Wehlau Monastery

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Monastery Wehlau was the name for three branches of Franciscans in the city Wehlau today Snamensk, in Ordensland Prussia from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

Franciscan monastery

In 1349 the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Heinrich Dusemer founded a Franciscan monastery in Wehlau after taking a vow after a battle was won. This belonged to the Saxon Franciscan Province ( Saxonia ) and was in the remains of the castle of the Teutonic Order on the south side of the suburb, which was destroyed by Lithuanians. It was probably dissolved by the citizens of the city (?) Around 1455 during the Thirteen Years War . However, the moveable inventory passed into the property of the Grand Master, as is evident from a letter from the Guardian of the Franciscan monastery in Kulm. The Pope asked the Grand Master to return the property and to re-establish the monastery. In 1477, Grand Master Martin Truchsess von Wetzhausen re-established it at the old location. There are known donations from citizens for the convention.

An inventory of the property was carried out around 1524; the monastery must have been largely deserted by this time. In 1628 the site was handed over to the city, which demolished the buildings and had new farm buildings built on them.

Franciscan Observant Monastery

Around 1477, a monastery of the Franciscan Observants (Bernardines) was also founded at the gates of the city at the St. George's Chapel (which had been built before 1437). It was the first Prussian monastery of the custody of Livonia and Prussia.

In 1519 Grand Master Albrecht issued the order to demolish the monastery so that it could not be used in the event of a Polish attack. The friars were relocated to the old monastery in the city and incorporated into the local convent , as evidenced by a consent from this from 1520. They must have left this monastery around 1523.

The old location was handed over to the city in 1561, and granaries were built there.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Robson, Stefan Röhrkasten (ed.): Franciscan Organization in the Mendicant Context . LIT Verlag, Berlin 2010. pp. 43–66, here p. 55
  2. ^ Arno Mentzel-Reuters : Arma spiritualia - libraries. Books and education in the Teutonic Order . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2003. p. 293
  3. ↑ Dieter Berg (Ed.): Traces of Franciscan History. Chronological outline of the history of the Saxon Franciscan provinces from their beginnings to the present. Werl 1999, p. 197, also 251, 259
  4. ^ Max Toeppen : Document Fund . In: Old Prussian monthly . Volume 6. Königsberg 1869. pp. 270-280
  5. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Pirscher: The parish Wehlau in topographical and statistical terms (conclusion): In: Archives for patriotic interests or Prussian provincial sheets. New series, volume 34. Marienwerder 1845. p. 781
  6. ↑ Michael Robson, Stefan Röhrkasten (ed.): Franciscan Organization in the Mendicant Context . LIT Verlag, Berlin 2010. pp. 43–66, here p. 56
  7. ↑ Erich Joachim , Walther Hubatsch (ed.): Regesta historico-diplomatica Ordinis S. Mariae Theutonicorum 1198–1525. Volume 1. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1973. P. 274 No. 24242

Coordinates: 54 ° 37 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 21 ° 13 ′ 55.6 ″  E