Publisher's Synopsis
In Rohr near Meiningen in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen, until the introduction of the Reformation, there was a monastery dependent on the Fulda Abbey, which was probably founded shortly before its first mention (1206). The monastery was richly wealthy, and the majority of its possessions and rights should come from the founding equipment, and thus from the property of the Fulda Abbey. Donations from noble families from the region, who housed their daughters in Rohr, were added later. Rohr was in the territory of the Counts of Henneberg-Römhild, who exercised patronage and closed the monastery after the Reformation was introduced in 1546. The monastery archive was removed, which has long been considered lost, but was rediscovered some time ago. This volume offers a wide-ranging processing of the tradition from 16 archives and libraries on the history of the Benedictine monastery in Rohr.
