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    Fraubrunnen Abbey (German: Kloster Fraubrunnen; Latin: Fons beatae Mariae; in English, "spring, or well, or fountain of [Our] Lady" and "of the Blessed...
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    Binelwald near Fraubrunnen. In the middle of the 13th Century, Fraubrunnen Abbey was founded by Cistercian nuns. For a time the Abbey was a powerful landholder...
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    Abbey, and Owain Lawgoch, the commander of the third unit, stayed at Fraubrunnen Abbey. Some local nobles left their castles and fled to join Leopold, leaving...
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    second half of the 13th century, the abbey founded the nunneries of Fraubrunnen, Steinen and Tedlingen. In 1386, the Abbey tied itself closely to Bern, when...
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  • Abbey, at Fischingen (Thurgau): Benedictine monks Fontaine-André Abbey at Neuchâtel: Premonstratensians Fraubrunnen Abbey (dissolved) at Fraubrunnen (Bern):...
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  • catholic monasteries, including Fraubrunnen Abbey. When they secularized the Abbey, they acquired all the lands that the Abbey had owned. Under Bernese control...
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  • when it was known as Efflingen. During the 13th Century, the nearby Fraubrunnen Abbey became independent of the local nobility and brought Aefligen with...
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    Period Rüdtligen was part of the low court of Alchenflüh. Until 1528, Fraubrunnen Abbey was the largest landholder in Rüdtligen. In 1640, Rüdtligen and Alchenflüh...
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    Hünigen. During the 13th and 14th centuries, Interlaken Monastery and Fraubrunnen Abbey acquired bits of land in the village. These were probably taken by...
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    of towns and monasteries including Biel, Bern, Erlach Abbey, Fraubrunnen Abbey and Thorberg Abbey. Over the following centuries, patricians from Bern and...
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  • Hindelbank and part of the military district of Zollikofen. In 1331 Fraubrunnen Abbey became one of the large land owners in the villages. Starting in 1804...
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    the 13th and 14th centuries, the Counts of Kyburg, Frienisberg Abbey, Fraubrunnen Abbey and Münchenbuchsee Commandery all owned land in Zuzwil. Once Bern...
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    Burgdorf. In 1312, they granted some of the land in the hamlet to Fraubrunnen Abbey. Until 1887, the hamlets of Brechershäusern, Rain, Buchengasse and...
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    Hindelbank and part of the military district of Zollikofen. In 1331 Fraubrunnen Abbey became one of the large land owners in the villages. Starting in 1804...
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    first mentioned in 1328 as Beitenwile. It was originally owned by Fraubrunnen Abbey. However, in 1473, it was acquired by the Herrschaft of Worb and was...
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    vineyards were owned by Bernese nobles or by Engelberg Abbey, Münchenbuchsee Commandery and Fraubrunnen Abbey. After the Reformation, the monastery vineyards...
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    Counts of Thierstein. In the 13th century Fraubrunnen Abbey acquired the entire village. It remained under the abbey's control until Bern adopted the Protestant...
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    vineyards were owned by Bernese nobles or by Engelberg Abbey, Münchenbuchsee Commandery and Fraubrunnen Abbey. After the Reformation, the monastery vineyards...
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    right were both owned by Fraubrunnen Abbey. After Bern accepted the Protestant Reformation in 1528 and secularized the Abbey and its lands, the village...
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  • Ins Bern defeats English mercenaries 1375, 27 December Battle of Fraubrunnen Fraubrunnen Bern defeats English mercenaries 1380 Obwalden vs. Entlebuch 1380...
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  • 1864. During the Late Middle Ages the village was owned by Fraubrunnen Abbey. After the Abbey was secularized during the Protestant Reformation, Schalunen...
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    1255 some of the land was given to the nearby Fraubrunnen Abbey. Over the following century, the Abbey grew to hold most of the farms in the village and...
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    Messen. In the 14th century Fraubrunnen Abbey acquired the land rights over the village from Messen. In 1373, the Abbey attempted to expand their rights...
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    Ostermundigen, made up of all or part of the former districts of Bern, Fraubrunnen, Konolfingen, Laupen, Schwarzenburg and Seftigen Biel/Bienne with capital...
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    Nugerol. In the second half of the 13th century, the abbey founded the nunneries of Fraubrunnen, Steinen and Tedlingen. In 1267, Udelhard's descendant...
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  • the old bailiwicks and Zielebach became part of the new District of Fraubrunnen. During the 19th century an iron works opened in the nearby village of...
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    where a noble lady, Pirin, donated land in the village to the Abbey of St. Gall. While the Abbey was a major landholder in the village, politically, religiously...
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    and Wierezwil was held by Frienisberg Abbey, Seewil and Moosaffoltern by Münchenbuchsee, Bittwil by Fraubrunnen and Frauchwil by the Cathedral chapter...
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  • Fraubrunnen House...
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