Corvey Abbey or the Imperial Abbey of Corvey (Fürstabtei Corvey) was a Benedictine monastery on the River Weser, 2km northeast of Höxter, now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded "ca." 820 by Charlemagne"s cousins Wala and Adelard with monks from Corbie Abbey in Picardy, under the patronage of the Em...