Capuchin monastery Königstein
The Capuchin monastery Koenigstein was from 1646 to 1813 a convent of Capuchin in Koenigstein im Taunus .
Kugelherrenstift, Reformation and Thirty Years War
From February 3, 1465 to August 5, 1540 there was already a monastery in Königstein, the Königstein convent . This was lifted by Count Ludwig zu Stolberg after the introduction of the Reformation in Königstein . In 1581 Königstein fell to the Catholic Kurmainz . From 1603 to 1605 Königstein became Catholic again during the Counter-Reformation . The foundation of a new monastery was out of the question during the Thirty Years' War ; only then was it possible to build a monastery in Königstein again.
Founding of the Capuchins
In 1646 the Capuchins settled in Königstein at the request of the Electorate of Mainz , Johann Dietrich von Rosenbach . Initially, the former Kugelherrenhaus (on the site of today's Woogtalstrasse 1) was used. They later moved into the "Burghäuslein" at the end of Kugeherrenstrasse. However, both houses were old and small and unsuitable for a monastery. In 1681 the Archbishop of Mainz, Anselm Franz Freiherr von Ingelheim, granted permission to build a new monastery on the grounds of the "Stechgarten" (the tournament site ) outside the city. On September 11, 1681, the monks symbolically took possession of the square and began construction work in 1682. The stones of the Kugelherrenhaus were used as building material. On September 3, 1685 the construction was completed and the monastery church was consecrated.
Around 15 friars lived in the monastery. They also took on the role of military chaplains for the Königstein Fortress and looked after the parishes in the small villages of the Taunun. The “Capuchin Paths” between Königstein, Mammolshain and Falkenstein, which are reminiscent of the footpaths that the brothers covered back then, still exist today. Between 1675 and 1678, Father Martin von Cochem lived in the Königstein Monastery and also looked after the soldiers of the local Kurmainzer fortress . In 1677 he published his well-known work The Life of Christ in Königstein , which he dedicated to the Empress Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate and which already reached 40 editions during his lifetime.
resolution
The siege of Königstein in the First Coalition War also led to major damage to the monastery buildings in 1792. Kurmainz was dissolved by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and Königstein fell to Nassau-Usingen and the Duchy of Nassau . With an edict of February 17, 1813, the monastery was abolished by Duke Friedrich August von Nassau-Usingen . Seven religious priests and two brothers had to leave the monastery. The last vicarius P. Wieger stayed as chaplain in Königstein. The buildings fell to the ducal domain. The domain administration auctioned the property and raised 4695 guilders.
The monastery building itself went to the hotelier Gottfried Pfaff. He converted the building into the Zum Löwen inn. From 1860 the inn was operated under the name Hotel du Lion and later as Hotel Pfaff. The hotel was considered to be the first on the site. In 1906 the great-grandson of Gottfried Pfaff, Joseph Pfaff, sold the facility to Johann Lemke, who continued the hotel as a park hotel. After the First World War , the hotel was confiscated by the French occupying forces on September 14, 1918 and used by the army as the Sidi Brahim quarter (after the battle of Sidi Brahim ). On June 6, 1919, the city of Königstein acquired the building for 227,000 marks in a foreclosure auction. After the French had evacuated the building in 1924, the building fabric was so damaged that further use seemed uneconomical. On February 23, 1927, the city council approved the demolition, which was carried out in spring 1928. Since then, the site has served as a parking lot. In the 1930s there was also a petrol station on the site. The few remaining remains of the monastery wall are under monument protection.
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literature
- Beate Großmann-Hofmann: From the monastery to the parking lot; in: Yearbook of the Hochtaunuskreis 2006, ISBN 3-7973-0947-3 , pages 116-120
- Eva Rowedder: Hochtaunuskreis . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (= monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hessen ). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2905-9 , pp. 233-234 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 57.2 ″ N , 8 ° 28 ′ 1.6 ″ E