Klausenkapelle (Meschede)
The Michaelskapelle in Meschede , which is known in the region as the Klausenkapelle , is located on the Klausenberg (also Keppelsberg) in the Hochsauerlandkreis, which slopes steeply to the north to the Ruhr . The chapel dates from the 12th century and is one of the city's famous sights.
In the interior of the chapel there is a valuable late Gothic carved altar from the Galilee monastery , where it stood for three hundred years until the monastery was dissolved; after the monastery was dissolved, it was found again by chance, extensively restored and placed in St. Michael's Chapel.
The Way of the Cross to the Klausenkapelle begins on Klausenweg 300 meters east of the chapel opposite the blood-sweating Savior and ends on the north side of the chapel.
History and architecture
The previous building was a wooden chapel from the beginning of the 10th century, presumably a pagan place of worship was located here before. The chapel was built around 1150 as a simple Romanesque building with thick, rough masonry. The walls are divided by arched windows. 1425 was a hermitage attached, the Virgin Kunnecke (Cunegonde Vesvogel) settled in the as recluse. In a chronicle it is reported: Un Dey selve juncfer Kunnecke was wal gelert and let him getide to latyne . A virgin Christine from Cologne, a relative of the Mesched monastery dean Sievert Hanebom, and Christine Kalverdans from Attendorn joined them in 1439 and 1442. Impressed by the pious lifestyle of the ladies, the knight Freseken had a larger hermitage built. Kunigunde died four years later, and Katharina Wewel took her place. In 1455, the Archbishop of Cologne Theodor von Moers granted permission to keep the sacred altar sacrament in the chapel. A copper monstrance was made by the goldsmith Dramme from Attendorn . At the same time a sacrament house was made. Adelheid Hund from Meschede joined the group in 1459 and Agnes Reckhardi from Attendorn in 1464. Christine Loer from Arnsberg was dressed in 1472. When the rest of the family fell victim to the plague, she bought a farm in Wenholthausen for the monastery with the inherited property . Gertrud Hund is mentioned in a document as the last sister, she was dressed in 1474.
Dominicans
The first four sisters lived without religious rules and without religious clothing. They were hermits. Then they dressed in the garb of the Dominican women . The dressing was done by the master Theoderich von Ostinghausen. He also obtained permission for the sisters to adopt the Third Rule of St. Dominic in 1473 . He sent his former subprior Theoderich von Lünen to the young monastery community as a spiritual advisor.
monastery
A solemn event took place in the Klausenkapelle on February 18, 1483: The Hennecke von Berninghusen couple donated their entire village of Hückelheim with courtyards, fields and meadows to the monastery. The widow Hennecke entered the monastery after the death of her husband and donated her entire fortune. The donation enabled the Dominican Sisters to build a monastery, the Monastery of Galilee , on their own land.
After the Dominican Sisters moved away
Every year on Michaelmas day the sisters celebrated a solemn service in the chapel, but it fell into disrepair. The chapel and the altar were consecrated anew in 1647. Around 1710 a hermit called Feldhof settled down. Several like-minded people joined in and formed a hermitage, as was common in many places in the 18th century. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff reports that the hermits rang the bell when they ran out of food . The last hermit died in 1820. The Graf von Westphalen bought the hermitage, had it renovated and furnished it with valuable sculptures. In 1937 a cemetery was laid out for the count's family.
Thorn of the crown of Christ
A master Gottschalk Gresemunt received a thorn from the crown of Christ from the King of France as thanks for the upbringing of the king's children. He handed the thorn over to the female hermits. The relic was lost in later times.
Resident of the hermitage
- Heinrich Wienand (1875–1939)
- Sister Erberhardis (until 1956)
- Ms. Meinr. Waldthaler (1896–1960)
- Father Hubert Tönnesmann (1928–2003)
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Bernhard Göbel: 1000 years of Meschede, history, economy, culture. Published on behalf of the city of Meschede, printed by Ms. Drewes, Meschede. 1959
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Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 51 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 28 ″ E