Everhardus Gallenkamp

Everhardus Gallenkamp, ​​41st Abbot of Marienfeld

Everhardus Gallenkamp (* 1665 in Münster ; † January 12, 1717 ) was a German priest and abbot of the Marienfeld monastery .

Life

Everhardus Gallenkamp entered the Cistercian monastery in Marienfeld on July 9, 1682 with three confreres. One year later, at the age of 18, he made profession on August 29, 1683 . After several years of estate manager in Urentrup , Gallenkamp was elected abbot by the convent on October 26, 1713. Laurentius Kremper, abbot at the Hardehausen mother monastery, was elected chairman. He was consecrated by Prince-Bishop Franz Arnold Freiherr von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht , Bishop of Paderborn and Münster. He was assisted by Abbot Gregor Waltmann from Liesborn and Abbot Laurentius Kremper from Hardehausen . Chronicler Hermann Hartmann wrote about the abbot that he led six confreres into profession and was able to win back an apostate brother, a heretic. Gallenkamp suffered from gout even before he was elected abbot . He died on January 11, 1717 and was buried in the chapter house.

Construction activities

Abbot Gallenkamp continued the construction work of his predecessor Abbot Johannes Rulle. So he was constantly busy with the procurement of building materials. In his second year in office, the north-western part of the colonnade of the monastery church threatened to collapse. So this had to be torn down and rebuilt on the foundation. Since the old aisle was primitively built and did not match the central nave, the wing was completely redesigned and built. The altars of St. Anne, Our Lady of Sorrows and John the Baptist have been removed. The work lasted from Pentecost to the end of October 1714.

At the end of 1714, work on the monastery buildings continued. The large house in which the abbot's private apartments were located was demolished. It also had its own chapel, which housed two head reliquaries. At the request of the Elector of Brandenburg, the panel painting on the altar was left to him and he took it with him to Berlin. Wood and stones from the old building could be used for the new building.

In the same year, Gallenkamp also had the hospital chapel with its bell tower and beautiful ceiling torn down. It was located at the guest house next to the gate and was laid out so that the sick could see and hear the priest at the altar through a door. However, since the hospital was demolished 30 years earlier, the chapel has been empty.

Abbot Gallenkamp also had the large organ removed from the upper southern wall area of ​​the main nave, the traces can still be seen on the outer wall, as the sleeping house was to be relocated in the coming year. Therefore the organ could not stay in place.

Now finally the new construction of the southern wing of the monastery begun by the predecessor could be completed.

literature

• Rudolf Böhmer, Paul Leidinger: Chronicles and documents on the history of the Cistercian Abbey Marienfeld 1185 - 1803 . Self-published by the parish, Marienfeld 1998, ISBN 3-921961-09-8 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Johannes Rulle	Abbot of Marienfeld 1713 - 1717	Ferdinandus Oesterhoff