Seligenstadt Abbey

The origins of the monastery date back to 820, when Einhard, Charlemagne's biographer, received the settlement of "Obermulinheim" as a gift. Around 828, he founded the monastery of Seligenstadt there and, after the death of his wife Imma in 830, became its first abbot. Einhard transferred relics of the early Christian martyrs Marcellinus and Petrus to Seligenstadt to establish a cult of saints. Around the year 1000, the original collegiate church was converted into a Benedictine monastery. Until 1002, the monastery was imperial immediacy, before King Henry II enfeoffed it to Bishop Henry I of Würzburg. Emperor Henry III granted the monastery minting rights in 1045. In 1063, King Henry IV handed over the monastery as a proprietary monastery to the Archbishop of Mainz, in whose dominion it remained until its secularization in the early 19th century. From 1051 to 1122, the Archbishops of Mainz were also abbots of the monastery in personal union. From 1481, the monastery belonged to the Bursfelde Congregation.

The former monastery complex is located in Seligenstadt in the eastern district of Offenbach in Hesse, directly on the banks of the Main River. Historically situated on the edge of the city walls, it is now in the city center.

The Benedictine Monastery of Seligenstadt is designated as a cultural monument in Hesse and bears witness to a long and eventful history. The complex is a significant example of the architecture and organization of a Benedictine monastery.

• Pfalz Seligenstadt Ruin (Ruin, approx. 168 m away)
• Klein-Welzheim Castle (Castle, approx. 1011 m away)
• Emmerichshofen Castle (Castle, approx. 6078 m away)
• Hörstein Manor House (Manor and Estate House, approx. 6838 m away)