Münzbach Dominican Monastery
| Münzbach Dominican Monastery | |
|---|---|
 Former Dominican monastery Münzbach |
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| location |
 Austria
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| Lies in the diocese | Passau |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 16 '1 " N , 14 ° 42' 56" E |
| Patronage | Joachim (saint) |
| founding year | 1664 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1784 |
The former Dominican monastery Münzbach was built from 1661 to 1664 by Joachim Enzmilner on the area of the vicarage of Münzbach, which burned down in 1654, in the Perg district in the Mühlviertel in Upper Austria , and was closed in 1784. The building is now owned by the Münzbach community.
The building is a three-storey early baroque structure with baroque interiors, some with stucco ceilings. It forms a narrow U-shaped complex with the Münzbach parish church . A magnificent portal closes the courtyard.
In 2006 an emergency renovation of the chimneys and the roof structure had to be carried out. The "Dominikanerkloster Münzbach" cultural association has since endeavored to take further urgently needed renovation measures.
history
With the acquisition of the Münzbach parish from the Schüttern in 1639, Enzmilner's property also included the Münzbach Latin School and the St. Barbara Hospital.
On June 4, 1661 the foundation stone for the construction of a monastery was laid on the area of the burnt-down rectory. The approval was only granted by the Upper Austrian provinces in the year of completion in 1664. The construction cost about 20,000 guilders. The first prior was Vinzenz Hauser, who was followed by another 25 priors until it was repealed on October 9, 1784.
Twelve cells were built one after the other in the building, as well as a large refectory with a basement . Along the cells was a long corridor through which the monks could enter the cells and the professors could enter the attached collegiate school through their own door. Two main staircases led to the upper floors, where there were 18 rooms, some for the sick and some for spiritual guests. In the spiritual choir behind the high altar there were twelve choir stalls and a small organ in the middle. Next to it was a separate library room. A large monastery garden belonged to the monastery.
Furnishing
Enzmilner obtained that Bishop Leopold Wilhelm von Passau incorporated the Münzbach parish into the monastery on September 12, 1662.
In addition, Enzmilner dedicated the Altenburg parish to the monastery , a fully furnished farm with horses, cattle, etc. and a pond, as well as the Kirchhamerische Stiftung with 600 guilders and 6000 guilders annually from the Windhaag rulership for maintenance. The monastery was intended for nine clergymen and three lay brothers.
The Münzbach parish church, which now belongs to the monastery , was rebuilt by Enzmilner between 1664 and 1669, with nine altars and a new organ with seven registers.
Duties
The Dominicans had against the rule Windhaag , after the death Enzmilners so against the prioress of the Dominican convent Windhaag a number of religious and secular obligations, including the supply of parishes Münzbach, Altenburg and Rechenberg, the management of the school foundation, including operation of the Alumnat , supervision About the old local school, the management and administration of the Sankt Barbara Hospital and much more.
Cancellation and reuse
The Dominican monastery Münzbach was abolished in 1784.
Thereafter, from 1784 to 1849, a nursing home for the sick from Linz (Siechhaus Linz) from Linz with about 130 to 140 sick people was housed there. Because of its location in the low mountain range, the pure, moderate mountain air, the pure drinking water and the spacious high hospital rooms, the institution was considered one of the most excellent in the region above the Enns .
From 1856 to 1967, parts of the building were used as a primary school, and the central wing was also purchased by the municipality to resolve the housing shortage.
The Münzbach parsonage is housed in the area of the former collegiate school. A host bakery from the 17th century has been preserved in its original state on the second floor of the rectory .
Extensive renovation work is necessary to maintain the building. In some cases, emergency renovations had to be carried out.
Latin school in Münzbach
The Kirchhammerische Stiftung was a Protestant foundation to run a Latin school in Münzbach .
Georg Kirchhammer, a trader, Protestant citizen from Vienna and member of the external council, donated 22,000 Gulden Rheinisch to the then two Protestant estates in the country ob der Enns at five percent interest, on the one hand for scholarships for the study of Protestant theology Arms in Vienna and on the other hand for the establishment and expansion of the acatholic school system should be used. The foundation letter is from April 24, 1591, the mortgage letter of the estates from April 24, 1593. Lorenz Schütter von Klingenberg was entrusted with the execution , who established a Protestant private school system for boys in Münzbach, which after his death in 1599 from his son Georg until 1625 was continued.
The foundation was abolished in 1625 in the course of the Counter Reformation . Enzmilner arranged a comparison with the founders, the Schüttern von Klingenberg, who had returned to the Catholic faith, and in 1641 received the right of patronage combined with an annual grant of 600 guilders for the continuation of the school.
Enzmilner transformed the Protestant Latin school into a Catholic alumnate for six alumni and handed it over to the Münzbach Dominicans in 1664, for which a contract was drawn up on June 8, 1669. In addition to religion, the students were taught by a rector in reading and writing, Latin and German as well as in advanced studies and in music with a living voice and various instruments.
Rectors were:
- 1641 to 1650 Michael Leonhard Hieber, born in Dinkelsbühl
- 1651 to 1657 Martin Resch
- 1657 to 1664 Johann Konrad Müller
Cantors were the schoolmasters of the old German school in Münzbach.
From 1664, the Münzbach Dominicans ran the six-class school, after which the Münzbach students went to the larger alumni established after Enzmilner's death in Vienna to complete their studies. After Enzmilner's death, the Windhagsche Scholarship Foundation , which he set up, initially took over the financing of these studies.
Both the alumni in Münzbach and the one in Vienna on Bäckerstraße were canceled by Emperor Joseph II in 1783 and the interest on the foundation's capital was converted into hand-held scholarships. The group of scholarship recipients was later changed to students from Großpoppen and Nineteen in the Waldviertel. The foundation, which still exists under the administration of the Lower Austrian provincial government , now awards its scholarships to Lower Austrians.
literature
- Database: Archives for Austrian History. Volume 15 Issue 1 ( archive.org ).
- Georg Grüll : History of the castle and the Windhag rule. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. 87th Volume, Linz, 1937, pp. 185-312, pp. 185-216 (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, pp. 216-278 (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, pp. 279-311 supplements and tables (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
- Marktgemeinde Münzbach (Hrsg.): Münzbach - Land and people - yesterday and today. Moserbauer, Ried im Innkreis 2010, ISBN 978-3-902684-17-2 .
