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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Christian monasteries in the Netherlands, Churches in the Netherlands, Mosques in the Netherlands, Synagogues in the Netherlands, List of Imperial abbeys, Ter Apel Monastery, Vrouwekerk, Berne Abbey, Kloosterkerk, The Hague, Basilica of Our Lady, Basilica of Saint Servatius, Nieuwe Kerk, Broerkerk, Der Aa-kerk, Egmond Abbey, List of mosques in The Netherlands, Our Lady the Garden Enclosed, Oude Kerk, Martinikerk, Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk, St. Walfridus kerk, Rolduc, Martinitoren, Susteren Abbey, Janskerk, Pancratiuskerk, Pieterskerk, Leiden, The Hague Netherlands Temple, Klaarkamp Abbey, Klal Israel, Pilgrim Fathers Church, Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk, Mevlana Mosque, Sint-Lambertuskerk, Provenierskerk, Mobarak Mosque, Basilica of St Plechelm, Jacobikerk, Nieuwe Kerk, Katwijk aan Zee, Schotse Zeemanskerk, Al-Fourqaan mosque, St. Juliana's Abbey, St. Willibrord's Abbey, Pieterskerk, Utrecht, Wilhelminakerk, Stieltjeskerk, Westerkerk, El Tawheed Mosque, Saint Lambertchurch, Abdij Sion, Reformed Church, Nieuw-Lekkerland. Excerpt: Imperial abbeys (German: , also Reichskloster and Reichsstifte) were religious houses within the Holy Roman Empire which for some period during their existence had the status of Reichsunmittelbarkeit ("imperial immediacy"): that is, such houses were answerable directly to the Emperor and were thus sovereign territories (however small), independent of other lordships. This status brought with it numerous other political and financial advantages, such as immunity from the authority of the local bishop, rights to demand various taxes and duties and to levy justice. The head of an Imperial abbey was generally an Imperial abbot (Reichsabt) or Imperial abbess (Reichsabtissin). (The head of a Reichspropstei - an Imperial provostry or priory - was generally a Reichspropst). Some of the greatest establis...
