Aggsbach Charterhouse

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East side view of the former Charterhouse, 2012

The Aggsbach Charterhouse is a former Carthusian monastery (OCart) in Aggsbach Dorf in Lower Austria .

history

Parish church of Aggsbach-Dorf , former monastery church

The monastery was founded in 1380 by Heidenreich von Maissau . From 1387 to 1391 Michael of Prague was Prior of Aggsbach.

Until the 18th century, the monastery was owned by several lordships in Lower Austria (including Purgstall , Seiterndorf , Großmugl , Külb , Kühbach and Strohdorf ) - in 1723 there were a total of twelve.

In 1782 the monastery was closed by Emperor Joseph II and converted into a castle. Parts of the monastery were transferred to the rectory, and the Carthusian cells and the large cloister were demolished. The Carthusian Church received a steeple attached to the sanctuary and became a parish church. Investigations by the Federal Monuments Office as part of the excavations in the former cell wing of the Carthusian monastery in 2010 suggest that the building material for the church tower came from the demolished cells.

Meditation garden, 2017

Today there is a Carthusian Museum, the parish church and the event center. The former Carthusian cell tract was redesigned in a meditation garden after research by the Federal Monuments Office based on plans by the landscape architect Alfred Benesch .

See also

Web links

Commons : Kartause Aggsbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • kartause.net - Website of the Association of Friends of the Aggsbach Charterhouse with information on the history of the Aggsbach Charterhouse and current events
  • The Carthusian Church in Aggsbach Dorf , photo gallery, parish Aggsbach Dorf, pfarre.aggsbachdorf.at - on the website there are also more photos of the Carthusian monastery church, Carthusian museum and history
  • kartause-aggsbach.at - Weblog on activities in the Carthusian Museum , meditation garden, Steinstadel mineral center, Hammerschmiede Pehn

literature

  • Thomas Aigner: Aggsbach , in: Monasticon Cartusiense , ed. by Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, Volume 2, Salzburg 2004, 119–123.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael von Prag , ALCUIN database, accessed on November 6, 2012-
  2. ↑ House, court and state archives , monastery files Aggsbach box 7, sheet 117.

Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 38 "  N , 15 ° 25 ′ 28"  E