Capuchin monastery in Riedlingen

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The former Capuchin monastery in Riedlingen is now used as the city library and city ​​archive . The St. Sebastian monastery church is one of the earliest baroque churches in Upper Swabia.

history

The monastery was built between 1645 and 1655. In October 1655 the first Capuchin Fathers moved in . They mainly took on pastoral tasks in Riedlingen and the surrounding area. Donations and a wafer bakery for the surrounding communities and monasteries formed the economic basis of the monastery.

The monastery survived the "monastery reforms" of Emperor Joseph II , but was no longer allowed to accept novices . The final end came after Württemberg took over power in 1806. Initially, it served as a collective monastery for a few years for the fathers of other closed Capuchin monasteries. In 1812 the building was sold to the city, who allowed the priests to remain in the monastery. The last resident died in 1832.

In the south wing of the monastery there were 25 monk cells measuring 2 × 2.30 meters. One of these rooms was originally preserved. In addition, the cladding of the half-timbering was removed and the city library set up there. There is also a memorial room for the writer Werner Dürrson (1932–2008).

St. Sebastian Monastery Church

High altar by Johann de Pay Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

The Capuchin Church was built between 1654 and 1658 and consecrated on April 30, 1656 by the abbot of the Zwiefalten monastery and the auxiliary bishop of Constance . In line with the ideal of a mendicant order church , it is a simple, flat-roofed rectangular hall with a retracted, closed choir. In the 18th century, the St. Fidelis Chapel with a crypt was added, which looks like a transept from the outside.

Inside there was no stucco or wall painting. The altars, the pulpit and the pews are unmounted . Still, the church contains some outstanding works of art. The altarpiece of the high altar is framed by 2 pairs of columns and shows the martyrdom of St. Sebastian . It comes from the Bavarian court painter Johann de Pay and is considered his last completed work from 1660. The gable painting above depicts the discovery of the cross by St. Helena . The left side altar is dedicated to Francis of Assisi . There is a Pietà sculpture in the Predella zone that was created in 1765 by Johann Joseph Christian (1706–1777). The right side altar is dedicated to St. Joseph . The altarpiece on the altar in the side chapel shows St. Fidelis and was created in 1733 by Franz Joseph Spiegler (1691–1757). The rest of the furnishings come from artists from Riedlingen and the surrounding area.

literature

  • Little pomp, a lot of art. St. Sebastian in Riedlingen. In: Monument Foundation Baden-Württemberg . No. 1, 2013, pp. 1–3, ( online (PDF; 1.01 MB) ).
  • Churches, church leaders. Holidays around the buses, experience Upper Swabia. Status: July 2008. Working group “Holidays around the buses” - Experience Oberschwaben, Oberstadion 2008, p. 49.
  • Georg Dehio : Handbook of the German art monuments. Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2: Dagmar Ziemders among others: The administrative districts of Freiburg and Tübingen. Revision. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 1997, ISBN 3-422-03030-1 .
  • Aßfalg Winfried (Ed.): 500 years of the parish church of St. Georg Riedlingen. A look back at the history of the parish church, the parish, the monasteries and chapels. Catholic parish office St. Georg, Riedlingen 1986.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 15.8 "  N , 9 ° 28 ′ 19.6"  E