Blieskastel Monastery

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Pilgrimage monastery Blieskastel
Holy Cross Chapel

The Blieskastel Monastery is a monastery of the Franciscan Minorites in Blieskastel in Saarland . The monastery is an important pilgrimage site in the Speyer diocese . In the list of monuments of the Saarland, the monastery is a single monument in the ensemble monastery "On the Han" listed.

history

Part of today's monastery complex is the Holy Cross Chapel, built in 1682/83 . It contains the Pietà “ Our Lady with the Arrows ” from the 14th century . It is the reason for the pilgrimages to the Blieskastel monastery.

The Pietà in the Holy Cross Chapel attracted more and more devotees of Mary at the beginning of the 20th century, with the result that the clergy of the Blieskasteler parish could soon no longer cope with the pilgrimage pastoral care of the pilgrims .

That is why the Speyer Bishop Ludwig Sebastian called on May 25, 1924 Capuchins from the Bavarian Order Province to take care of the pastoral care of the pilgrimage to Blieskastel. In the same year, the construction of the monastery building began according to the plans of the architect Hans Herkommer ( Stuttgart ). The groundbreaking ceremony took place on September 22nd, 1924, followed by the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone on October 5th, 1924 . On 5 July 1925, the monastery was by the Provincial inaugurated Emmeram glass Schröder, and moved on August 10, 1925, the new local superior , Father Justin Bettinger (1887-1947), a nephew of the late 1917 Munich Archbishop Francis Cardinal of Bettinger , another with seven Capuchins the monastery building near the Kreuzkapelle. Bettinger headed the monastery from 1925 to 1928, again in 1935 and finally from 1938 until his death.

In 1975 the order celebrated the 50th anniversary of the monastery.

On July 10, 2005, the Franciscan Minorites of the province of Krakow took over the monastery and pilgrimage from the Bavarian Capuchins.

Monastery church

Monastery church
View inside the monastery church

As the number of pilgrims kept increasing, there was no longer enough space in the Kreuzkapelle. In order to enable the numerous pilgrims to take part in the service , a house chapel was set up in the monastery building and inaugurated by Bishop Sebastian in October 1925. But the space of this chapel was not enough either, so it was decided to build a large pilgrimage hall. Contrary to the original determination of a church, which on Easter Sunday 1929 Bishop Sebastian in honor of "was from the Pilgrim Hall Sorrowful Mother " consecrated was.

In 1946 the church was restored according to plans by the architect Weis ( Saarbrücken ). Another restoration took place in 1970-72 when the altar wall was redesigned.

As part of the renovation and redesigning measures, the monastery church received a new altar , which was consecrated on May 1, 1970 by Speyer Bishop Friedrich Wetter , accompanied by Dean Josef Neufeld, the pastor at the time in Blieskastel and Father Zeno Ganser, Guardian of the Capuchin monastery.

The organ of the church was built in 1972 by Hugo Mayer Orgelbau ( Heusweiler ). The slider chests -instrument has 18 registers distributed between two manuals and pedal . The playing and stop action is electric. The organ is set up on a gallery and has a free-standing console . The disposition is as follows:

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Principal 8th'
2. Gemshorn 8th'
3. Octave 4 ′
4th Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Forest flute 2 ′
6th mixture 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
7th Trumpet 8th'
II Positive C-g 3
8th. Dumped 8th'
9. flute 4 ′
10. Principal 2 ′
11. Third flute 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
12. Cymbel 2 ⁄ 3 ′
13. Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
14th Sub-bass 16 ′
15th Wooden principal 8th'
16. Chorale flute 4 ′
17th Back set 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
18th bassoon 16 ′
  • Coupling : II / I, I / P, II / P
  • Playing aids : two free combinations, tutti, individual tongue storage

Holy door

Bronze shield "Holy Gate"

On the occasion of the Holy Year of Mercy , Pope Francis allowed the bishops, episcopal churches , concathedrals , churches of outstanding importance and pilgrimage shrines to open a Holy Door for the duration of the Holy Year in the Bull Misericordiae vultus . The church of the Blieskastel pilgrimage monastery, along with the Speyer Cathedral , the Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary in Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim and the Maria Rosenberg Spiritual Center in Waldfischbach-Burgalben, was selected as one of only 4 churches in the Speyer diocese . The ceremonial opening of the Holy Door (the entrance portal of the monastery church) took place on December 20, 2015, as part of a divine service, by the cathedral capitular Dr. Christoph Kohl. A bronze plaque commemorating the Holy Door and the Year of Mercy is placed next to the entrance portal. The symbols and images shown on the sign are the logo of the Holy Year on the left with the motto Merciful as the Father and, on the lower right, the emblem of the Franciscan Minorites.

Monastery cemetery

Part of the front wall of the cemetery

At the back of the monastery, on the path between the park and the monastery, lies the monastery cemetery, separated from the path by a hedge. The brothers and fathers of the monastery were buried here between 1930 and 2005. No funerals have taken place since the Capuchin monastery was given up and taken over by the Franciscan Minorites in 2005. A total of 30 religious are buried in the cemetery. The stone crosses are kept simple and only bear the year of death in addition to the name of the deceased. Several niches with relief images of fathers and two nuns are let into the wall at the front. In the middle of this wall, between two stone slabs with the names of the deceased, protruding over the wall, there is a large niche with a gable, also protruding from the wall. On the gable is the inscription Whoever believes in me will live . In the niche there is a cross and the inscription Praise you, Lord, through our brother's death . In front of the niche are the figures of a priest and death. In this depiction, the father extends his hands to death. The scene shown is related to the song of the sun . This poem was probably written by Saint Francis of Assisi in late 1224 or early 1225, a year before his death on October 3, 1226.

Park

At the same time as the monastery, green spaces were created in the immediate vicinity, in which there are figural group representations by the local sculptor Karl Riemann.

The figurative representations are the brother man's hermitage with a hermit, picture oak and arrow shooters, a fountain with a saint figure by Konrad von Parzham with a miner and a peasant woman at his feet, a votive cross in the form of an Ecce homo - monument , representations of " Francis receives the stigmata" and "Francis preaches to the animals", as well as a Sacred Heart figure.

  • Francis of Assisi receives the stigmata

  • Brother Konrad Brunnen

  • Brudermannsklause

  • Francis preaches to animals

  • Ecce homo Monument

  • Sacred Heart of Jesus figure

Pilgrimage

The pilgrim's rest restaurant and hostel is also located in the monastery . In addition to food and drinks, it offers the opportunity to spend the night in the monastery. Former cells of the monks serve as rooms. The restaurant and hostel were renovated between 2010 and 2012. A family room and 5 double rooms with bunk beds are available. The cost of the renovation comes from funds from the Kreuzkapellen Foundation, the EU, the Saarpfalz district, the city of Blieskastel, the diocese of Speyer and the state of Saarland.

Regular events

  • Every year in June or July the monastery festival takes place in the monastery complex .
  • Every year on October 3rd there is a pet blessing as part of a devotion to the statue of St. Francis of Assisi.
  • Every year on Christmas Day at 3 p.m. the living nativity scene takes place with a nativity scene , live animals and the blessing of children.

literature

  • Bernhard H. Bonkhoff: The churches in the Saar-Palatinate district . Saarbrücken 1987, ISBN 3-925036-15-6 .

Web links

Commons : Blieskastel Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle (Blieskastel)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pilgrimage sites in the diocese of Speyer ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on: cms.bistum-speyer.de
  2. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.1 MB), accessed on July 24, 2012
  3. ↑ a b main building ( memento from June 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at: www.wallfahrtskloster-blieskastel.de, accessed on June 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ Emmeram (Christian name: Max) Glasschröder OFMCap. In: Critical online edition of the Nunciature reports Eugenio Pacellis (1917-1929) , biography no.14035 (as of December 16, 2913).
  5. ^ Bernhard Becker: Building history of the pilgrimage monastery Blieskastel. Online publication of the Blieskastel pilgrimage monastery, accessed in June 2020.
  6. ↑ Blieskastel and his miraculous image on: www.saarland-lese.de, accessed on June 15, 2013
  7. ↑ a b Klosterkirche on: www.wallfahrtskloster-blieskastel.de, accessed on June 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ a b The pilgrimage monastery and the Holy Cross Chapel On: www.blieskastel.de
  9. ↑ Information on the monastery church in painful mother on: www.kunstlexikonsaar.de, accessed on June 14, 2012
  10. ↑ Organ in Blieskastel, Monastery Church of the Sorrowful Mother of God. OrganIndex, accessed September 5, 2019 .
  11. ↑ MISERICORDIAE VULTUS Bull of Annunciation of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy On: w2.vatican.va, accessed on September 17, 2018
  12. ↑ Holy doors in the diocese of Speyer on: www.bistum-speyer.de, accessed on September 17, 2018
  13. ↑ Holy Gate in the Blieskastel Monastery ( memento from September 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) at: www.wallfahrtskloster-blieskastel.de, accessed on September 17, 2018
  14. ↑ Logo and motto Holy Year of Mercy On: www.barmherzigkeitsjahr.de, accessed on September 17, 2018
  15. ↑ Information boards of the monastery ( memento from September 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) at: www.wallfahrtskloster-blieskastel.de, accessed on September 19, 2018
  16. ↑ Klosterpark ( Memento from June 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at: www.wallfahrtskloster-blieskastel.de, accessed on June 14, 2013
  17. ↑ Pilgrims Rest On: www.wallfahrtskloster-blieskastel.de, accessed on September 20, 2018
  18. ↑ Herberge der Pilgerrast On: www.pilgerrast.de, accessed on September 20, 2018
  19. ↑ Reopening of the pilgrimage rest ( memento from September 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) at: www.wallfahrtskloster-blieskastel.de, accessed on September 20, 2018
  20. ↑ Klosterfest ( memento from September 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) On: www.wallfahrtskloster-blieskastel.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 28.3 "  N , 7 ° 15 ′ 29.2"  E