Kiel monastery

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Theological study house in Kiel Monastery

Today, Kiel Monastery refers to a historical building in the center of Kiel .

History 1242 to 1945

Statue dedicated to the founder of the monastery, Count Adolf IV von Schauenburg

In 1242, shortly after the founding of the city, donated Adolf IV. Of Schauenburg the Order Province of Dacia was founded in 1210 Franciscan Order , the monastery , which he entered himself later. His tombstone was recovered after the church was destroyed and is now in the cloister. In 1480 the monastery joined the observance and in 1520 it was incorporated into the observant Saxon Franciscan province of the Holy Cross ( Saxonia ).

Kiel monastery 1588

During the Reformation , the monastery was dissolved on October 13, 1530 by Frederick I of Denmark ; eight elderly or sick brothers received the right to stay and were cared for at the city's expense. A city school with teachers' apartments moved into the building. In 1546 the Heiliggeist-Hospital, a poor and nursing home founded in the Middle Ages, found its home there (cf. Kiel City Monastery ).

In 1665 the monastery became the founding site of Kiel University , which is named after Duke Christian Albrecht . In 1766 the premises were in such poor condition that the university moved to the neighboring castle and the monastery was demolished except for the refectory and church . The latter was first used as a garrison church and later as a university church .

History from 1945

During the Second World War , the Evangelical Church of the Holy Spirit was largely destroyed by two high explosive bombs on December 13, 1943 . The remnants were removed in 1947. The monastery walls, which were also badly damaged during the war, were rebuilt through a donation-financed project by the Studienhaus Kieler Kloster eV association and with the support of professors from the theological faculty, in particular professors Martin Redeker and Heinrich Rendtorff . So in 1950 the Theological Study House Kieler Kloster was built .

At first only friars from the theological faculty lived in the study house. In the 1980s, the dormitory was opened to students from other faculties. Excavations in the former monastery church in 1984 revealed numerous medieval crypts within the foundations, some of which were painted.

The monastery was restored in 1994/1998 by the North Elbian Church . Since then, the historic rooms, the former refectory and a wing of the cloister have been owned by the Kieler Klosterverein e. V. made it accessible to the public through events such as exhibitions and concerts. Through donation campaigns, the area was prepared as a city-historical garden, in 1999 a concert carillon consisting of 50 bronze bells was built into the simplified reconstructed tower of the monastery church from donated funds.

In 2005, a monument created by Karl-Henning Seemann for the city's founder Adolf IV von Schauenburg, consisting of a statue, a memorial and a fountain, was erected at the monastery. In the summer the monastery café is operated in the garden. In 2008, the student dormitory was threatened to be closed for a short time as a savings measure. Since then, the St. Nikolai community has been increasingly involved in the house. The connection between interdisciplinary learning and lived faith is also emphasized.

The Franciscans of the Saxon province of Saxonia came back to Kiel in 1930 and founded a convent . The buildings were destroyed in a bomb attack in 1944; a new monastery was inaugurated in February 1955. From 1948/49 they worked in the pastoral care of students and in 1950 they built the “Haus Michael” dormitory. In 1993 saxonia gave up the branch in Kiel due to a lack of staff.

Motif

A representation of the monastery was used as a motif on the Kiel Christmas mug 1999.

See also

literature

  • Johannes Habich : The Nikolaikirche in Kiel and the Kiel monastery. Munich; Berlin: Dt. Art Publishing House [2005]
  • Angela Koch: The Friars Minor in Kiel. In: Dieter Berg (ed.): Franciscan life in the Middle Ages. Studies on the history of the Rhenish and Saxon order provinces. Werl 1994, pp. 147-166.
  • Martin Redeker: The Kiel monastery in the history of Schleswig-Holstein and its state university. 10 year celebration of the theological study house “Kieler Kloster” , Kiel: Lutherische Verlags- und Buchhandelsgesellschaft 1960; Second, expanded edition: The Kiel monastery and the theological faculty in the history of Schleswig-Holstein and its state university , Kiel: Lutherische Verlagsgesellschaft 1964
  • Lisette Hörner: Kiel old people's homes - then and now . Inaugural dissertation. Kiel. 1959

Web links

Commons : Kieler Kloster  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dieter Berg (Ed.): Traces of Franciscan History. Werl 1999, p. 41.273.
  2. ^ Hartwig Beseler, Niels Gutschow: Kriegsschicksale Deutscher Architektur. Volume I: North. Wachholtz, Neumünster n.d., p. 4.
  3. ↑ Martha Kasch became the first house manager. Martin Redeker wrote about her: “The good spirit of the house was the manager, Mrs. Propst Kasch . She knew how to create an atmosphere of understanding and voluntary consideration through her kind, but also prudent and orderly manner. She was supported in this by older students and candidates who fruitfully took over the office of senior and who undoubtedly received good training for their later spiritual office in the youth-oriented management and inner guidance of their fellow students. "(Martin Redeker: Das Kieler Kloster und die Theological Faculty in the History of Schleswig-Holstein and its State University , Kiel 1964, p. 16.)
  4. ↑ Dieter Berg (Ed.): Traces of Franciscan History. Werl 1999, p. 621.
  5. ↑ Dieter Berg (Ed.): Traces of Franciscan History. Werl 1999, p. 557.581.585.589.633.

Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 27.5 ″  N , 10 ° 8 ′ 21.2 ″  E