Cistercian convent Mariazell zu Kalchrain
The Cistercian convent Mariazell zu Kalchrain or Kloster Kalchrain , Swiss German Chloschter Chalchere, was a convent of the Cistercian women in Hüttwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It belonged to the Diocese of Constance until 1814 and to Basel from 1828 . Father Abbot was initially the Abbot of Salem , from 1603 the Abbot of Wettingen . The monastery founded in the 14th century was closed in 1848.
history
The monastery was founded between 1324 and 1331 by the Lords of Klingenberg as the cell of Our Lady of Kalchrain . Bishop Konrad von Freising is named as the builder and founder of the Kalchrain monastery in 1331. Through his mediation, the Cistercian Sisters received the church sentence for Herdern from the St. Gallen monastery . The foundation moves the monastery tradition to the year 1230 and attributes it to Ulrich Walter von Klingen . An initial promotion by the Lords of Blades is certain.
Kalchrain was probably first occupied by Feldbach nuns ; The first abbess is mentioned in 1336 . The monastery estates, including the Kalchrain, Moorwilen (municipality of Hüttwilen ), Buch bei Frauenfeld and Bietenhard (municipality of Lustdorf ) farms , were only able to supply a small convent . There was no separate jurisdiction .
The screen Highness went in 1460 with the Landgraviate Thurgau to the federal locations over. In 1481 Kalchrain sank to the priory . In addition to the fire of 1521, the Reformation contributed to the partial decline. In 1539 only the prioress Agnes Kantegiesser lived in Kalchrain, in 1556 five conventual women and three "old (reformed?) Women" lived in Kalchrain. Since the material basis was created after 1553 under direct federal administration, Kalchrain became an abbey again with a decision of the diary in 1562. From 1563 to 1577, Abbess Catherina Schmid from Magdenau rebuilt parts of the monastery square, whereby the founding structure of the church was preserved. In the 17th to 18th centuries, the convent experienced a religious, personal and, thanks to foundations, also an economic boom. In 1720, 21 women choirs and 7 lay sisters lived in the Kalchrain monastery.
In 1697 Caspar Moosbrugger planned the new baroque building of the monastery complex. His brother, Johann III. Moosbrugger, directed the construction work.
The monastery had survived several fire disasters, the Reformation and earthquakes when it was repealed by the Thurgau government in 1848. Abbess and convent temporarily moved to the former Paradies monastery . The convent was re-established in 1856 in the Mariastern-Gwiggen Abbey .
Todays use
In the former monastery buildings, a cantonal forced labor institute , known since 1942 as a work education institute , was set up in 1849 . In 2013 it was renamed “Kalchrain Measures Center”. Today it is used for the training of criminal young male adults.
literature
- Maria Marcella Kugler: Kalchrain. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
This article is largely based on the entry in the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS), which, according to the HLS's usage information, is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Distribution under the same conditions 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ National map of Switzerland 1: 25,000 sheets Frauenfeld, 1990
- ↑ Kalchrain Measures Center - History ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Canton of Thurgau, accessed on September 16, 2016.
Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '39.6 " N , 8 ° 53' 22.1" E ; CH1903: 709,084 / two hundred seventy-four thousand three hundred seventy-seven