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Corvey

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Jul 30, 2025 05:16 PM — History

tags: UWHS

The abbey was first founded in 815 by Charlemagne's cousins, Wala and Adelard.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/377547412

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.7784848285, 9.40948320888

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Corvey (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM location of Carolingian Westwork (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Corbeia nova (Latin, unspecified date range)
- Corvey (German, AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Fürstabtei Corvey (German, modern)
- Less than certain: Hethis (German, AD 640 - AD 1453)

Corvey makes connections with:

Corvey located near Visurgis (river) (unspecified date range)

Corvey receives connections from:

None

Place type:
abbey (monastery), church, monastery (deprecated)

References:

See Further:

Related:

Wikidata Princely Abbey of Corvey (Q56004)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Corvey: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/377547412> [accessed: 15 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/377547412 |title=Places: 377547412 (Corvey) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 15, 2026 10:19 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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