices alongthe Rhine. Once a Benedictine convent, it was pillagedand its inmates dispersed during the overflowof the French Revolution, and is now naughtbut a ruin, though in many respects a grandlypreserved one. The abbey was founded in 1093 byHenry II. of Laach, Count Palatine of LowerLorraine, and the first Count Palatine of theRhine. Its magnificent church, built in the mostacceptable Gothic, contains the remains ofits founder and many nobles. The monks of the abbey were, in the mid-194 Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine die ages, greatly celebrated for their knowl-edge of the sciences and their library was richly stored with biblio-graphical treasures, and they possessed a finecollection of paintings. To-day the abbeyand
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