1134 |
Guntram of Adelsreute donates the place called Salemaneswilare to the Cistercian Order from his landholdings |
1137 |
Founding of the monastery under Abbot Frowin, convent of 12 monks from Lützel Monastery near Basel |
1140 |
Pope Innocence II confirms the founding |
1142 |
Konrad III places the monastery directly under the Empire as a royal convent |
1282-1311 |
Extensive renewal of the monastery complex under Abbot Ulrich II |
Around 1285 |
Start of construction of the Gothic abbey church, 1319 temporary discontinuation of the construction work; the first crossbeam and the western façade were incomplete |
1355 |
Salem is recognized as an independent imperial convent |
Around 1400 |
Resumption of the construction work and consecration of the monastery church in 1414 (during the Council of Constance) |
From 1615 |
At the start of the Thirty Years' War, tearing down of the medieval monastery and large-scale rebuilding under Abbot Thomas I; initial addition of Baroque style elements to the monastery church |
1697 |
The newly built monastery burns down almost completely; the church is largely untouched by the fire |
1697-1707 |
Rebuilding of the monastery complex in the Baroque style under Abbot Stephan I. |
1746-1778 |
New heyday of the monastery under Abbot Anselm II; new abbey church tower with 16 bells |
1778-1802 |
Robert. the last Abbot at Salem, becomes General Abbot for the Southern German Congregation of the Order; Classicistic appointments in the abbey church |
1802 |
Salem becomes the property of the Baden dynasty |
1804 |
Convent is disbanded once and for all |
1920 |
Founding of the school at Salem Palace by Prince Max of Baden and Kurt Hahn |
1980 |
Extensive renovation of the entire complex |
1997-2002 |
Renovation of the abbey church |
2009 |
The Baden family sells Salem Palace to the German state of Baden-Württemberg. |