Kornelimünster Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Kornelimünster
Reichsabtei Kornelimünster
9th century – 1802
Coat of arms
Kornelimünster in 1789
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalKornelimünster Abbey
GovernmentElective principality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
 Abbey founded
814
 Gained Reichsfreiheit
mid-9th century the 9th century
 Acquired reliquary (head
    of Pope Cornelius)

875

1500
1802
 Awarded to Prussia
June 9, 1815
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Frankish Empire
Roer (department)

Kornelimünster Abbey (German: Benediktinerabtei Kornelimünster), also known as Abbey of the Abbot Saint Benedict of Aniane and Pope Cornelius, is a Benedictine monastery that has been integrated since 1972. The abbey is located in Aachen (in the district of Kornelimünster/Walheim) in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.