This weekend, I paid a visit to an island around Lake Constance near the border of Germany and Switzerland: Reichenau. In the\u00a0early middle ages, Reichenau was well known for its abbey. It was established by the Irish Saint Pirmin, and became one of the most important cultural centers in the Carolingian age. \u00a0The most famous abbots of\u00a0Reichenau in the ninth century was Walahfrid Strabo, whose biblical commentary for Deuteronomy is one of the major primary sources for my dissertation.<\/p>\n
Horticulture and vegetable cultivation\u00a0are\u00a0major business for\u00a0Reichenau today, as it was more than 1200 years ago.\u00a0Walahfrid Strabo once wrote a famous Latin poem\u00a0Hortulus<\/em> , Little Garden<\/em>, describing and praising the different plants in the garden that he usually worked on. During my visit, behind the\u00a0M\u00fcnster of Reichenau, I found\u00a0a little garden called Strabos Kr\u00e4utergarten<\/em>, created in memory of\u00a0 Walahfrid Strabo’s famous poem:<\/p>\n This weekend, I paid a visit to an island around Lake Constance near the border of Germany and Switzerland: Reichenau. In the\u00a0early middle ages, Reichenau was well known for its abbey. It was established by the Irish Saint Pirmin, and … Continue reading ![\"656842592447495088\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/sla2016\/files\/2016\/08\/656842592447495088.jpg\")
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