Capuchin monastery Dieburg
The Capuchin monastery Dieburg was a monastery of the Capuchins in southern Hesse City Dieburg . Until 2012 the monastery was part of the Rhenish-Westphalian Order Province.
history
After the Peace of Westphalia was concluded , the Elector of Mainz, Johann Philipp von Schönborn, gave the Capuchins a monastery in Dieburg, which in 1692 became uninhabitable. Therefore, the Capuchins built a new convent in the suburbs at the pilgrimage church , which was known for its wine and hops cultivation. This convention was repealed without compensation after the Treaty of Lunéville . Like many monasteries, it housed a Latin school, offered general schooling and theological studies. The building was temporarily used as a military hospital, for example during the First Coalition War in 1794 and during the War of Liberation in 1813. In 1822 the last brothers had to leave the monastery because the monastery building was converted into a prison.
In 1860, at the invitation of Bishop Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler , the order again established a convent . The construction of a new monastery church lasted until 1868; it was placed under the patronage of the Sacred Heart of Jesus . The new building was made possible by the purchase of land by the Mainz cathedral capitular Christoph Moufang ; it was built on the site of the former Wolfenstetter estate.
From 2006 to 2009 the Capuchin monastery was the center for pastoral care of the provincial administration of the Rhenish-Westphalian order province. During this time Br. Paulus Terwitte OFMCap led the community. With a Vespers service on Sunday, November 25, 2012, the Capuchins said goodbye to Dieburg due to the lack of children. With the closure of the Dieburg Convention, the Capuchins no longer have any branches in the Diocese of Mainz .
According to a resolution from March 2015, the diocese is investing 200,000 euros in the renovation of the former Capuchin monastery in Dieburg. From summer 2015, 19 to 20 refugees will find refuge there. Russian Orthodox services have been held regularly (3-5 times a month) in the monastery church since October 2018.
Web links
- The monastery in Dieburg closes after almost 362 years ( memento from February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) in: Darmstädter Echo from February 3, 2012
- Young generation concerns - Capuchins have to close monastery on hr-online from April 20, 2012
- Goal: to let the monastery in Dieburg live
Individual evidence
- ^ JVA Dieburg , location and history of the institution
- ↑ History of the order in Dieburg begins with a donation from the prince elector (sic!). (No longer available online.) Darmstädter Echo, November 22, 2012, archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved November 25, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Peter Wagner: I am God's headhunter. A conversation with the Capuchin monk Brother Paulus Terwitte about calling and profession. Die Zeit , June 1, 2006, accessed on November 25, 2012 .
- ^ Sonja Jordans: Capuchins say goodbye to Dieburg. Capuchin monastery Dieburg. Frankfurter Rundschau , February 15, 2012, accessed on November 25, 2012 .
- ↑ Capuchins say goodbye to Dieburg. Vespers service with Vicar General Dietmar Giebelmann . Mainz Diocese News, November 21, 2012, accessed on November 25, 2012 .
- ↑ MBN Mainz Diocese News No. 10 of March 11, 2015
Coordinates: 49 ° 54 ′ 5.8 " N , 8 ° 50 ′ 32.1" E