Hermann von Marienstatt

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Hermann von Marienstatt (1701), Waldsassen Abbey (Upper Palatinate)

Hermann von Marienstatt , (* 1150 ; † after 1225 in Himmerod Monastery ) was a Cistercian monk and the founder abbot of Heisterbach Monastery and the Marienstatt Abbey .

Live and act

Hermann von Marienstatt was born in the Rhineland in 1150. He was a canon at the monastery of St. Cassius and Florentius in Bonn, before joining the Cistercian abbey of Himmerod , probably in 1175 . " When the Archbishop of Cologne, Philipp von Heinsberg, offered the Cistercians the property of an Augustinian canons' estate on the Stromberg - today's Petersberg in the Siebengebirge - as a foundation, monks from Himmerod under the leadership of Hermann as the founding abbot took over the succession in 1189 Former monastery. Because of the unfavorable mountain location, the convent soon moved to the nearby valley of the Heisterbach (1192–99), from which the new abbey took the name Heisterbach (1193). "

In 1195 he returned to Himmerod, from where he planned to found the Marienstatt Abbey . A foundation of the Cologne burgrave Eberhard von Aremberg and his wife Adelheid von Molsberg made the foundation of Marienstatt near Neunkhausen possible in 1212 . Due to inheritance disputes and the geographically unfavorable location, they did not stay there for long and, thanks to a foundation by the Counts of Sayn, founded the Marienstatt monastery in the valley on the Nister under Abbot Hermann in 1222. Herrmann is mentioned as the founding abbot in the Marienstatter documents. A legend is ascribed to Hermann in connection with the founding of Marienstatt:

“The Mother of God appeared to Abbot Hermann in a dream and pointed out a hawthorn bush blooming in the middle of winter as a new monastery location. Associated with this is the naming "locus Sanctae Mariae" - Place of Mary: Marienstatt. As a reminder of this wonderful event, the abbey added a flowering branch of hawthorn to its coat of arms. "

An offshoot of the hawthorn can still be seen in Marienstatt today. The processes relating to the change of location were recorded on the " Marienstatter Tafeln ", the certificate for the consecration of the church on December 27, 1324. These are now in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum (Bonn).

Abbot Hermann is mentioned again in a document in 1225. He then returned to the Himmerod monastery , where he died after 1225.

  • At the Altenklosterhof near Mörlen, only one chapel reminds of Abbot Hermann's attempt to found a building

  • Joseph's figure with the offshoot of the thorn bush of the founding legend

Remembrance day

May 31st is the day of remembrance of Hermann von Marienstatt in the Cistercian calendar. The calendar of the order praises Hermann as " famous for his gift of vision , which also shone through many other miraculous signs ". One commemorates " the blessed abbot Hermann, who laid the foundations of Marienstatt and who was famous for his gift of vision and who shone through many other miraculous signs ".

literature

  • Gilbert Wellstein: Hermann von Marienstatt. 2 Hachenburg 1927. CistC 50 (1938) 237.
  • Wolf Heino Struck: Marienstatt in the Middle Ages. Wiesbaden 1965, No. 7, 8, 327.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HERMANN von Marienstatt († n. 1225) - Biographia Cisterciensis. Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
  2. ↑ BLUE VISION GmbH: Marienstatt Abbey. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 11, 2017 ; accessed on December 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abtei-marienstatt.de
  3. ↑ BLUE VISION GmbH: Marienstatt Abbey. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 11, 2017 ; accessed on December 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abtei-marienstatt.de
  4. ↑ Hermann von Marienstatt - Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints. Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Catholic Community VIAVERITAS: Catholic Forum VIAVERITAS + Catholic Theology, Church, Religion & Discussion - Adoration of Mary & Adoration of Saints - Calendar sheet - a saint for tomorrow - page 35. Retrieved on December 15, 2017 .
  6. ↑ HERMANN von Marienstatt († n. 1225) - Biographia Cisterciensis. Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Hermann von Marienstatt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann II of Marienstatt; Hermann von Himmerod; Hermann von Heisterbach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cistercian monk and the founder abbot of Heisterbach Abbey and the Marienstatt Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH 1150
DATE OF DEATH after 1225
Place of death Himmerod Monastery