Holzen Monastery
Kloster Holzen is a former Benedictine - Abbey in Allmannshofen in Bavaria in the diocese of Augsburg . Holzen is west of the B2 ( Augsburg - Donauwörth ) near Nordendorf above the Schmutter .
Todays use
Holzen Monastery is part of the Dominikus ring iron factory . The facility for people with disabilities, based in Ursberg, offers living and working opportunities for people with disabilities. The monastery church of St. John the Baptist dates from 1704 and is characterized by the lavish baroque furnishings with rich stucco by Benedikt Vogel and figures by the god of honor Bernhard Bendl . In the western part of the monastery there is a conference hotel, which offers accommodation for cyclists on the Romantic Road .
history
The monastery "am Neuwasser" (a tributary of the Schmutter ), called "zum Holz" since the beginning of the 13th century after partial relocation, was founded in 1150 by Marquard von Donnersberg as a double Benedictine monastery below the current location. After the fire of the Salmannshofen monastery in 1401, the properties of the monastery and the parish were incorporated into Holzen. After the women's convention was enlarged in the 15th century, the men's convention was dissolved in 1470 as part of the introduction of the Melker reform .
Between 1538 and 1553, Maria Langenmantel vom Sparren was the abbess (master) . She is described in the annals as "very capable" and was the sister of the Freising Canon Christoph Langenmantel (1488–1538), who helped Luther to escape in Augsburg in 1518 . The monastery complex suffered severe damage during the Peasants' War and the Schmalkaldic War. In 1556, the abbess Barbara von Welden began to rebuild the monastery and church.
At the end of the 17th century (1696 to 1704) the monastery was rebuilt on the Karlsberg (consecration of the new monastery church in 1710). A pilgrimage to the Divine Child began in 1740 . The monastery - an abbey since 1617 - was abolished in 1802 as part of the secularization and passed into the possession of the princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen together with the Augustinian canons of Beuron . However, the nuns were allowed to stay in the monastery.
In 1813 the entire former monastery complex came to the Counts of Fischler-Treuberg by marriage . The painter Wilhelm Leibl lived on Gut Holzen from July to October 1877 . At that time, Holzen briefly became a meeting point for the Munich painters' circle around Leibl. His famous portrait of Raisin Edle von Poschinger (a sister of the Bismarck biographer Heinrich von Poschinger , married to Count Ferdinand Fischler von Treuberg , died August 31, 1935 in Holzen) was created at Gut Holzen . Leibl also painted a picture of Count Treuberg, sitting on a horse in a stable. Their son, Ernst Ludwig Graf Fischler von Treuberg, married Hetta Countess Treuberg in 1904 , a later well-known Berlin pacifist who often stayed on his estate in Holzen until his divorce in 1914.
Since Ferdinand Fischler von Treuberg was a relative of Dom Pedro II , Emperor of Brazil, the Emperor visited Holzen frequently. The apostolic nuncio to the King of Bavaria, Carlo Caputo , was also a frequent guest at Holzen until his death. Many diplomats, soldiers and politicians were present at the Count's regular hunts, including the son of the then Bavarian Prime Minister Clemens von Podewils-Dürnitz .
After the Counts of Treuberg got into economic difficulties, the St. Joseph Congregation in Ursberg acquired the building through an intermediary in 1927 and set up a facility for people with disabilities there. Since 1996, the Dominikus -ringenisen-Werk is an independent church foundation under public law.
The formerly belonging to the monastery Holzen Good Schwaighof nearby is today a well-known Trakehner - Stud and has a park, by the significant landscape architect Harry Maasz was created.
Possessions
In the 15th and 16th centuries, the convent acquired the villages of Allmannshofen, Druisheim , Heretsried and Osterbuch . Until secularization, possessions expanded to include the villages of Ortlfingen , Blankenburg and Feigenhofen .
Johannimarkt
Every year at Midsummer a traditional fair takes place in the Holzen Monastery, the Johannimarkt . In Advent there is a small Christmas market with a petting zoo on Sundays.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Seifert : Hoch-Adeliche Stamm-Taffeln , Part 3, Regensburg, 1726, 2. Stammtafel der Langenmantel; (Digital scan)
- ^ Walter Pötzl : Kloster Holzen: a jewel of the Swabian Baroque , Konrad Verlag, 2009, ISBN 3874375447 , p. 53; (Detail scan)
- ^ Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches , Volume 84, p. 410, Pustet Verlag, 1973; (Detail scan)
- ↑ Ferienland Donau-Ries, Kirchen Klöster , Donauwörth o. J., p. 7
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: Johannimarkt attracts with a large selection
Web links
Allmannshofen with Hahnenweiler | Wood | Hermitage | Schwaighof
Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ′ 15.2 " N , 10 ° 48 ′ 53.5" E