Capuchin monastery in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate
The Neumarkt Capuchin Monastery is a former Capuchin monastery in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria in the diocese of Eichstätt.
history
The city of Neumarkt was the territory of the Electors of the Palatinate and reformed until the Thirty Years War . After the Battle of the White Mountain , the Upper Palatinate was occupied by Bavarian troops. Recatholization took place under their supervision. From 1620 the Capuchins took over pastoral care in Neumarkt; At the request of Elector Maximilian I , two priests came to the city on September 17, 1627; They first lived in the Neumarkt Castle , then they moved into a house next to the court church used by the Calvin court preacher . Conflicts arose with the Jesuits who settled here and looked after the town church , which led to their departure in 1629. On June 29, 1633, Swedish troops conquered the city and took all the world chaplains prisoner, the Capuchins remained unmolested, they were even given responsibility for the city church. In 1634 they had to leave the city, but in 1634 they could return.
The foundation stone for the monastery was laid on July 3, 1674. The monastery building was erected in the east in front of the city walls, on the site of the former court garden, using stones from the Wolfstein castle ruins . The associated monastery church was built between 1674 and 1677. On October 3, 1677, the church was consecrated to St. Antonius of Padua by Eichstatt Auxiliary Bishop Ludwig Wilhelm Benz . At the request of Guardians Pipin, a brewery was built in 1761. The work of the Capuchins extended beyond Neumarkt, in 1750 they built a hospice in Sulzbürg and in 1760 in Pyrbaum to look after the Catholics there, after the Protestant family of the Barons von Wolfstein died out there in 1740.
The Capuchin monastery existed until 1802 and was then dissolved in the course of secularization in Bavaria . On July 7, 1802, the Capuchins received instructions to move to the monastery in Altötting . 16 fathers, two clerics and five lay brothers left Neumarkt on July 10, 1802 with six carriages and two baggage carts. The monastery buildings were sold and the inventory auctioned. Part of the facility was used as a brewery, while another part was given to the poor. The church served as a barn for a long time. A girls' school was later housed in a restored part of the monastery. From 1855, the church was first partially and later in its entirety acquired by the evangelical community and used again for church services. Today the house of God is called Christ Church . Art historians write about the church of the monastery: "Very modest complex with a little drawn-in, just closed choir . Nave with two bays . Barrel with small engravings. The west tower is modern." (Hofmann / Mader, p. 51)
The brewing tradition of the monastery was continued as the Seitz monastery brewery until the Second World War. The remains of the monastery can still be seen in parts today. They are used for residential or commercial purposes. Most of the buildings that have been preserved were in a poor structural condition in 2007 and were threatened with demolition. In 2014, after archaeological excavations, renovation and redesign work began on the cloister courtyard and the deanery center.
literature
- Former Capuchin Church :. In: Friedrich Hermann Hofmann and Felix Mader : The art monuments of Upper Palatinate & Regensburg. Book XVII. City and District Office Neumarkt. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1909, p. 51.
- Frank Präger: Capuchins in Neumarkt. From recatholization to secularization (1627–1802). In Tobias Appl; Manfred Knedlik (ed.): Upper Palatinate monastery landscape. The monasteries, monasteries and colleges of the Upper Palatinate. Pp. 286-290. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7917-2759-2 .
Web links
- Capuchin monastery Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate , basic data in the database of monasteries in Bavaria in the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maximilian Pöckl, Die Kapuziner in Bayern: from their creation to the present time , 1826.
Coordinates: 49 ° 16 '48.4 " N , 11 ° 27' 44.6" E