Ilm Monastery
Monastery Ilm was an important medieval Cistercian - Kloster in Thuringia , located on the eponymous river Ilm .
The monastery was founded in 1275 in the city of Ilm (today Stadtilm ) by Count Günther VII. Von Schwarzburg on the site of the current town hall of Stadtilm by moving the Cistercian monastery in Saalfeld to Stadtilm. In 1287 the monastery was consecrated, which in addition to Maria and Benedict of Nursia also dedicated to St. Nicholas of Myra was consecrated.
The first abbess was Irmengard, a daughter of Günther VII. The Counts of Schwarzburg exercised the bailiff over the monastery.
On January 17, 1492 there was a fire in the monastery, in which the dormitory and the cloister were destroyed and the inventory was damaged.
During the Peasants War , Count Günther XXII. (XXXIX.) Von Schwarzburg , " der Bremer ", secretly bring the treasures of the Cistercian monastery to Arnstadt on April 23, 1525 (including the monastery archives) to protect them from looting by rebel farmers.
The monastery existed for around 250 years. As a result of the Reformation , Stadtilm became Protestant in 1533, the monastery was secularized in 1540. The property ( Seebergen Office ) went to the Counts of Schwarzburg as chamber property. The last abbess, Countess Margarete von Schwarzburg, left the city.
Large parts of the buildings fell into disrepair. It was not until 1599 that the Stadtilm contract was concluded between the church and the nobility and the disputes over ownership of the former monastery were settled. From 1628 the sons of Count Albrecht VII had the building converted into Schloss Stadtilm .
During the great city fire of August 1, 1780, the castle built after 1628 (with the exception of the crypt and the tower) also fell victim to the flames.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 27.7 " N , 11 ° 4 ′ 43.3" E