Fürstenzell Monastery
| Fürstenzell Monastery | |
|---|---|
 The facade of the monastery church |
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| location |
Germany Bavaria |
| Lies in the diocese | Diocese of Passau |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 31 '16.3 " N , 13 ° 19' 10.7" E |
| founding year | 1274 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1803 |
| Mother monastery | Aldersbach Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Morimond Monastery |
The Monastery Fürstenzell is a former Cistercian - Abbey in Fürstenzell in Bavaria in the diocese of Passau . It was a subsidiary of the Aldersbach Monastery from the filiation of the Morimond Primary Abbey - Ebrach Monastery .
history
The monastery, first consecrated to St. Laurentius and later to St. Mary, was founded in 1274 by Magister Hartwig, Passau canon and court chaplain of Duke Heinrich XIII. from Lower Bavaria , with whose help founded. On Henry XIII. also refers to the name "Fürstenzell" (Cella principis). In Advent 1274, the first Cistercians, coming from Aldersbach Abbey, moved in here. In May 1275 the monk Walter was elected first abbot.
In addition to the abbey church, the monastery also had a special port church . Among the abbots Abundus II (1707–1727), Stephan III. (1727–1761) and Otto II. (1761–1792) the monastery had its heyday with the construction of the current church. It was dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization . The abbey church was replaced by the parish church in Unterirsham , which was then demolished in 1807 , and the monastery buildings were acquired by the Wieninger family, who sold them to the episcopal brewery Hacklberg in 1928 .
In 1930, Marists acquired the monastery and set up a missionary seminar here. In World War II, one was in the monastery infirmary been established. In 1948 the order founded the Marist high school in Fürstenzell , and from 1970 to 1990 the school's boarding school was set up here. Subsequently, part of the building served as a spiritual education center for the Diocese of Passau until 2004 . In 2007 the Marists sold the monastery to CNP International.
Monastery Church of the Assumption of Mary
The first monastery church was consecrated in 1334 by Auxiliary Bishop Theoderich from Passau. It was baroque in the 18th century, when the monastery was in its prime. Johann Michael Fischer continued the new building, begun in 1739 by Joseph Wolff and the Passau sculptor and architect Joseph Matthias Götz , through his partner Martin Wöger. In 1740 the roof was put in place, in 1744 the facade was created, in 1745 the construction was completed except for the south tower, which was only built in 1774. In 1748 the church was consecrated by the Passau prince-bishop Joseph Dominikus von Lamberg .
Because of its size, the church is also known as the "Cathedral of the Red Valley". The wide double tower facade has a figure of Immaculata above the portal , with Saints Benedict and Bernhard to the side .
The interior follows the scheme of a pilaster church . The high altar, completed in 1741, is by Johann Baptist Straub , the side altars from 1720 to 1730 by Joseph Matthias Götz. The stucco work was done by Johann Baptist Modler , the frescoes and the high altar picture of the Assumption of Mary and other altar pictures by Johann Jakob Zeiller .
Above the choir, Zeiller painted the Adoration of the Lamb according to the Revelation of John . The 30 meter long and 15 meter wide ceiling painting in the nave shows the Cistercians, led by allegorical figures of the vows and virtues, on the clouds in front of Mary and the Most Holy Trinity. The outcasts, however, fall down.
Monastery building
The monastery buildings are also important. They were built around an inner courtyard in 1687, the west and south wings were redesigned around 1770 under Abbot Otto Prasser. The ballroom or prince's hall (now the chapel) was decorated with ceiling paintings by Bartolomeo Altomonte in 1733 , the former dining room by Johann Gfall . The stairwell is spanned by a painting by Zeiller from around 1765. The library room was built after 1770. Joseph Deutschmann from Passau created the carvings, especially the gallery railing resting on atlases with numerous putti and ornaments. Above the side staircases, putti fence allegorically with sausages instead of weapons. The ceiling fresco by Zeiller and Matthäus Günther was removed in the 19th century.
literature
- Albert Bücker: 900 years of the parish, 700 years of the Fürstenzell monastery. Kloster, Fürstenzell 1975.
- Norbert Lieb, Josef Sagmeister: Former Fürstenzell Cistercian Abbey Church. Series: Little Art Guides. Schnell and Steiner, 2003.
- Rainer A. Roth, Josef Sagmeister: From crook to the Bavarian lion - 1803: the secularization of the Fürstenzell monastery. Ed. Volksbildungswerk Fürstenzell eV GraphX Werbestudio, Fürstenzell 2003.
- August Wieschemeyer (text): The library in the Fürstenzell monastery and its atlases. Kloster, Fürstenzell 1979.
Web links
- Fürstenzell Monastery , basic data in the database of monasteries in Bavaria in the House of Bavarian History
- Monastery garden of the Cistercian Fürstenzell , accessed on May 26, 2011