Charterhouse Seiz

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Charterhouse Seiz

The Carthusian monastery Seiz ( Slovene : Kartuzijanski samostan Žiče ; Latin: Domus in valle Sancti Johannis ) is an abandoned Carthusian monastery near Žiče (German: Seitzdorf ) in Slovenia near Slovenske Konjice / Gonobitz, which is now only in ruins .

Alternative spellings

Seitz (1185), Sitz (1186, 1243), Seiz (1202, 1234), Sishe (1229), Seitis (1233), Sits (1235, 1257), Siz (1237), Syces (1240), Sic (1243) , Syces (1245), Siths (1247), Seits (1257)

history

Žiče Charterhouse 1730 163.JPG
Ruins, chapel, wall with defense towers

Margrave Ottokar III. founded the monastery in 1165 and entrusted it to the Carthusian Order . He compensated his liege, Ortolf von Gonobitz, with other goods for the remote lands . Both Ottokar III. himself as well as his wife and son Ottokar IV were buried in the monastery.

After an eventful history, the monastery was one of the first to be dissolved by Emperor Josef II. In 1782 and the extensive holdings at that time, including the Seizerhof and the Gonobitz rule, were incorporated into the religious fund. The Charterhouse itself was left to decay. It was only sold to Weriand Fürst zu Windisch-Grätz in 1826 with the reign of Gonobitz .

Cultural meaning

At the beginning of the 14th century, the Carthusian monk Philipp von Seiz wrote a rhymed life of the Virgin Mary with more than 10,000 verses in Seiz . From 1342 to 1345 Konrad von Hainburg was Prior of Seitz.

Library

Seizer book art

Seitz once owned one of the richest libraries in Europe . On May 30, 1487, the Bishop of Caorle visited the monastery as envoy of the Patriarch of Aquileia . His secretary Paolo Santonino wrote in his travelogue that the monks owned more than 2,000 volumes (manuscripts). Today only 120 of them are known, another 100 have been preserved as fragments.

When the monastery was almost deserted in the middle of the 16th century, Archduke Charles II ordered the books to be transported to the library of the Jesuit University in Graz .

literature

  • Jože Mlinarič: Žiče / Seitz , in: Monasticon Cartusiense , ed. by Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, Volume 2, Salzburg 2004, 43–49.
  • Graus: The oldest Charterhouse in Germany , church decorations 1872
  • Muchar: History of the Duchy of Styria , Gratz 1844
  • Stepischnegg: The Carthusian Monastery of Seiz , Marburg 1884

Slovenian :

  • Stegenšek, Avguštin Konjiška dekanija Maribor 1909 Catalog entry at Cobiss
  • Golob, Nataša, Srednjeveški rokopisi iz Žičke kartuzije (1160-1560) Narodna galerija, Ljubljana 2006 Catalog entry at Cobiss
  • Marijan Zadnikar , Žička kartuzija Maribor 1973 Catalog entry at Cobiss
  • Zdravič Polič, Nina, Gotika v Sloveniji . Narodna galerija, Ljubljana 1995 Catalog entry at Cobiss

Web links

Commons : Carthusian monastery Seiz  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edward Schröder:  Philipp von Seitz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 71 f.
  2. ↑ Paolo Santonino: Itinerario in Carinzia, Stiria e Carniola (1485-1487) ISBN 88-8147-202-3

Coordinates: 46 ° 19 ′  N , 15 ° 24 ′  E