Gotteszell Monastery (Schwäbisch Gmünd)
The Dominican nunnery of Gotteszell was outside the city walls of the imperial city of Schwäbisch Gmünd . Today it is used as a prison for women under the name Schwäbisch Gmünd prison .
history
That the Diocese of Augsburg belonging convent of Dominican nuns was founded according to tradition in 1240, the first documentary evidence dates from 1246 and was already talking of a solid, monastic community. The monastery church is mentioned for the first time in 1259, and the stonemason marks on the choir can also be dated to the middle of the 13th century. It was under the Dominicans in Esslingen until 1289 , from which time the newly founded Dominican monastery in Gmünd took over the spiritual supervision. In contrast to the Sisters of the Soul of St. Ludwig in Gmünder Klösterle , the Gotteszell Monastery was founded for the purpose of caring for the unmarried women of the city patriciate and the nobility of the surrounding areas, so life in the Gotteszell Monastery is said to have corresponded to the noble style.
The patronage of the monastery lay with the imperial city Schwäbisch Gmünd, whereby the monastery had already been exempted from duties and taxes by King Heinrich VII in 1309 . In 1659 there was a trial in which the monastery accused the Gmünders of failing to fulfill their duties. In 1449 the monastery was so badly damaged in the war between cities that the monastery was forced to sell in the following years. In 1525 the monastery was attacked by farmers and partly burned down, in 1546 by Hessian soldiers, so that there was extensive repair work and new buildings. In 1609 there was another fire, which was described as a "terrible heat", but the extent of which must have been kept within limits, because the damage had already been repaired in 1610. In the 18th century the monastery was expanded to include a palace-like representative wing in the west.
In 1803 the monastery was closed in the course of secularization . The church treasure was brought to Ludwigsburg and the altars were sold. The convent was allowed to live in the cloister buildings for another five years until 1808 , while the remaining buildings such as cattle sheds, mills and fruit barrels were leased or converted to other uses.
Ulm sister book
Probably in Gotteszell a sisters' book was created with records of the nuns' experiences of grace, which was then misleadingly passed down as the so-called Ulm Sisters' Book.
Monastery church
The Gothic , Baroque-style former monastery church of the Annunciation serves as the church of the penal institution.
literature
- Gerhard Kolb: The Dominican convent Gotteszell, a foundation of the Staufer period. In: KJ Herrmann (ed.): The Staufer and Schwäbisch Gmünd . Schwäbisch Gmünd 1977, pp. 95-128 ( online ).
- Klaus Graf : Gmünd in the late Middle Ages . In: History of the City of Schwäbisch Gmünd. Stuttgart 1984, pp. 87-184, 564-590, here pp. 157-161 ( doi : 10.6094 / UNIFR / 10310 ).
- Klaus Graf: Gmünder Chroniken in the 16th century . Schwäbisch Gmünd 1984, pp. 154-156 ( online ).
- Klaus Graf: Nuns from Gotteszell Monastery near Schwäbisch Gmünd. To the place of origin of the so-called "Ulmer sister book". In: Rottenburger yearbook for church history. 3: 191-195 (1984) (online) .
- Richard Strobel, State Monuments Office Baden-Württemberg: The art monuments of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd . Volume 4: Churches and secular buildings outside the old town, districts. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-422-06381-1 .
Web links
- Dominican convent Gotteszell in the database of monasteries in Baden-Württemberg of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
- Outdated illustration by Michael Grimm
- Sister books: Ulmer sister book
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prison Schwäbisch Gmünd - History and Buildings , accessed on December 3, 2010.
- ↑ 200 years of prison in Schwäbisch Gmünd - the "Gotteszell" prison celebrates its anniversary , Ministry of Justice Baden-Württemberg , accessed December 3, 2010.
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Bargau: Jakobuskirche | Bed rings: Church of the Resurrection of Christ | St. Cyriacus | Felix Chapel | Friedenskirche | Ottilienkirche | Church of Reconciliation | Burgholz: St. Nemesius Degenfeld: Mariä Namen and St. Sebastian | St. Sebastian and Walburga | Großdeinbach: St. Bernhard (†) | Christ the King | Evangelical Church | Herlikofen: St. Alban | Hussenhofen: Johanneskirche | St. Leonhard | Lindach: Holy Spirit Church | St. Nicholas | Rechberg: Pilgrimage Church of St. Maria | Rehnenhof-Wetzgau: St. Coloman | Mary Queen | Martin Luther Church | Rehnenhof Chapel | Straßdorf: Alt-St. Cyriak | New St. Cyriak | Lady Chapel | Hamlet in the mountains: St. Michael | Rooms: St. John Baptist
Monasteries: Augustinian Monastery | Dominican convent Gotteszell | Franciscan monastery | Capuchin monastery of St. Ulrich (†) | Franciscan convent St. Ludwig | Convent of the Franciscan Sisters of Eternal Adoration | Preacher's monastery
(†): Sacred building no longer exists
Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 16.6 " N , 9 ° 48 ′ 39.6" E