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Andreas, Prince (Fürst) of Leiningen heads the princely House of Leiningen, whose residence is Amorbach [1][3].
The house
The family's website states that the line was raised to princely rank in 1779 and that, after losing its lands west of the Rhine, it was compensated in 1803 with the former Benedictine abbey of Amorbach, which Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Fürst zu Leiningen chose as residence [1]. BUNTE describes Amorbach in the Odenwald as the seat of the princely house [3].
Foundation and public role
On 11 November 2011 Andreas founded the charitable Fürst zu Leiningen-Stiftung, based in Amorbach, which owns the abbey church and opens it to the public; the Bavarian culture minister awarded the foundation the Denkmalschutzmedaille [2]. BUNTE reported in 2021 that couples have been able to marry in the abbey church and celebrate in the princely rooms for 15 years [3].
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