Belecke Benedictine Provosty

The Belecke Benedictine Provosty was a founding of the Grafschaft monastery in the 13th century. It housed a provost whose main task was choir prayer. In 1804 the provost's office was abolished in the course of secularization . The Propsteig building was then used as the pastor's apartment.

History and Development

Kloster Grafschaft had property and tithe income in Belecke since the 11th century. A provost in Belecke can be documented for the first time in 1244. In 1270 the abbot of the monastery was granted the right to occupy the provost's office. In this context, the “prepositura Belike” is mentioned for the first time.

During most of its existence, lived and worked in the Provost's just a provost. Only around 1628 was a chaplain assigned to him . The provost sent from the ranks of Kloster Grafschaft usually retained his position until the end of his life. Around 1800 he received income from around 300 acres of land, some of which were used for self-cultivation and some of which were leased in plots.

The provost performed the choir prayers in his house chapel, the so-called prelate chapel. He celebrated this prayer on Sundays and public holidays with the support of six lay choirs in the parish church.

On March 1, 1804, the provost's office was abolished by the new Hessian rulers. The church belonging to the provost remained the parish church. The provost's office served as the pastor's apartment. Four years later the Propsteihaus burned down. Large parts of the provost's archives were also destroyed. Then the building was rebuilt as a rectory. The remains of the archive have been in the parish archive in Belecke ever since. Part of the library ended up in the Archbishop's Academic Library in Paderborn.

List of provosts

1244–1257 Heinrich 1284/1303 Adolf Edelherr von Grafschaft 1421/1441 Goddert by Dobber without year Cord Dockel 1457 Antonius von Visbecke without year Alexander 1478 Goddert of the Loe 1509 Goddert from Hanxleden 1517 Mattheus von Pfaffendorf 1538/1539 Mathias no year Gottfried von Loen 1551/1552 Alexander von Kocke 1563–1571 Conrad von Bley 1585/1598 Hermann Moiskraut no year Kaspar Molitor 1609/1618 Antonius Schütte 1633/1636 Godschalk Kampmann

1636–1642 Ludolf Humbracht 1642–1670 Michael Crusen 1670–1681 Marianus Böding 1683 Maurus Rüting 1683–1695 Heinrich Brüning 1695–1715 Benedikt Bottrich 1715–1733 Kaspar Hilgenhövel 1734–1744 Emmerikus Wilmes 1744–1751 Bernard Leifferen 1751-1754 Edmund Hense 1754–1758 Marianus Geisthövel 1758–1766 Plazidus Grevinger 1766–1782 Gregor Heidelmann 1782–1794 Kaspar Kropf 1794-1802 Florentinus Pape 1802–1804 Beda Behr

Literature and Sources

• Karl Hengst : Westfälisches Klosterbuch , Part 1, Münster 1992, pp. 57–59.

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 1 ″  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 22 ″  E