architecture

Corvey, Baroque monastery complex

Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Architecture

higher-level structure
built
1699-1756
style/period

Architecture: Corvey

full/alternative names
Corvey Abbey, Corvey Palace, Corvei, Korvei, Korvey
historic names
Nova Corbeia [Latin]
built
822-885
style/period
work type
822–1792
1792–1803
since 1803
form/concept
architect / constr. phase
1699-1756
Baroque reconstruction of the Carolingian monastery complex, severely damaged during the Thirty Years' War

Specifications

width
90.0 m
length
112.0 m
area
80 000 m²
stories (above ground)
3

Geography

local language location name
Höxter, Deutschland [German]
cultural historical region
historical affiliations
823-1180
843-962
823-1803
1813-1945
1871-1945