Drübeck Abbey

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Overview Drübeck Abbey and Abbey Garden
St. Vitus Monastery Church
Drübeck Abbey from the east

The monastery Drübeck is a former Benedictine - Abbey in Ilsenburg (Harz) (district Drübeck ) on the northern edge of the Harz in Saxony-Anhalt . Today it is a conference center of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany with a pedagogical and theological institute, a house of silence, a pastoral college and a media center.

history

The Drübeck nunnery was mentioned for the first time as Drubechi in a document from King Otto I dated September 10, 960 . An older document dated January 26, 877 was identified as a forgery.

On September 8, 980 Otto II confirmed the free election of abbesses in his royal court in Bodfeld, and thus the special legal status of the monastery. In the 10th century, the monastery thus enjoyed privileges like the imperial abbeys in Gandersheim and Quedlinburg .

In the turmoil of the Reformation and the Peasants' War , monastery life died out for a short time. In 1687 the monastery buildings were transferred to the Counts of Stolberg -Wernigerode, who at the same time established a Protestant women's monastery here. At the request of the last abbess Magdalena in 1946, the Protestant church province of Saxony took over the Drübeck monastery as a rest home and conference center. The last canon died on January 29, 1976 at the age of 88. The Pedagogical-Theological Institute, the Pastoral College and the House of Silence have been located in Drübeck Abbey since 1996.

It is located as a station on the Harzer Klosterwanderweg .

Building history

Interior of the monastery church to the southeast

The earliest news about the building comes from August 1, 1004. A certificate from Heinrich II shows that a new building or extensive renovation was carried out. The flat-roofed Basilica of St. Vitus was created with three double bays and a simple change of supports in the nave. The central nave walls, five columns with Ottonian capitals and the south arm of the transept of this building are still preserved today.

More recently, new excavations have been carried out, which have uncovered an angular foundation train in the transept area in addition to the north nave, which was lost around 1660. This could have belonged to a predecessor.

In the 12th century extensive renovations took place, the imposing west wing with the two towers was built, the church vaulted and the staggered choir was added.

Heavy destruction took place during the Peasants' War, and a fire was even started in 1599 by a band of robbers whose leader was never caught. Only poorly repaired, it was rebuilt in the baroque period.

In the 1950s, attempts were made to partially peel back the original structure, half of the crypt was exposed again. The buildings of the monastery are part of the Romanesque Road , a holiday route in Saxony-Anhalt .

Monuments

Presumably grave slab of Abbess Adelbrin

Adelbrin († around 900) was the legendary first abbess of the monastery. The non-contemporary funerary monument is kept in the crypt of the church, which is accessible from the outside. It is a sandstone figure grave slab leaning against the wall, the narrow side of which leans against a simple grave slab. Adelbrin is considered a legendary monastery founder and saint. She is said to have been the sister of the two legendary monastery founders Theti and Wikker and the first abbess of the convent.

altar

The three-part altarpiece , a late Gothic carving, shows the coronation of Mary by Christ in half-relief , flanked by male and female saints.

Furnishing

Bell jar

The extremely valuable bell is the work of an unknown master and was created in 1449.

Gardens

The monastery gardens are part of the tourism project " Garden Dreams - Historic Parks in Saxony-Anhalt ". Today's outdoor facilities were designed based on a plan drawn by JA Dieckmann in 1737. After the property was taken over by the Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode, the courtyard and gardens were redesigned. In this context, the canons' gardens with the houses of prayer and the abbess's garden were laid out, which again belong to the present day garden.

In this context, a summer linden tree was planted in the cloister courtyard around 1730 . This almost 300 year old "monastery linden tree" is one of the natural monuments in the Harz district today . Their trunk measures 5.56 meters in circumference.

photos

  • Drübeck Abbey, aerial photo (2015)

  • Westwork

  • House of silence

  • inner space

  • Altarpiece

  • crypt

literature

Web links

Commons : Kloster Drübeck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ekmd.de: Burnout information on prevention, immediate measures and long-term offers of help for personnel managers in the Evangelical Church in Central Germany , PDF
  2. ↑ "At the request and with the consent of Bishop Hildiward (von Halberstadt), Margrave Dietrich and Count Wigger, Otto grants the Drübeck nunnery immunity and the right to freely elect its abbess, following the example of Gandersheim and Quedlinburg" in: RI II , 2 n.820 online ; (accessed December 18, 2016).

Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 21 ″  N , 10 ° 42 ′ 53 ″  E