Mallersdorf Monastery
The monastery Mallersdorf is a former convent of Benedictine and today the Motherhouse of the Poor Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family in Mallersdorf in Bavaria in the diocese of Regensburg .
history
The monastery, consecrated to St. Johannes Evangelist, was founded in 1107 by Heinrich von Kirchberg, a ministerial of the Niedermünster imperial monastery in Regensburg , when religious from the Bamberg monastery Michelsberg - or perhaps from St. Emmeram in Regensburg - settled the new foundation.
Reform influences from St. Georgen and Hirsau were effective under Abbot Eppo (1122–1143), during this time the community was subject to the own monastery of Bamberg reform bishop Otto I and the apostolic protection of Pope Innocent II (1130–1143) (1131/39 ). Abbot Eppo dissolved the double monastery that had probably existed in Mallersdorf (as a male and female community) in 1136, and the women's convent moved to neighboring Eitting (municipality of Laberweinting ).
Romanesque church buildings in the 12th, a religious heyday in the 13th and the Chancellor reform in the 15th century shaped the later Middle Ages. The abbey was on the verge of dissolution around the middle of the 16th century. A consolidation of the location of the monastery brought the relocation of the monks of the Benedictine abbey Ebersberg, which was abolished in 1595 by Pope Clement VIII . Under Abbot Anton Schelshorn (1665–1695) the central training center of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation was established in Mallersdorf . In the 18th century the monastery once again experienced a cultural, scientific and religious heyday. It found its expression in the redesign of the monastery church , which culminated with the erection of the artistically outstanding high altar by the Munich sculptor Ignaz Günther . Günther took the theme of the altar excerpt from the Revelation of John . The figure shows the apparition of the Apocalyptic Woman, clad with the sun and a crown of twelve stars and equipped with eagle wings. She flees from the seven-headed dragon, who is defeated by Archangel Michael with his flaming sword.
Other important artists who contributed to the design of the church were Mathias Obermayr (altars), Martin Speer (altarpieces), Christian Jorhan the Elder. Ä. (Sculptures on the pulpit and organ), Johann Adam Schöpf (ceiling fresco in the choir; 1741) and Matthias Schiffer (ceiling fresco in the nave).
Also noteworthy is the organ (III / P / 35), which was built in 1985 by the Swiss company Matthis in the baroque style.
The Latin school in the monastery on Johannisberg, run by monks, enjoyed an excellent reputation. In 1803 the monastery was dissolved in the course of secularization in Bavaria. The goods were auctioned, and from 1807 the monastery buildings were used as offices for the district authorities and as official apartments.
Since 1869, sisters of a Franciscan congregation, the order of the Poor Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family , have lived in Mallersdorf Monastery. Today you run a monastery brewery there, which brews around 80 hectoliters of beer per week. The monastery also maintains the specialist academy for social education of the poor Franciscan nuns Mallersdorf . There is also the Nardini Realschule named after the founder of the community .
Abbots, administrators of Mallersdorf
- Burkard (1109-1122)
- Eppo of St. Georgen (1122–1143)
- Emicho (1143-1157)
- Otto (-1172)
- Heinrich I (1180, –1194)
- Adelhoch (1194–1206)
- Dietrich (1206-1226)
- Gerung
- Meinwart
- Ulrich I. (-1261)
- Henry II (1261–1273)
- Benedict I (-1279)
- Hermann I. (1279-1286)
- Henry III. (1286-1295)
- Berthold I. Vilser (1295–1301)
- Rudiger (1301-1320)
- Bernhard (1320-1327)
- Ulrich II. Hintzheimer (1327-1352)
- Konrad von Ellenbach (1353-1356)
- Hermann II (1356-1370)
- Berthold II (1370-1380)
- Heinrich IV. Neumarkter (1380-1390)
- Heinrich V. Braitenacher (1391-1406)
- Friedrich von Haindling (1406–1410)
- Michel (1410-1413)
- Peter I Grumad (1413-1419)
- Johann I. Seetaler (1420-1424)
- Michael I. Bogenhauser (1424–1442)
- Peter II Marshal (1443–1446)
- Johann II. Wenderer (1447–1464)
- Andreas I. Müllich (1464–1476)
- Erasmus I. Perfelder (1476–1495)
- Michael II. Eckhart (1495-1518)
- Erasmus II. Haunsperger (1518–1538)
- Matthias Diernhofer (1538–1545)
- Johann III. Chrysostom deer peck (1545–1548)
- Gregor Labermayr (1548–1556)
- Wolfgang Hueber (1556–1570)
- Paulus Röhrl (1571–1573)
- Erasmus Hösl (1573-1580)
- Markus Besch (1580–1587)
- Paulus Klocker (1587–1602)
- Eustach Sturm (1602–1619)
- Georg Eiszepf (1619–1630)
- Andreas Pichler (1630–1631)
- Benedict II Wolf (1631–1661)
- Roman Edstadler (1661-1665)
- Anton Schelshorn (1665–1695)
- Maurus I. Kübeck (1695–1723)
- Korbinian rod (1723–1732)
- Henry VI. Widmann (1732–1758)
- Henry VII Madlseder (1758–1779)
- Gregor Schwab (1779–1795)
- Augustin Stielner (1795–1801)
- Maurus II. Deigl (1801-1803)
Branch offices
The sisters are not limited to Mallersdorf in their work. The order of the Mallersdorfer Sisters fulfills its social mission in around 250 institutions in Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate and South Africa.
In Memmingen , for example, the sisters worked in a children's home from 1890 to 2007. Likewise, from December 10, 1888 to June 9, 1984, the Fridolfing Hospital was operated by the Mallersdorfer Sisters.
brewery
A house brewery is still in operation in Mallersdorf Monastery, and sister Doris Engelhard has been one of the few master brewers in Germany for over twenty years . The brewery was founded in 1623. The annual output is around 3,000 hectoliters. The types of beer include a pale full beer, an unfiltered Zoigl , a pale Bock and a Doppel-Bock. Until 1990 the monastery had its own malt house .
Others
Former Regensburg Bishop Manfred Müller retired in Mallersdorf Abbey and died there on May 20, 2015.
literature
- Josef Hemmerle : The Benedictine monasteries in Bavaria. Germania Benedictina, Volume 2. Winfried-Werk, Augsburg 1970, pp. 137-141.
- Hugo Schnell : Mallersdorf Monastery , Dreifaltigkeitsverlag, Munich, no year
- Georg Lechner: Lechner's list . Traditional breweries in Germany. 1st edition. Oelde 2008, p. 158 .
Web links
- Mallersdorfer Sisters
- Church buildings in the region
- Specialized Academy for Social Pedagogy
- Nardini secondary school for girls
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Mallersdorf Monastery , basic data and history:
Christine Riedl-Valder: Self-confident testimony of the Benedictines in the database of monasteries in Bavaria in the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
- ^ House of Bavarian History: Mallersdorf Abbey
- ↑ City of Memmingen: "A heartfelt Vergelt's Gott" - Mallersdorfer sisters adopted
- ↑ Fridolfing has had a hospital for 125 years
- ↑ Salzach Clinic Fridolfing - The Clinic Journal (pdf, 1.4 MB)
- ↑ Doris Engelhard: The nun and the dear beer, FAZ from May 2, 2010
- ^ The last monastery brewery in Germany. In: sueddeutsche.de. April 19, 2016, accessed May 8, 2018 .
- ^ Former Bishop Manfred Müller has died . In: charivari.com . May 20, 2015. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 41.6 " N , 12 ° 15 ′ 14.5" E