Donndorf Monastery

Donndorf Monastery Rural community town of Roßleben-Wiehe Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 45 ″ N , 11 ° 21 ′ 26 ″ E
Height :	180 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	1928
Incorporated into:	Donndorf
Postal code :	06571
Area code :	034672
	Donndorf Monastery Church (2014)

Donndorf Monastery (Latin: Monasterium monialium in Thundorff ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the district of Roßleben-Wiehe of the same name in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia .

location

Donndorf Monastery is located west of Donndorf behind a forest to the south-east, connected by a connecting road to Donndorf on the edge of the Thuringian Basin .

history

The monastery was first mentioned in a document in 1250. Before 1272 it is very likely that the Cistercian women of the Bachra Monastery moved to Donndorf.

During the Peasants' War in 1525, insurgent peasants stormed the area. In the course of the Reformation , the nunnery was closed and converted into a Latin school. Since 1540 the barons of Werthern-Wiehe have determined the monastery , and since 1869 the barons Werthern-Bachra. 170 hectares of land and 250 hectares of forest were cultivated. In 1928 the monastery was incorporated into Donndorf. In 1945 the von Werthern family was expropriated without compensation. 1994–1996 the most important buildings of the monastery were renovated at a cost of 6 million euros. In 1996 the rural home elementary school moved in .

Attractions

The entire complex with partly historical pavement and old buildings is worth seeing.

Entrance to the monastery
Steps in the monastery
Coat of arms over the crypt
Church in the monastery

literature

Matthias Ludwig: Donndorf . In: The monastic and nunnery monasteries of the Cistercians in Hesse and Thuringia , Bd. 1, berarb. by Friedhelm Jürgensmeier and Regina Elisabeth Schwerdtfeger (= Germania Benedictina Vol. IV / 1). St. Ottilien 2011, pp. 370-382, ISBN 978-3-8306-7450-4 .

Web links

Commons : Donndorf Monastery - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the German Foundation for Monument Protection

Individual evidence

↑ Johannes Mötsch: Bachra . In: Historical section of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy (ed.): The monasteries and nunneries of the Cistercians in Hesse and Thuringia . Friedhelm Jürgenmeister, Regina Elisabeth Schertfeger (= Germania Benedictina ). tape IV , no. 1 . EOS Verlag Archabbey St. Ottilien , Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-8306-7450-4 , p. 193-196 .
↑ see: E. Böhme and E. Geiling: Contributions to the history of the monastery and monastery school Donndorf , Wiehe 1911
^ Website of the Ländliche Heimvolkshochschule Thüringen eV. Accessed on March 1, 2012

[1] Johannes Mötsch: Bachra . In: Historical section of the Bavarian Benedictine Academy (ed.): The monasteries and nunneries of the Cistercians in Hesse and Thuringia . Friedhelm Jürgenmeister, Regina Elisabeth Schertfeger (= Germania Benedictina ). tape IV , no. 1 . EOS Verlag Archabbey St. Ottilien , Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-8306-7450-4 , p. 193-196 .

[2] see: E. Böhme and E. Geiling: Contributions to the history of the monastery and monastery school Donndorf , Wiehe 1911

[3] Website of the Ländliche Heimvolkshochschule Thüringen eV. Accessed on March 1, 2012