Frauenthal (Erftstadt)

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Marienhospital Frauenthal

Frauenthal and Blessem are a district of Erftstadt in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis , North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

The Frauenthal settlement is located south of Liblar and east of Blessem. Blessem and Frauenthal are separated from each other by Bundesstraße 265 . The L 163 runs on the outskirts .

history

The origin of the settlement is based on the founding of a monastery by the Cistercian women , which was first mentioned in 1220 in a document from the St. Aposteln Monastery in Cologne . In 1234 the monastery was referred to as "in valle beatae mariae" (in Mariental), a term that was changed to "vrauwendale" in 1276. Frauenthal belonged to a series of Cistercian convents that arose in the 12th and 13th centuries in the area of ​​today's Rhein-Erft district .

In 1449 the General Chapter in Citeaux dissolved the monastery that the sisters had abandoned. In 1450 Archbishop Dietrich von Moers transferred ownership of the abolished monastery to the Birgittenkloster Marienforst near Godesberg, with reference to his sovereign rights . After the courtyard building and roof structure of the monastery church burned down during the Truchsessian war, the courtyard buildings were rebuilt and the church was restored on the initiative of the Wolff-Metternich family so that it could be used for church services as before. The church was a place of pilgrimage where a “miraculous stone Madonna” was venerated. The farm, which was managed by a Halfen , remained in the possession of the Marienforst Monastery until 1802. As a result of secularization , the Frauenthaler Hof with the Marienkapelle was expropriated and sold.

In 1851, the Münch couple acquired “Das Gütchen Frauenthal” with the run-down chapel and built new residential and economic buildings. After the subsequent restoration of the chapel and the purchase of a new facility by the couple, it was inaugurated in 1861 and received approval for worship, for which the couple also hired a clergyman. In 1862 the Münch couple had a votive cross erected near the chapel. The path was named Münchweg in memory of the donor couple .

In 1867 a hospital for the poor was founded with the necessary material foundations, which was run by a board of directors according to the wishes of the donors. After approval by the Prussian government in 1869, the Vinzentines of the mother house in Cologne-Nippes took over the "Marienhospital", which also served as nursing home. In 1955, the sisters stopped working in Frauenthal due to a lack of young people.

In 1894/95, the Liblar-Euskirchen circular railway line with the Liblar-Frauenthal railway station was set up, which not only served passenger traffic, but was also used primarily by the Blessem farmers to transport their agricultural products.

The preserved station building on Carl-Schurz-Strasse near Luxemburger Strasse is, like the cross erected by the Münch couple and the former monastery chapel, a listed building.

Present Frauenthal

The small settlement, consisting of a few houses, has grown significantly in recent decades with new buildings on the eastern side of the Liblarer Mühlenbach. The state school of North Rhine-Westphalia of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund is located in the old district of Frauenthal .

Health and care center

Frauenthal is known beyond the local borders for the “Marienhospital” hospital . It is an emergency hospital and also provides the emergency doctor for the city's ambulance service. With several specialist departments, it is an important facility for basic medical care for the population of Erftstadt. It has been expanded and expanded over the past few decades. New systems were built on the hospital grounds. The care and elderly center “Münchstift” and an inpatient hospice “Haus Erftaue” were established. According to the founder's wishes, the house is still run by a board of directors today.

Health garden and planet path

Attractions in nursing facilities are a health garden with herbs, an artificial fountain with creek, boulder stone settings , sculptures and a boxwood - Labyrinth . This should stimulate relaxation, meditation, but also entertainment. The garden is supported by a support association founded in 2003, the facilities and plantings were and are sponsored by Erftstadt companies and private individuals. As part of the Local 2010 was in the garden with a 1.50-meter solar model Planet started, which deals with models of the planets at a scale 1: 1 billion along the old Roman road Trier-Cologne , today Agrippa Street Cologne-Trier called up will extend to Erp .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Keussen, Volume I., p. 421, Col. a 2. 3.
  2. ↑ Albert Esser, Frauenthal, a Cistercian convent in the Middle Ages. Yearbook of the city of Erftstadt 2002 pages 135–139
  3. ↑ Archive Schloss Gracht File No. 18
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Schieder (ed.): Secularization and Mediatization in the Four Rhenish Departments, Canton Lechenich, p. 462
  5. ^ Karl Stommel: Frauenthal, from the Cistercian monastery to the Marienhospital in: Monasteries and Stifte im Erftkreis , page 177-187
  6. ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Rhein-Erft, March 14, 2008
  7. ↑ Britta Havlicek: Bunt und fragrant , Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Rhein-Erft, from July 20, 2012, p. 33

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Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 25 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 19.1 ″  E