St. Hildegard Abbey (Rüdesheim am Rhein)

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Aerial view of the St. Hildegard Abbey
St. Hildegard Abbey Eibingen
Interior of the abbey church
Chancel of the abbey church
Abbey - view from the Rüdesheim cable car to the Niederwald monument

The St. Hildegard Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Eibingen near Rüdesheim in the Limburg diocese . Since 2002 the abbey has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley .

history

The abbey, which was built on September 17, 1904 by 12 Benedictine nuns from St. Gabriel's Abbey in Prague, is the successor to the Rupertsberg and Eibingen monasteries founded by St. Hildegard von Bingen . The monastery above Eibingen, built from 1900 to 1904 in neo-Romanesque style, was donated by Prince Karl zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg . It belongs to the Beuron Congregation . The most important rooms, such as the church, choir and library, were painted by artist monks from the Beuron art school when it was founded .

In 1941 the sisters were expelled by the Gestapo in the wake of the National Socialists' attack on the monastery and could only return after the war ended in 1945. In 1988 a small convent of sisters from the St. Hildegard Abbey repopulated the Marienrode monastery near Hildesheim . Marienrode was a priory that was dependent on Eibingen until 1998 and later became independent. Abbess of Rupertsberg and Eibingen has been the former prioress Dorothea Flandera OSB since August 2016 .

The monastery winery , the monastery shop, the art workshops and a guest house provide for the livelihood of the community . Also, pilgrims and pilgrims to the shrine of St. Hildegard in the parish church of Eibingen .

Abbesses

Philippine zu Guttenberg, the last abbess of the old Beatae Mariae Virginis abbey in Eibingen

Abbesses of Beatae Mariae Virginis Abbey

  • Hildegard von Bingen (* 1098, † 1179), founder and first abbess of the community
  • Benigna von Algesheim, abbess from 1373 to 1417
  • Katharina von Kreuznach, mentioned in 1529

Since 1603 the abbesses have held the title "von Rupertsberg and Eibingen"

  • Kunigunde Frey von Dehrn, abbess from 1577 to 1611
  • Anna Lerch von Dirmstein , abbess from 1611 to 1642, † 1660
  • Magdalena Ursula von Sickingen, abbess from 1642 to 1666
  • Cunigunde Schütz von Holtzhausen, Abbess from 1666 to 1669
  • Maria Scholastica von Manteuffel , abbess from 1670 to 1692
  • Maria Anna Ulner von Dieburg, abbess from 1692 to 1711
  • Maria Antonetta Mühl zu Ulmen, Abbess from 1711 to 1740
  • Caroline von Brambach, abbess from 1740 to 1768
  • Maria Benedicta of Dumont, abbess from 1768 to 1780
  • Hildegard von Rodenhausen, abbess from 1780 to 1788
  • Philippine zu Guttenberg, last abbess from 1791 to 1804

The old monastery in the district of Eibingen was closed due to secularization in 1803. By the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss the monastery and its possessions fell to the Prince of Nassau. In 1831 the Eibingen parish acquired the monastery and church, which is why the relics of St. Hildegard are in the Eibingen parish church and not in the abbey consecrated to her to this day.

Abbesses of the Abbey of St. Hildegard

The abbesses of Rupertsberg and Eibingen are part of the Hildegard von Bingen succession . After the rebuilding of the monastery above Eibingen in 1904, the following sisters were elected abbess by the convent:

From 1998 to 2000, Sr. Gisela Happ was the prioress administrator of the community.

organ

The organ of the abbey church was built in 2004 - on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the abbey - by the organ building company Romanus Seifert & Sohn from Kevelaer . The registers of the positive (II. Manuals) are extracted from the main work via alternating loops .

I main work C – c 4
1. Principal 16 ′
2. Octav 8th'
3. Viola di gamba 8th'
4th Coarse 8th'
5. Spitzflöth 8th'
6th Quintatön 8th'
7th Octav 4 ′
8th. Flauth douce 4 ′
9. Rohrflauth 4 ′
10. Nasat 3 ′
11. Great Octave 2 ′
12. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
13. mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
14th Cymbel 1'
15th Cornett 3 ′
16. Trumpet beds 8th'
17th Krumbhorn 8th'
II Positive C-c 4
(Alternating loops to I.

except Syflöth 2 ')

18th Octav 8th'
19th Viola di gamba 8th'
20th Coarse 8th'
21st Spitzflöth 8th'
22nd Quintatön 8th'
23. Octav 4 ′
24. Flauth douce 4 ′
25th Rohrflauth 4 ′
26th Nasat 3 ′
27. Great Octave 2 ′
28. third 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
29 mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
30th Cymbel 1'
31. Syflöth 2 ′
32. Trumpet beds 8th'
33. Krumbhorn 8th'
III Swell C – c 4
34. Borduen 16 ′
35. Principal 8th'
36. Solicional 8th'
37. Coppel 8th'
38. Unda Maris 8th'
39. Flöth from Holtz 8th'
40. Flauth travers 4 ′
41. Salicet 4 ′
42. Hohlflöth 4 ′
43. Fifth 3 ′
44. Flageolet 2 ′
45. mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
46. bassoon 16 ′
47. Trumpet 8th'
48. Hautbois 8th'
49. Vox humana 8th'
Quake
Pedal C – f 1
50. Duffed Bahs 32 ′
51. Subbahs 16 ′
52. Principalbahs 16 ′
53. Gedacktbahs 8th'
54. Octavbahs 8th'
55. Great Octave 4 ′
56. Trumpets 32 ′
57. trombone 16 ′
58. Trombettbahs 8th'
  • Pairing :
    • Normal coupling: II / I, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P, III / P
    • Sub-octave coupling: II / I

Bells

As early as 1908, the renowned Otto bell foundry from Hemelingen cast a four-part bronze bell for the monastery church. The bells of this peal were confiscated and melted down during World War II . In 1951 the Otto foundry delivered four new bells with a successful harmonic series of strikes.

No.
  		Surname
  		Mass (kg) Ø
(mm) 		Chime Casting year
  		Bell caster
 
1 1400 1302 it 1 1951 Bell foundry Otto
2 950 1144 f 1 1951 Bell foundry Otto
1 502 945 as 1 1951 Bell foundry Otto
1 335 830 b 1 1951 Bell foundry Otto

Abbey writings

  • Hildegard von Bingen, know the way . Works Vol. I, ed. from St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen, newly translated by Mechthild Heieck. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-87071-211-2 .
  • Hildegard von Bingen, origin and treatment of diseases. Causae et Curae . Works Vol. II, ed. by the St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen, newly translated by Ortrun Riha . Beuroner Kunstverlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-87071-248-8 .
  • Hiltrud Gutjahr OSB, Maura Záthonyi OSB, seen in living light. The miniatures of the Liber Scivias of Hildegard von Bingen, explained and interpreted. With an introduction to art history by Lieselotte Saurma-Jeltsch, ed. from the St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-87071-249-5 .
  • Hildegard von Bingen, Lieder Symphoniae. Works Vol. IV, ed. from St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen, newly translated by Barbara Stühlmeyer. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-87071-263-1 .
  • Hildegard von Bingen, Heilsame Creation - The natural power of nature. Physica . Works Vol. V, ed. by the St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen, newly translated by Ortrun Riha. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-87071-271-6 .
  • Hildegard von Bingen, The Book of God's Work - Liber Divinorum Operum . Works Vol. VI, ed. from St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen, newly translated by Mechthild Heieck. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-87071-272-3 .
  • Hildegard von Bingen, letters. Epistulae . Works Vol. VIII, ed. from the St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-87071-285-3 .
  • Barbara Stühlmeyer , Sabine Böhm, Virtues and Vices. Signposting in dialogue with Hildegard von Bingen , ed. from the St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-87071-287-7 .
  • The life of St. Hildegard von Bingen. Vitae sanctae Hildegardis. Works Vol. III, ed. by the St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen, newly translated by Monika Klaes-Hachmöller with an introduction by Michael Embach. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-87071-262-4 .
  • Hildegard von Bingen, the book of life earnings. Liber vitae meritorum. Works Vol. VII, ed. from the St. Hildegard Abbey, Eibingen. Translated and introduced by Sr. Maura Zatonyi OSB. Beuroner Kunstverlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-87071-314-0 .

Web links

Commons : Eibingen Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Rüdesheim - district Eibingen  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Hildegard e. V .: Dorothea Flandera new abbess of St. Hildegard
  2. ^ Website on the history of the St. Hildegard Abbey
  3. ↑ Guided tour through the church ( Memento from January 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ Organ database | Description organ. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
  5. ^ Gerhard Reinhold: Otto Glocken - family and company history of the bell foundry dynasty Otto . Self-published, Essen 2019, ISBN 978-3-00-063109-2 , p. 588 , here in particular pp. 280, 405, 433, 517, 550 .
  6. ↑ Gerhard Reinhold: Church bells - Christian world cultural heritage, illustrated using the example of the bell founder Otto, Hemelingen / Bremen . Nijmegen / NL 2019, p. 556 , here in particular 251, 252, 376, 408, 481, 508 , urn : nbn: nl: ui: 22-2066 / 204770 (dissertation at Radboud University Nijmegen).

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 33 "  N , 7 ° 55 ′ 41"  E