Capuchin monastery in Rottweil
| Capuchin monastery in Rottweil | |||
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| medal | Capuchin | ||
| founding year | 1623 | ||
| Cancellation / year | 1805 | ||
| Start-up | new order | ||
| Patronage | Assumption of the Virgin Mary | ||
| location | |||
| country | Germany | ||
| region | Baden-Württemberg | ||
| place | Rottweil | ||
| Geographical location | 48 ° 10 ' N , 8 ° 37' E | ||
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| Situation in Germany | |||
The Rottweil Capuchin Monastery is an abandoned monastery of the Capuchin Order in the city of Rottweil . The first monastery, founded in 1627, was burned down by the Württemberg people in 1632 . The second monastery, built in 1651, lasted until 1805. The monastery complex was converted into a multi-generation house from 2008 to 2011 .
history
founding
A captivating sermon by a Capuchin on the passion of Christ moved the mayor and the council of the city of Rottweil to apply for a monastery building at the provincial chapter of the Swiss Capuchin Province in Baden AG from August 25 to 30, 1623.
First monastery
As early as October 15, 1623, the Capuchin Cross was erected in a garden in front of the Hochtürbrücke. The collection of funds dragged on. After a donation of 1500 guilders from Barbara Blum and 1500 guilders from Ferdinand Bentler von Bregenrott, the foundation stone was laid on July 2, 1627 by the abbot of St. Georgen Monastery in Villingen Melchior Haug. After completion, the monks moved in in early 1632. However, the city and the monastery were attacked by the enemy Württemberg on December 14th. The still unconsecrated monastery was completely burned down.
Second monastery
In the Thummelhof the Capuchin Cross was erected again on May 26, 1636. The turmoil of war and a lack of financial resources delayed construction. The foundation stone was not laid until September 26, 1651. The completed church was consecrated on September 29, 1655 in honor of the Assumption of Mary. On April 16, 1668, the new Upper Austrian Capuchin Province split off from the Swiss Capuchin Province. It was believed that the Swiss had always been averse to the Austrians. In 1719 a chapel was added to the lay church, which was consecrated to the religious saint Fidelis von Sigmaringen after 1746 . On March 24, 1781, the Rottweiler monastery was separated from the Upper Austrian Capuchin Province by a decree of Emperor Joseph II and incorporated into a newly founded Swabian Capuchin Province. In 1802 Rottweil fell to the Duchy of Württemberg .
secularization
The monastery, last occupied by eleven fathers and three lay brothers, was closed on December 19, 1805 by the Württemberg state government. The fathers were housed as military chaplains or pastors. The monastery building was sold in 1810 and converted into an inn, the Gasthaus zur Sonne. A grain chamber was set up in the lay church.
Dissolution of the library
The modest library with around 1,500 volumes was sold from 1803 to 1804 on behalf of the Württemberg state government. A larger part of the books was taken over by the Benedictine Abbey of St. Blasien, which in turn was about to be abolished. The rest of the inventory was sold after the abolition until 1810.
literature
- Beda Mayer OFMCap .: Rottweil Capuchin Monastery. In: The Capuchin Monasteries of Upper Austria ( Helvetia Franciscana , Volume 12, 10th issue). St. Fidelis-Buchdruckerei, Lucerne 1977, pp. 341–346.
- Winfried Hecht, Gerald Mager: Capuchin monastery and sun in Rottweil ( Small writings of the Rottweil City Archives , 6). Rottweil 1998, pp. 5-39.
Web links
- Capuchin monastery Rottweil in the database of monasteries in Baden-Württemberg of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beda Mayer OFMCap .: Capuchin monastery Rottweil. In: The Capuchin Monasteries of Upper Austria (Helvetia Franciscana, Volume 12, 10th issue). St. Fidelis-Buchdruckerei, Lucerne 1977, pp. 341–346.
- ↑ Vera Sack: The incunabula of the university library and other public collections in Freiburg im Breisgau and the surrounding area . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1985, p. LXIV.
- ↑ Winfried Hecht: Rottweil 1802-1970: From the Imperial City of the district town . Rottweil City Archives, 1997, p. 18.