Hohenholte Monastery

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The Hohenholte monastery in the eponymous district of the municipality of Havixbeck was initially founded in 1142 as a settlement by Benedictines . As early as 1188 it passed into the hands of the Augustinians . In 1557 it was converted into a free worldly women's monastery . The institution was abolished in 1811/12. One of the last canons was Jenny von Droste zu Hülshoff , the sister of the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff .

history

In 1142 Liudbert (Lubbert) donated von Beveren ( Bevern ) called von Holenbeke own property for a settlement of Benedictines. In the same year, Bishop Werner von Münster consecrated the church of St. Maria and St. Georg. The first monks came from the St. Nicaise monastery in Reims . There the brother of the founder was a member of the convent before he became prior in Hohenholte.

Since 1188 it has been converted into an Augustinian monastery. At the same time the church was rebuilt. In 1557, under Wilhelm Ketteler (bishop) , the monastery was transformed into a free worldly women's monastery, like other monasteries in which order could no longer be established after the reformation unrest. Two of his abbesses, Elisabeth († 1510), a sister of the Münster mayor Johann VII. Droste zu Hülshoff during the time of the monastery, and Maria († 1714) during the time of the nunnery came, like other canonesses, from the Droste family to Hülshoff . Abbess at the time the foundation stone was laid for the new Baroque church in 1732 was Ferdinande von Weichs zur Wenne . Besides her there were fifteen other canonesses from the ministerial nobility . It was the least significant pen in Westphalia. After the Prussian occupation of the Münster bishopric , the monastery was initially retained as a supply institution for noble women. In 1810 there was still an amateur theater in Hohenholte, in which the young poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff once participated. At the time of Napoleon's rule, the monastery was abolished in 1811/12.

buildings

Before 1504, the nuns' buildings and the bath, bakery and brewery were badly damaged by a village fire. A dispute between Abbess Elisabeth von Droste zu Hülshoff and the nuns over the burdens of reconstruction and the maintenance of the nuns was settled by arbitrators in 1504. The abbess took over this to a large extent and also undertook to build an infirmary and to reorganize the administration. Among the witnesses of this settlement were the incumbent mayor of Münster, Johann von der Tinnen and Everwin II von Droste zu Handorf .

The abbey was rebuilt around 1700. It was demolished at the end of the 19th century. The monastery church was also rebuilt in 1738 according to plans by Peter Pictorius and partially rebuilt in the 19th century. Today the church presents itself as a small, baroque hall church with four bays with 3/6 choir. Today it serves as a parish church. Inside there is a crucifixion relief from around 1530/40 and the epitaph of the Prioress Richmond von Warendorp . This came from the sculptor Johann Brabender . In the west of the church there is a one-story chapter house with partially walled-up windows.

See also: Hohenholte Collegiate Church .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilderich von Droste zu Hülshoff : 900 years Droste zu Hülshoff . Verlag LPV Hortense von Gelmini, Horben 2018, ISBN 978-3-936509-16-8
  2. ^ Johann Holsenbürger: The gentlemen v. Eckenbrock (by Droste-Hülshoff) and their possessions. 2 volumes, Regensberg, Münster iW 1868/1869 digitized. Vol. 1: 1209-1570. 1868. Vol. 2: 1570-1798. 1869.
  3. ^ Heinrich Pompey : A Westphalian priestly life in the middle of the 18th century , Neustadt / Aisch 1964
  4. ↑ Cornelia Blasberg / Jochen Grywatsch (eds.) Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Handbook, Berlin, Boston, 2018, p. 464
  5. ↑ Contract between the Abbess Elisabeth von Droste and the common maids of Hohenholte regarding the reconstruction of the burned houses from 1504, portal of the NRW archives

Coordinates: 51 ° 59 ′ 46 ″  N , 7 ° 27 ′ 36 ″  E