Lorch Abbey
Lorch Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Lorch. It was founded in 1102 by Duke Frederick I of Swabia and dedicated to Saint Peter. Its original Romanesque buildings were completed by 1108. It served as a private church and the house monastery of the Staufer dynasty, where many members were buried after 1140. The exact number and identity of burials is unknown. Queen Irene Angelina and the Empress Beatrice of Swabia are among them.[1]
After the death of Conradin in 1268, Lorch was acquired by the County of Württemberg. It received a Gothic renovation in 1469. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it was the burial place of the lords of Woellwarth. The complex was damaged in 1525 during the German Peasants' War.[1]