Calendar Brotherhood Neuenheerse

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The Neuenheerse Calendar Brotherhood was founded between 1350 and 1360 and is the only remaining fraternity in the East Westphalian region.

history

Former calender house in Neuenheerse

A calendar brotherhood was only possible for the little Neuenheerse because there were two priests and fourteen priests ( beneficiaries ) at the women's monastery founded there in 868 . Many canonesses were also able to join the brotherhood. As early as the 16th century, the Brotherhood used its own "Kalandhaus" to hold the calendar days. In 1610 a new house was built. In 1829 the brotherhood donated the building to the community of Neuenheerse, which used it as a girls' school.

Today the brotherhood consists of a bishop, 19 priests and two lay people. It is led by the calendar dean Josef Klingele. He convenes the calendar twice a year: in spring on the Wednesday after White Sunday and in autumn on the Monday after the feast day of St. Michael. The meeting begins with a festive service, followed by the “chapter meeting”, in which organizational and pastoral issues are discussed. This is followed by a joint meal, during which the youngest member present reads from Thomas von Kempen's book “Imitation of Christ” as a table reading . After dinner, the brotherhood celebrates Vespers together in the parish church and prays for its deceased members.

literature

  • Anton Gemmeke (1912–1988): The members of the Kalandsbruderschaft in Neuenheerse. In: Westfälische Zeitschrift - magazine for patriotic history and antiquity, 134, 1984, pp. 203–329 ( digitized version )
  • Anton Gemmeke (1859–1938): The Calendar Brotherhood of Neuenheerse . In: Westfälische Zeitschrift - magazine for patriotic history and antiquity , 84, 1927, p. II, 1–80 ( digitized version )
  • Anton Gemmeke (1859–1938): Founding of the Kalandsbruderschaft, around 1350–60. In: History of the aristocratic women's monastery in Neuenheerse , Paderborn 1931, pp. 95–97 ( digitized version )
  • Karl Hengst, Michael Schmitt: Praise of brotherly harmony. The Calendar Brotherhoods in Westphalia. 650 years of Kaland in Neuenheerse . Paderborn, 2000

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