Hautecombe
| Hautecombe Cistercian Abbey | |
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 View from the lake |
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 FranceRegion Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Savoie department |
| Coordinates: | 45 ° 45 '9 " N , 5 ° 50' 22" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
85 |
| founding year | 1135 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
Reoccupied in 1790 1826–1922 |
| Mother monastery | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
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The Hautecombe Abbey (Lat. Alta Cumba ) is a former Cistercian and Benedictine abbey in Savoy , on the western bank of the Lac du Bourget in the municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille .
history
In the northern border area of the county of Savoy, near Cessens in the mountainous area of the Massif de la Chambotte , monks from the Aulps monastery founded the Hautecombe priory around 1101 . Gauthier von Aix gave the small monastery with confirmation by Count Amadeus III. in 1121 the lands in the area. At the suggestion of Bernhard von Clairvaux , the priory joined the Cistercian order in 1135 and was subordinated to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey as a subsidiary monastery . The first abbot was St. Amadeus of Lausanne . Under him, the abbey was relocated to today's place on the lake in 1140. Hautecombe founded the abbeys of Fossanova (with another ten daughter and grandson foundations) in Italy, the monastery of Sanctus Angelus in Petra in Constantinople and possibly Zaraka and Isova in the Peloponnese in Greece . From 1439 to the 18th century, the abbey was in progress . During the French Revolution the abbey was abandoned and abolished in 1793, but restored by King Karl Felix of Piedmont-Sardinia in 1824–1843 and repopulated in 1826 by the Cistercians who stayed until 1922. The most important prior was Symphorien Gaillemin (1888 to 1910).
The annexation of Savoy by France under Napoleon III. in 1860 nothing changed in the holdings of Hautecombe.
In 1922 the monastery was taken over by the convent of the Benedictine Abbey of Marseille ( Congregation of Solesmes ) returning from Italian exile . In 1992 the Benedictines left the monastery because of the increasing tourist flows to settle in the old abbey of Ganagobie . The monastery complexes of Hautecombe have been taken care of by the charismatic community of the Chemin Neuf .
meaning
Until the 15th century, the Counts and Dukes of Savoy used the abbey church of Hautecombe as a burial place for the dead of their dynasty . When the Duchy of Savoy was incorporated into the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont , some of the Sardinian kings and later the last Italian king, Umberto II , who emerged from this family line, found their final resting place in Hautecombe.
During the tumult of the French Revolution , the monastery, the church and the old royal tombs suffered severe damage. In 1824 the Sardinian King Karl Felix had the monument restored by the Piedmontese architect Ernesto Melano . The rich neo-Gothic forms make the building an outstanding example of this architectural style.
Hautecombe is accessible by a boat connection from Aix-les-Bains and by a road. The place is one of the most popular travel destinations in the region and is visited by around 300,000 tourists annually.
Every year in March, Italian royalists hold a memorial service in Hautecombe in memory of King Umberto II. On this occasion, the new members in the Savoyard Order of St. Mauritius and Lazarus added.
literature
- Alberich Martin Altermatt: Hautecombe . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 4 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, Sp. 1220 .
