▁famous ▁for ▁its ▁school , ▁which ▁produced ▁many ▁celebrated ▁sch ol ars , ▁among ▁them ▁the ▁ 1 0 th - century ▁Sax on ▁historian ▁W id uk ind ▁of ▁Cor vey , ▁author ▁of ▁Res ▁gest ae ▁Sax onica e . ▁From ▁its ▁clo ister s ▁went ▁forth ▁a ▁stream ▁of ▁mission aries ▁who ▁evangel ised ▁Northern ▁Europe . ▁ ▁The ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁ab bey , ▁where ▁the ▁east - west ▁route ▁called ▁the ▁Hell weg ▁crossed ▁the ▁Wes er , ▁was ▁of ▁some ▁strateg ic ▁importance ▁and ▁assured ▁its ▁economic ▁and ▁cultural ▁importance . ▁The ▁ab bey ' s ▁historian ▁H . ▁H .   K amin sky ▁estimates ▁that ▁the ▁royal ▁ent ou rage ▁visited ▁Cor vey ▁at ▁least ▁ 1 1 0 ▁times ▁before ▁ 1 0 7 3 , ▁occasions ▁for ▁the ▁issu ance ▁of ▁char ters . ▁ ▁Imperial ▁rights ▁granted ▁A ▁di pl oma ▁granted ▁by ▁Otto ▁I ▁in ▁ 9 4 0 , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁its ▁kind , ▁established ▁the ▁ab bot , ▁Fol c mar , ▁on ▁a ▁new ▁kind ▁of ▁setting . ▁The ▁ab bot ▁was ▁granted ▁b ann us — pow ers ▁of ▁enfor cement — over ▁the ▁population ▁of ▁pe as ants ▁that ▁were ▁to ▁seek ▁refuge ▁in ▁the ▁for tr ess ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁monaster y ' s ▁lands ; ▁in ▁return ▁they ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁maintain ▁its ▁structure , ▁under ▁the ▁ab bot ' s ▁super vision . ▁The ▁work force ▁under ▁mon astic ▁protection ▁was ▁drawn