Monastery (Bad Salzungen)

monastery City of Bad Salzungen Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 9 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 28 ″ E
Height :	240-300 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Postal code :	36433
Area code :	03695
	Monastery in the east of the city
	View of the Allendorf Monastery district from the south (2012)

Kloster is a district of Bad Salzungen in the Wartburg district in Thuringia . The place arose at a Werra crossing and was initially a bonded settlement on the access route to Frankenstein Castle .

geography

Today, the monastery district extends over a length of almost two kilometers on the right high bank of the Werra opposite the core town of Bad Salzungen. The medieval settlement of Kloster was built at a ford of the Werra under the protection of Frankenstein Castle.

The mountain Frankenstein ( 342.7 m above sea level ), which is only wooded on the southern slope, and the wooded Heims Höhe ( 342.4 m above sea level ) to the west are the highest elevations in the district. To the north borders the municipality of Moorgrund with the districts of Witzelroda , Neuendorf and Graefen-Nitzendorf . The Mühlgraben and other spring brooks run in the Werra floodplain, while the Haadwiesen, acidic due to the high groundwater level, extend in a bend in the river opposite the Salzunger Gradierwerk . The Lange Grund was cleared for agriculture in the Middle Ages , on the slopes of the Hohle Berg ( 366.6 m above sea level ) you can still see the former field terraces.

A few quarries were built above the monastery site to mine red sandstone. The steep slopes to the Werra are now forested, the southern slopes were also used as vineyards in the Middle Ages.

history

The history of the district began with the construction of a Romanesque castle complex on the western mountain spur of the Frankenstein. In addition to monitoring a ford, the castle was also the seat of the Frankenstein dynasty , who had played a dominant role in the western Thuringian region between the Rhön and Rennsteig until the rise of the Ludowingers . At the foot of the castle a housing estate with a Marienkapelle was built.

It was not until the late period of the family, around 1270, that the Allendorf nunnery, belonging to the Cistercian order, was founded in the local area . The complex, intended as a burial place and retirement home of the Frankensteiners, was endowed by the founding family with rich property and privileges. In 1295, shortly before the Frankenstein Castle was destroyed by King Adolf von Nassau in the same year , the monastery was granted patronage rights over the Salzung parish. The attempted rebuilding of Frankenstein Castle ruined the Count of Frankenstein, his descendants had to cede their extensive possessions in 1330 in order to get out of debt.

The monastery, run by a provost, became the landlord of other places in the neighborhood in the 14th century. Efforts were made, in accordance with the Cistercian rules of the order, to improve and expand the agricultural areas. The moorland in the north was drained in various places and turned into meadows and arable land. From the buildings of the former monastery what is now known as “the monastery”, built in Gothic style and later converted into a residential building, has been preserved; it is a listed building.

The monastery church

The Frankenstein

The Werra Bridge

Frankenstein art ruin

Hotel panoramic view

The Frankenstein with hotel building near the art ruins

When rebellious farmers roamed the Felda and Werra valleys during the Peasants' War in 1525, the nuns took refuge with their valuables in the protection of the neighboring town of Salzungen. The monastery, plundered by the peasants, was secularized in 1528, it was acquired by a knight of Herda . The provost and some of the nuns stayed in town. The Allendorf Monastery Office was formed from the property of the monastery and comprised 15 localities. The repaired and newly consecrated monastery church served as a place of worship in the neighboring towns to the north until 1634. In 1529 a wooden Werra bridge was built for the first time. This gave the Salzunger Pfänerschaft easier access to the former forests of the monastery. The remains of the residential complex of the monastery were demolished after the town fire of 1786 and still served as building material for the town church in Salzung, which was also burned down.

Since the 1950s, the settlement began to expand along the banks of the Werra "Unter den Bergen" and on "Eisenacher Strasse" in the direction of the Werra bridge. From the second Werra bridge below the vineyard, the row of houses on Weinbergstrasse grew at the same time in the direction of Haadwiese and monastery. Allotment gardens and leisure facilities were created. The entrances to these houses and gardens are at high risk of flooding, footbridges must be built by the fire brigade, civil protection and disaster control (THW) to supply the residents.

On the site of the former Allendorf-Kloster landfill, a photovoltaic system was built after the storage and recultivation , which in the final stage will supply up to 630 households with energy.

Culture and sights

Frankenstein art ruin . As early as 1891, citizens interested in history built an art ruin on the Frankenstein as a lookout point and clubhouse. In the GDR era, a bungalow village was built in the neighborhood as a company holiday camp; after the fall of the Wall, it was replaced by a hotel. After its renovation, the art ruin is once again a popular attraction in the spa and district town.

Carnival Club Kloster (KCK). The association founded in November 1968 is today one of the most successful Thuringian carnival associations.

traffic

The city bus of the Wartburgmobil line A connects the monastery with the central town of Bad Salzungen and with a regional bus line from the company to Bad Liebenstein.

literature

Thomas Bienert: Bad Salzungen, Frankenstein Castle that has disappeared. In: Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia. 430 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-631-1 , p. 316 f.
Albert Freiherr von Boyneburgk-Lengsfeld: Frankenstein near Salzungen in the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen. In: Friedrich Gottschalck : Knight castles and mountain castles in Germany. Volume 8. CA Schwetschke and Son, Halle 1831, pp. 281–294 .
Ernst-Ulrich Hahmann: The knights from Frankenstein . Resch-Verlag, Meiningen 2011, p. 100 .
Ludwig Hertel: The Frankenstein. In: Paul Lehfeldt , Georg Voss : Architectural and art monuments of Thuringia. Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen. Volume 1, section 2 = booklet 35 and 36: Meiningen district. District court districts Salzungen and Wasungen. Gustav Fischer, Jena 1910, pp. 50–52 .
Hartmut Ruck: Chronicle Bad Salzungen. sn, Bad Salzungen sa

Web links

Commons : Monastery - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. District of Gotha, Wartburg district, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.
↑ Evidenced by the field name "Weinberg".
↑ The list of goods is handed down as a Frankenstein sales letter and also names many medieval devastations .
↑ Hans Patze , Peter Aufgebauer (Ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 9: Thuringia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 313). 2nd, improved and supplemented edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-31302-2 , p. 1.
^ Citizen information - flood in the city of Bad Salzungen. Bad Salzungen fire brigade, 2012, accessed on February 3, 2012 (40 pictures of the Bad Salzungen base fire brigade from the 2011 Werra flood in Kloster): “When flooding occurs, there are major dangers for citizens and traders in the spa and district town of Bad Salzungen. This affects the entire area of the Werraaue from the Immelborn corridor boundary to the Leimbach corridor boundary. Some information and notes are summarized in the following report. "
↑ Groundbreaking ceremony for a 2.5 MWp PV system. (No longer available online.) Peschla + Rochmes GmbH, December 7, 2011, formerly in the original ; retrieved on February 3, 2012 : “On October 11 (2011), Dr. Krauser, chairman of the waste disposal association and first alderman of the Wartburg district, the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a photovoltaic system on the Allendorf-Kloster landfill took place. "
^ Anne Krenzer: Art ruin Frankenstein near Bad Salzungen (historical site). Rhönportal 2004, 2012, accessed on February 3, 2012 .
↑ 44 years of the Carnival Club Kloster. Karnevalclub Kloster eV, 2012, accessed on February 3, 2012 (illustrated reviews of the club's history): “The 15th Thuringian Championship, which took place on October 27th and 28th, 2007 in Bad Salzungen, was a great festival of carnival dance in Thuringia . "

[TK10-1] Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. District of Gotha, Wartburg district, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.

[2] Evidenced by the field name "Weinberg".

[3] The list of goods is handed down as a Frankenstein sales letter and also names many medieval devastations .

[Patze-4] Hans Patze , Peter Aufgebauer (Ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 9: Thuringia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 313). 2nd, improved and supplemented edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-520-31302-2 , p. 1.

[Feuerwehr-5] Citizen information - flood in the city of Bad Salzungen. Bad Salzungen fire brigade, 2012, accessed on February 3, 2012 (40 pictures of the Bad Salzungen base fire brigade from the 2011 Werra flood in Kloster): “When flooding occurs, there are major dangers for citizens and traders in the spa and district town of Bad Salzungen. This affects the entire area of the Werraaue from the Immelborn corridor boundary to the Leimbach corridor boundary. Some information and notes are summarized in the following report. "

[photovolt-6] Groundbreaking ceremony for a 2.5 MWp PV system. (No longer available online.) Peschla + Rochmes GmbH, December 7, 2011, formerly in the original ; retrieved on February 3, 2012 : “On October 11 (2011), Dr. Krauser, chairman of the waste disposal association and first alderman of the Wartburg district, the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a photovoltaic system on the Allendorf-Kloster landfill took place. "

[rhoenlex-7] Anne Krenzer: Art ruin Frankenstein near Bad Salzungen (historical site). Rhönportal 2004, 2012, accessed on February 3, 2012 .

[kck-8] 44 years of the Carnival Club Kloster. Karnevalclub Kloster eV, 2012, accessed on February 3, 2012 (illustrated reviews of the club's history): “The 15th Thuringian Championship, which took place on October 27th and 28th, 2007 in Bad Salzungen, was a great festival of carnival dance in Thuringia . "