Hauteseille Monastery
| Hauteseille Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Ruin of the west facade |
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| location |
 Franceregion Grand Est department of Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Coordinates: | 48 ° 35 '21 " N , 6 ° 55' 35" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
146 |
| founding year | 1140 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1791 |
| Mother monastery | Theuley Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Morimond Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Hauteseille Monastery (Alta Silva; German: Hohenforst) is a former Cistercian abbey in the municipality of Cirey-sur-Vezouze in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department , Grand Est region , 27 km northeast of Baccarat , France.
history
In 1140 the Countess von Salm Agnes von Langstein founded the abbey as a subsidiary of Kloster Theuley from the filiation of the primary abbey Morimond . The church was consecrated in 1176 by the Bishop of Toul . In the wars of the 15th and 17th centuries, the monastery was badly affected. The baroque abbey buildings were built in 1737 by A. Malbert. The remains of the monastery that remained after a looting in 1789 were sold in 1791. The complex has been on the list of historical monuments since 1927 .
Buildings and plant
Part of the west facade of the three-aisled church with five nave and 10 aisle bays (see illustration), which had a three-sided choir closure and a transept, with a Romanesque portal flanked on both sides by two blind arches without a tympanum, has been preserved and windows as well as two oculi on the upper floor. The facade has been described by G. Durand (in Églises romanes des Vosges, 1913) as "the most elaborately decorated that there is on Lorraine soil". A baroque gatehouse and a farm yard used as an agricultural property have also been preserved.
literature
- Edmond de Martimprey de Romécourt: L'abbaye de Haute-Seille . In: Mémoires de la Société d'archéologie Lorraine. Series 3, Vol. 15, 1887, ZDB -ID 215218-6 , pp. 86-136.
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 229.
- Nicole Schieber: L'abbaye de Haute Seille: reconstruction au XVIIIe siècle d'une abbaye cistercienne médiévale. In: Le Pays Lorrain. Vol. 88, September 2007, ISSN 0031-3394 , pp. 153-160.
- Manfred Wundram (Ed.): Reclam's Art Guide France. Volume 3: Peter Volkelt , Horst van Hees: Lorraine, Ardennes, Eastern Champagne. Art monuments and museums (= Reclams Universal Library 10319). Reclam, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-15-010319-3 , pp. 103-105.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Abbaye de Haute-Seille (restes) in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)