Capuchin monastery Koblenz
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The Capuchin Monastery in Koblenz ( Latin : Conventus Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum Confluentiae) was a monastery in Koblenz , which was operated by Capuchins with interruptions from 1627 to 2008 . The monastery in the Ehrenbreitstein district was the seat of the provincial administration of the Rhenish-Westphalian Order Province from 1908 to 2007. The baroque church of St. Francis belongs to the monastery complex. Since 2013, parts of the monastery have been used by a convent of the Teutonic Order .
history
At the personal request of Trier Elector Philipp Christoph von Sötern , the Capuchins settled in Ehrenbreitstein in 1627. On October 18, 1628 the foundation stone for the construction of a monastery was laid. The construction was completed in 1629 and consecrated as patron saints to the apostles Philip and James .
During the Thirty Years' War , Ehrenbreitstein and its Capuchin monastery were devastated in 1636, as there were fierce battles over the Ehrenbreitstein fortress above the city . The reconstruction took place in 1655 under Elector Karl Kaspar von der Leyen . A year later, under Auxiliary Bishop Otto Johann Theodor von Senheim (1633–1662), the monastery received the patron saints Francis of Assisi , Charles Borromeo and the Apostle Philip.
After the conquest by French revolutionary troops and the subsequent secularization of the church and monastery, the goods of the Capuchins first came to Nassau-Weilburg in 1803 , and later to the Duchy of Nassau . On February 16, 1813 the monastery was cleared and the interior was sold. Prussia finally took over the monastery in 1815 as part of its Rhine province and set up a traindepot and barracks in the monastery garden. The monastery buildings around the cloister were largely demolished in 1860. On June 29, 1861, the Capuchins returned to their monastery in Ehrenbreitstein and settled in the remaining buildings. Count Hermann von der Schulenburg (1829–1865), a former Prussian officer, later Father Ludovikus OFMCap, died here in 1865 . During the Kulturkampf , the Capuchins had to leave the monastery again from 1875 to 1887. After that, further buildings, former residential houses along Humboldtstrasse north of the church, were purchased for use as a monastery.
In 1908, the Capuchin monastery became the seat of the provincial administration of the Rhenish-Westphalian order province. In 1930 the Capuchins bought the neighboring Konradhaus and set up a home for apprentices for their youth welfare facility Seraphisches Liebeswerk . For this purpose, a connecting wing was built between the Konradhaus and the Capuchin monastery, with a figure of Konrad von Parzham above the portal.
During an air raid on Koblenz , the monastery was hit by an air mine on September 25, 1944 and the roof was damaged. After the destruction of the Holy Cross Church in the air raid on December 31, 1944, the parish of Ehrenbreitstein used the monastery church for their services. With the completion of a new building in 1964, the congregation moved into the new church building. Because of its proximity to the Rhine, the monastery was flooded by floods in 1740, 1920, 1926, 1970, 1993 and 1995 .
The provincial administration of the Rhenish-Westphalian Order Province moved to Frankfurt am Main in 2007 . The last Capuchins left the monastery in Ehrenbreitstein at the end of September 2008. In 2013, a convent of the Teutonic Order took over parts of the monastery and the pastoral care of the parish. The former monastery church had been used as the parish church of Ehrenbreitstein since 2009. When the Kreuzkirche was profaned at the end of 2017, the Bishop of Trier officially elevated the previous monastery church to a parish church.
St. Francis Monastery Church
The church of St. Franziskus, St. Philippus Ap., Consecrated in 1657, belongs to the Capuchin monastery. and Charles Borromeo. It is the only baroque church preserved in the city of Koblenz . The typical Capuchin church with Loreto chapel has remarkable furnishings from the 18th century. The court builder Johannes Seiz erected three new altars in the church in 1753 . At the same time, the Venetian artist Vincentius Daminij created six altarpieces. The pulpit was donated in 1755 and an organ was installed in 1760.
The monastery church is a simple barrel-vaulted hall building made of tuff blocks . The western front has three gables . The middle pediment is larger than the other two. The Loreto Chapel is located under the northern gable, the monastery gate is connected to the southern. The church has a gable roof with a turret . In a niche above the arched portal there is a figure of Our Lady from 1655. The coat of arms of Archbishop Karl Kaspar von der Leyen is attached to the base.
The interior is determined by the pillared wooden high altar in the choir . Two oratorios were built into the sides of the altar in 1763 , crowned with rocaille cartouches in which lions hold the electoral coat of arms. The Loreto Chapel is on the north side. On the east side of the elongated hall with barrel vault is an altar of Our Lady. The wood-sighted columnar altar donated in 1739 has a filigree vine crown with figures of saints.
The present organ was built in 1925 by Johannes Klais Orgelbau from Bonn and renovated in 1990. Along with the Gerhardt organ in St. Johannes Beheading Koblenz-Metternich, it is the only organ still in existence in Koblenz from the period between the world wars.
Interior of the St. Francis monastery church
High altar of the St. Franziskus monastery church
Pulpit of the monastery church St. Franziskus
Organ of the monastery church St. Franziskus
Loreto Chapel in the St. Franziskus monastery church
Monument protection
The St. Franziskus monastery church is a protected cultural monument according to the Monument Protection Act (DSchG) and entered in the list of monuments of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is located in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein in the monument zone Tal Ehrenbreitstein .
Since 2002 the St. Franziskus monastery church has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley .
See also
literature
- Rainer Schwindt [ed.]; Schmiedl, Joachim [ed.]; Goedereis, Christophorus [Vorr.]: The Capuchin Monastery in Koblenz Ehrenbreitstein , Sources and Treatises on the Middle Rhine Church History 129, Mainz 2012
- Ulrike Weber (edit.): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 3.3: City of Koblenz. Districts. Werner, Worms 2013, ISBN 978-3-88462-345-9 .
Web links
- Website of the Capuchin Church Ehrenbreitstein
- Capuchin monastery Koblenz in: regionalgeschichte.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Capuchins leave Ehrenbreitstein in: Rhein-Zeitung , September 5, 2008
- ↑ https://www.bistum-trier.de/news-details/pressedienst/detail/News/lösungen-und-neubeginn-1/
- ^ Organs in Koblenz
- ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Koblenz (PDF; 1.5 MB), Koblenz 2013
Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '31.4 " N , 7 ° 36' 39.7" E