Aulps Monastery
| Aulps Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Church ruins from the south |
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| location |
 Franceregion Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Haute-Savoie department |
| Coordinates: | 46 ° 14 '30 " N , 6 ° 38' 58" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
102 |
| Patronage | Assumption Day |
| founding year | 1136 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1793 |
| Mother monastery | Clairvaux Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Aulps Abbey (Notre-Dame des Alpes - de Alpibus) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Saint-Jean-d'Aulps in the Haute-Savoie department , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , in France . It is located around 25 km southeast of Thonon-les-Bains in the valley of the Dranse de Morzine .
history
The monastery was founded between 1094 and 1097 by Benedictine monks from the Molesme monastery on a site donated by Count Humbert II of Savoy and equipped with the entire central Danube valley. Under the second abbot, St. Guérin , the monastery achieved its independence from Molesmes. Aulps founded the Hautecombe monastery in 1119 . In 1136 it joined the Cistercian Order after Bernhard von Clairvaux had stayed there a year earlier. It submitted to the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The church and the convent building were then with funds from Count Humbert III. built by Savoy . The monastery, which prospered in the 12th and 13th centuries, was given lands in Chablais , Faucigny , Genevois and the Free County of Burgundy. In the 14th century there were disputes with the Abondance monastery . In 1468 the financially shattered monastery fell in Kommende , which was interrupted from 1536 to 1569 by an occupation from the Valais . The last Commendatarabbot died in 1764, afterwards the abbot dignity came to the Bishop of Chambéry . Shortly before secularization, the number of monks had dropped to six. In 1792 Savoy was occupied by French troops and in 1793 the monastery was closed. In 1824 the previously intact abbey was blown up in order to gain building material for the reconstruction of the burned down parish church. In 1902 the still-preserved ruin was classified as a monument historique . The facility was cleared from 1930 to 1935. In recent years, a museum has been set up in the agricultural property on the site.
Buildings and plant
The facade with an oculus with five openings and the ogival portal, which has lost its side columns, has been preserved from the 52.5 m long and including the side aisles 19 m wide and 16 m high. The width of the transept is 29.5 m. The three western bays of the wall on the north side of the five-bay nave are completely preserved up to the eaves level. The wall structure is three-zone, above the ogival arcades there is a blind gallery with coupled ogival blind windows, which are divided by a column with a bud cap, and above this the upper aisle with round-arched windows. The nave was vaulted with cross ribs, only the vault approaches with bud capitals that only lead to the upper edge of the triforium have survived. Only small remains of the transept and the rectangular, closed eastern section have survived. The almost complete enclosure was located south of the church and is followed by a lower terrace.
literature
- Anselme Dimier , Jean Porcher: The Art of the Cistercians in France. Echter, Würzburg 1986, ISBN 3-429-01026-8 , p. 337.
- Jean Favre, Louis Charnavel: L'Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Aulps. La Perfection n'est pas autre chose que l'Effort constant vers la Perfection. Editions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-077-2 .
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 456.
- Anne Baud: L'abbaye d'Aulps: Archeology et réhabilitation. In: Dossiers d'Archéologie. No. 340, 2010, ISSN 1141-7137 , pp. 38-43.
