of Prince Paul of Württemberg and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen as exiles from the court in Stuttgart for their opposition to Frederick's alliance with Napoleon. In April 1817, Frederick assigned the Comburg to the , which he had created in 1806 and originally stationed in Stuttgart, for the residence of its members and their families. The Corps remained at the Comburg until it was made redundant by military pension legislation in 1871, though it was not officially dissolved until 1909. By then, four invalids still resided at the Comburg, the last of whom died in 1925. The Comburg housed an from 1926 to 1936 and since 1947 has been the campus of a teachers' school. Grounds and architecture The Comburg monastic complex is perched on a hill just outside Schwäbisch Hall. At the top of the hill, forming the center of the complex, is the the cloister attached to its west end, which are surrounded by dormitories. The ring wall enclosing the Comburg were built from 1560 to 1570. These were constructed on the order of the provost . The complex has a total of three gates on the path to the Church of St. Nicholas. The third, built in 1100, leads to a chapel dedicated to Michael the Archangel on its upper floor. Church of St. Nicholas The original abbey church, a two-story tall Romanesque basilica, was built from 1078 to 1088, when it was consecrated by Adalbero, Bishop of Würzburg. Archaeological examination shows that the nave of this church measured and revealed a crypt under the east choir, where Count Burkhardt's tomb is located. With the exception of its three towers, in 1706 the Romanesque tower was demolished to be replaced with a new, Baroque church designed by the architect . The new church was constructed from 1707 to 1715, when it was consecrated, by artisans from Würzburg. The retained towers survived unmodified because their remodeling exceeded the budget allotted to Greissing. The pillars are of masonry, cruciform in shape and decorated with pilasters on all four sides and topped with Classically-inspired entablatures. The church was decorated by sculptor , who created its chapels, pulpit, choir stalls, and organ case. The pulpit is decorated with an image of Christ throwing lightning bolts at the seven sins personified as beautiful women. The church also contains two medieval metal works, created between the years 1130 and 1140 and possibly within