Friedgarten

Courtyard of the former convent of San Damiano of the Poor Clares in Assisi

As Fried Garden of the is sometimes convent buildings enclosed and the church of a monastery courtyard called, in the exam is and can not be viewed by the port- and guest area.

Monastery floor plans were generally based on the construction of Roman villas enclosed on four sides . Cemetery gardens are usually enclosed by the cloister . The cemetery is usually used for prayer and contemplation , brief physical relaxation and inner edification. In some communities it is customary to go to the courtyard to examine one's conscience or to pray the angelus before meals. In addition, monks or nuns were often buried in the cemetery, that is, in the enclosure . Since there was no longer enough space for this after a while, the bones were then often transferred to ossuaries . Still other cemeteries have a fountain, a crucifix or a statue of a saint in the middle .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Neugebauer, Wolfgang (ed.), Andreas Meinecke, History of Prussian Monument Preservation 1815 to 1860 , Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2013, p. 360