Hospitium Berching
The Hospitium Berching was a branch of the Capuchins in Berching ( Diocese of Eichstätt ).
history
In Berching, the wine merchant and mayor Johann Georg Pettenkhover (Pettenkofer) († around 1740) donated a Capuchin Hospitium, which was established outside the city on the Sulz in 1721 for six members of the Capuchin Order. A year later, at the request of Eichstatt Prince-Bishop Johann Anton I Knebel von Katzenelnbogen (r. 1706-25), eleven to twelve priests and four to five lay brothers were raised to the status of a monastery . The bishop also allowed them to build a brewery.
In 1738 the Capuchins left their settlement to the Franciscans , see Berching Abbey .
St. Trinitas Monastery Church
The construction of the Church of St. Trinitas began under the Capuchins with the laying of the foundation stone on August 5, 1722. The year 1723 is carved into the lintel of the sign. The church, taken over by the Franciscans along with the monastery, had a ridge turret ; Most of the furnishings were from the 19th century. The profaned church is now used as a parish and youth center under the name "Pettenkoferhaus".
literature
- (JC Bundschuh): Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia. Volume I . Ulm: Stettinische Buchhandlung 1799, column 348f.
- Johannes Nepomuk von Loewenthal: History of the mayor's office and the city of Neumarkt on the Nordgau or in today's Upper Palatinate. Munich 1805, p. 102
- The Franciscan Hospitium in Berching . In: Sulzbach Calendar for Catholic Christians 1858, pp. 66–71
- Franz Sales Romstöck: The founders and monasteries of the Diocese of Eichstätt up to 1806 . In: Collection sheet of the Historical Association Eichstätt 30 (1915), Eichstätt 1916, p. 24
- Friedrich Hermann Hofmann a. Felix Mader (arrangement): The art monuments of Upper Palatinate & Regensburg. XII District Office Beilngries. I. District Court of Beilngries. Munich 1908, reprint Munich, Vienna 1982, p. 47f.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 25 ″ N , 11 ° 26 ′ 31 ″ E