Agnetenkloster Trier

Trier around 1800 (detail of the city model in the Simeonstift city museum ). At the top right (no. 11) the St. Agnes monastery church with a pointed roof turret , behind the convent building; to the left the parish church of St. Gervasius.

The Agnetenkloster Trier was a monastery in Trier .

history

Portal of the Agnetenkloster, today at the cathedral information

On the northern edge of the ruins of the Kaiserthermen , in the immediate vicinity of the early medieval parish church of St. Gervasius, a women's monastery already existed at the beginning of the 13th century. Archbishop Arnold II gave the community a rule in 1255 based on the model of the mendicant orders . Archbishop Boemund I consecrated the monastery church and the convent to the patronage of the martyr Agnes of Rome in 1295 .

After a period of spiritual and disciplinary decline, Archbishop Johann II dissolved the convent in 1460 and settled the convent with Augustinian women choirs from Windesheim from Engelthal convent in Bonn . All possessions, income and rights were transferred to the new nuns. The monastery was subordinated to the Windesheim General Chapter , which also supervised the reception and clothing of the novices .

In 1585 Archbishop Johann VII closed the small Augustinian monastery at the parish church of St. Medard and incorporated the convent with all its possessions into the Agnete monastery.

From 1722 to 1749 the monastery complex was rebuilt in the baroque style .

With the end of the Holy Roman Empire and the Electoral Archdiocese of Trier , the Agnetenkloster was also secularized by the French government in 1802 . The property was auctioned for the benefit of the tax authorities. Parts of the buildings went to the United Hospices . They built a spinning house in 1806, which was closed in 1807.

The Saarlouis district administrator Jacob Christian Schmelzer bought the area from the United Hospitien and founded a sugar factory in 1811, which was closed again after three years.

Under Prussian rule, the monastery buildings were converted into Agnetenkaserne in 1816 . After the Versailles Peace Treaty , the barracks had to be closed. Apartments for needy families were built.

On August 14, 1944, the buildings were badly damaged in an incendiary attack. By 1958 the remaining rubble had been removed. Today the city archives of Trier and a large bus parking lot are located on the site of the monastery.

The baroque portal of the monastery was moved to Liebfrauenstrasse opposite the Liebfrauenkirche and serves as the entrance to the cathedral information center .

Web links

Commons : Agnetenkloster (Trier)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry for the former monastery of St. Agneten in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Konrad Kunze, Johannes G. Mayer, Bernhard Schnell (Hrsg.): Editions of tradition and studies on German literature of the Middle Ages . ( Google Books [accessed June 13, 2016]).
2. ↑ The St. Agneten Monastery. (No longer available online.) In: Kaiserthermen. trier-story, September 7, 2012, archived from the original on June 11, 2016 ; accessed on June 13, 2016 (website without legal notice). 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.  
3. ↑ Trier ... the "Belgian Rome". Günter Hauenstein, January 17, 2016, accessed on June 13, 2016 (private website). 
4. ↑ Cathedral information. In: Trier Cathedral. Retrieved June 13, 2016 (picture). 

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 1.9 ″  N , 6 ° 38 ′ 27.1 ″  E