REICHENAU  , a picturesque

island in the Untersee or western arm of the lake of Constance, 3 M. long by r broad, and connected with the east shore by a causeway three-quarters of a mile long . It belongs to the grand duchy of Baden . The soil ' The once popular view that " king of Judah " stands in no . 29 is untenable . See Petrie, Hist, of Egypt, ii. p . 235; L . B . Paton, Syria and Pal. p . 193 sq.; W . M . Muller, Mitleil . Vorderasiat .

Gesell., 1900, p . 19 sq., and Ency . Bib.

col . 4486 . Breasted (Amer . Journ. of Sent . Lang., 1904, p . 36) has made the interesting observation that the list mentions " the field of Abram " (nos . 71 and 72) : see further, id., Egypt Hist . Records, iv. pp . 348-357 is very fertile, and excellent wine is produced in sufficient quantity for exportation . The Benedictine abbey of Reichenau, founded in 724, was long celebrated for its wealth and for the services rendered by its monks to the cause of learning .

In 1540 the abbey, which had previously been

independent, was annexed to the see of Constance, and in 1799 it was secularized . The abbey church, dating in part from the 9th century, contains the tomb of Charles the Fat (d . 888), who retired to this island in 887, after losing the empire of Charlemagne . It now serves as the parish church of Mittelzell, while the churches of Oberzell and Unterzell are also interesting buildings of the Carolingian era .