764 |
Hariolf founded the Benedictine monastery together with his brother Erlolf, the Bishop of Langes |
817 |
Ellwangen is listed as an imperial monastery |
838 |
160 monks already live in the monastery |
870-873 |
Saint Methodius is probably imprisoned at Ellwangen Monastery |
979 |
Ellwangen Monastery is made directly responsible to the Pope |
um 1136 |
Abbot Helmerich allows worldly persons to build houses within the monastery walls, initiating the beginning of the town history of Ellwangen |
1182-1233 |
The pier basilica St. Vitus is built |
um 1200 |
Abbot Kuno builds the first medieval castle in Ellwangen |
1215 |
Ellwangen becomes an immediate abbey and Abbot Kuno becomes an imperial prince |
1233 |
Bishop Engelhard of Naumburg consecrates the Monastery Church in the Late Romanesque style |
1266 |
The residence of the Ellwangen abbots is mentioned as "castrum Ellwangen" for the first time in a document |
1443 |
A fire destroys the monastery building |
1460 |
The Pope converts the Benedictine monastery into a convent of canons. This is headed by the Prince Provost and twelve usually noble canons |
1468-1473 |
The cloister and the Chapel of St. Mary (Liebfrauenkapelle) are built |
1603-1613 |
The castle is converted to a Renaissance palace as the new seat of the prince provosts |
1611 |
The Jesuits found a missionary station in Ellwangen |
1658 |
The Jesuit high school (Gymnasium) is founded |
1688 |
The Palais Adelmann is built |
1696 |
The Pilgrimage Church on Schönenberg mountain is completed |
1720-27 |
A decoration of the residential palace in the style of the Baroque is carried out |
1720-22 |
A Jesuit seminary is erected |
1722-23 |
The Jesuit high school is enlarged |
1724-1729 |
The Jesuit church is built |
1729-1732 |
A Capuchin monastery is founded |
1737-1741 |
The Collegiate Church (Stiftskirche) is remodeled in the Baroque style |
1749-1753 |
The hospital is expanded and remodeled |
1773 |
The Jesuit seminary "Societas Jesu" is closed and transformed into the "Collegium Ignatianum" |
1802-1803 |
Secularization of the prince provost's residence is carried out and Ellwangen falls to Württemberg |
1802 |
Württemberg troops take possession of Ellwangen |
1803-1806 |
The government of New Württemberg has its seat in the palace |
1812-1817 |
Ellwangen, planned as the seat of the state bishopric, has a general curacy, the Catholic theological state university and a priests' seminary |
1815-1816 |
Katharina of Württemberg and Jérôme Napoleon live in the palace |
1849 |
Individual state government offices move into the palace |
1964 |
The 1,200th anniversary celebration of the monastery's founding takes place and St. Vitus is raised to a Basilica Minor by Pope Paul VI |