Franciscan monastery in Kerbscher Berg
The Franciscan notch Schernberg is a former Franciscan monastery on the score's Mountain in Dingelstädt in Thuringia , situated in a conservation area surrounded by about 200, Linden .
Franciscan monastery
The Franciscan monastery was built in 1864 with the construction of the first wing. After its completion in 1866, the monastery was consecrated by Bishop Konrad Martin . In 1875 the dissolution of the monastery took place as a result of the Kulturkampf until its restoration in 1887. Between 1889 and 1890 the resumption of construction activity took place at the church today by the Franciscan architect Paschal Gratze , 1893 its inauguration, in 1901, the consecration in honor of the Japanese Franciscans -Martyrs Petrus Baptist Blasquez and his companions from 1597. From 1899 to 1901 the monastery was expanded again with the construction of a south wing.
From 1918 there was a flourishing of monastic life, the finally the Nazis in 1944 translated by confiscation of the house to an abrupt end.
After the war, the Franciscans were able to return to their domicile in 1946. Since 1961, the monastery has been the site of the annual diocesan women's pilgrimage . From 1966 to 1992 the monastery functioned as a novitiate monastery for the Franciscans in the GDR . In 1994 the Franciscan order gave up the monastery as a settlement. Afterwards, members of the women's community of the Society of Saint Ursula - in short: Ursulines - moved into the monastery apartments. The diocese of Erfurt took over the area and set up a family center, which was opened in 1997. The house and garden were redesigned accordingly, the church was renovated.
church
After the old St. Martin Church was badly damaged, presumably as a result of the Thirty Years' War, the church was rebuilt in 1700 on the initiative and funding of the teacher Anna Maria Eckardt. In 1836 another building was carried out by the building inspector Engelbrecht in the name of the Holy Cross and in 1866 it was expanded again. This church was laid down in 1889 and the current church was finally built in 1890 and designated by the commissioner Conrad Zehrt and consecrated in 1901 in the name of the Franciscan Martyrs. In 1931 the interior of the church was repainted. In addition to the high altar with a crucifixion crib, a hanging altar with the figures of the 14 holy helpers and pictures of various religious saints, you will also find historical art treasures from different centuries. Church windows show Saint Francis, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Elisabeth of Thuringia, St. Louis IX of France and another patron of the order.
Convention
Construction of the convent building began in 1864 and the foundation stone was laid on September 18. The construction was carried out with local limestone . In 1867 the monastery was handed over to the Franciscans. A depiction of Christ's death on the cross from the 14th century from the Zella monastery was installed above the entrance . An extension was built between 1899 and 1900. A cloister garden and a cemetery for the deceased members of the order were also built.
Others
The Marienkirche, built on Kerbschen Berg, is surrounded by a ring of around 150 old linden trees, the estimated age of which is now around 275 years. The complex is a natural monument. Any gaps that arise were closed by replanting, so that there are always around 200 trees. Other sights on the mountain include the Way of the Cross, built in the 18th century, with 15 stations and a total of five grottos .
literature
- Johann Vinzenz Wolf : Memories of the market town Dingelstädt in the Harz department, district of Heiligenstadt. (Reprint) . Cordier, Heiligenstadt 1994, ISBN 978-3-929413-12-0 . , - as a digitized version on Google Books
- "Dingelstädt" . In: Hans Patze (Ed.): Thuringia. Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . tape 9 . Alfred-Kröner-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-31302-2 , p. 77-78 .
- Carl Duval: "Dingelstedt" . In: The Eichsfeld . (Reprint). Harro von Hirschheydt Verlag, Hannover-Dören 1979, ISBN 3-7777-0002-9 , p. 540-551 .
- Heinrich Koch: Chronicle of the city of Dingelstädt. Ed .: Norbert Günther. Part 1, Part 2. Dingelstädt 2004, p. 204 .
- Heinrich Koch: Dingelstädter home history for pupils of the Catholic elementary school . Ed .: Norbert Günther. Dingelstädt 2004, p. 92 .
- Gerhard Müller: The Kerbsche Berg near Dingelstädt . In: Christian Loefke et al. (Ed.): For God and the world. Franciscans in Thuringia. Text and catalog volume for the exhibition . Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-76514-7 , p. 221-224 .
- Arkadius Kullmann: The Kerbsche Berg near Dingelstädt. Publishing house Cordier Heiligenstadt 1951
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ewald Heerda: On the Kerbschen mountain . In: Discoveries in the Eichsfeld. Interesting facts from the woods and fields . Self-published by the author, Heiligenstadt 1993, p. 33 .