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Due to the possession of significant forest properties the abbey had sufficient income throughout its history. Nevertheless, debts were a problem from time to time. In the 16th century, "loose morals" among the then 18 canons became an issue. As a consequence, Bishop
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at some point earlier. In 986, Hugo von
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and a shipping canal. At that time the interior of the east choir and east transept was finished, the work having been repeatedly interrupted by war.
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had the original west choir, western transept and western tower demolished to make room for a new fortification of the slopes beneath
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The old abbey building burned down around the year 1000. Only after around 1033, Abbot
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One feature that illustrates the transition to early-Gothic is a capital with reliefs now used as an offering box.
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