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REICHENAU

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 49 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REICHENAU , a picturesque See also:

island in the Untersee or western See also:arm of the See also:lake of See also:Constance, 3 M. See also:long by r broad, and connected with the See also:east See also:shore by a See also:causeway three-quarters of a mile long. It belongs to the See also:grand duchy of See also:Baden. The See also:soil ' The once popular view that " See also:king of See also:Judah " stands in no. 29 is untenable. See See also:Petrie, Hist, of See also:Egypt, ii. p. 235; L. B. See also:Paton, See also:Syria and See also:Pal. p. 193 sq.; W. M. See also:Muller, Mitleil. Vorderasiat.

Gesell., 1900, p. 19 sq., and Ency. Bib. See also:

col. 4486. Breasted (Amer. Journ. of Sent. See also:Lang., 1904, p. 36) has made the interesting observation that the See also:list mentions " the See also:field of Abram " (nos. 71 and 72) : see further, id., Egypt Hist. Records, iv. pp. 348-357 is very fertile, and excellent See also:wine is produced in sufficient quantity for exportation. The See also:Benedictine See also:abbey of Reichenau, founded in 724, was long celebrated for its See also:wealth and for the services rendered by its monks to the cause of learning.

In 1540 the abbey, which had previously been See also:

independent, was annexed to the see of Constance, and in 1799 it was secularized. The abbey See also:church, dating in See also:part from the 9th See also:century, contains the See also:tomb of See also:Charles the See also:Fat (d. 888), who retired to this island in 887, after losing the See also:empire of See also:Charlemagne. It now serves as the See also:parish church of Mittelzell, while the churches of Oberzell and Unterzell are also interesting buildings of the Carolingian era.

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