The ruins are now a well-known venue for concerts and public events, and are the site of the annual Bad Hersfelder Festspiele. The Katharinenturm (tower) still stands. Within it is the Lullusglocke, Germany's oldest cast bell dated to 1038. Burials Saint Lullus Saint Wigbert Annals The annals of the abbey, the "Annales Hersfeldienses", are a significant source of medieval German history. See also List of Carolingian monasteries Carolingian architecture Carolingian art Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture References External links Christian monasteries established in the 8th century Benedictine monasteries in Germany Monasteries in Hesse Lutheran monasteries in Germany Carolingian architecture Romanesque architecture in Germany Churches completed in 736 8th-century churches in Germany