Karthaus Monastery (Konz)

Church and parts of the monastery that have been preserved in 2016

St. Alban in front of the Trier city wall
(engraving from 1646, probably based on a view from 1548/50)

Baroque Karthaus (St. Bruno) monastery,
18th century copper engraving

Karthaus monastery as it is today (2014) from the west

Location of the Karthaus monastery, referred to as "Chartreuse", on the Tranchot-Müffling map from 1820

The Karthaus monastery is a former Carthusian monastery in Konz on the Moselle in Rhineland-Palatinate and a station on the Rhenish Jakobsweg . It was originally founded at the gates of Trier.

history

The monastery of St. Alban in Trier was founded by Archbishop Balduin von Trier in 1331. The monastery was located at the foot of the Heiligkreuzberg immediately south of the Kaiserthermen and thus at the gates of the city. The Carthusian monks Adolf von Essen († 1439) and Dominikus von Prussia († 1460) worked here in the 15th century, who invented and spread today's form of the rosary .

During the wars of reunion , in 1674, like most of the other monasteries in front of the city walls of Trier, on the orders of the French commander Pierre Comte de Vignory , St. Alban was closed down in order to deprive opposing troops of any possibility of cover.

Between 1680 and 1730 the Carthusian monastery (now St. Bruno ) was built in a new location in what was then Merzil (today Konz-Karthaus) according to plans by the Mainz builder Vitus Schneider. During the French Revolution, the monastery was closed and auctioned for demolition in 1804. In 1855, Franciscan nuns acquired the ruins and set up a monastery there. After a fire in 1884, the monastery was rebuilt in 1885–1887 based on the baroque plan. Further renovations took place in 1903, 1963 and 1987. Today the associated church of St. Johann serves as the Catholic parish church of Konz-Karthaus and the monastery buildings serve as the community center and cultural center of Konz. The gym of the monastery complex is used by the St. Johann Konz elementary school for school sports as well as used by the association Tischtennisfreunde (TTF) Konz.

investment

The nave with the high altar

Similar to the nearby Carthusian monastery of Rettel ( Moselle department ), the monastery complex is based on the Bosserville Carthusian monastery ( Meurthe-et-Moselle department ). A single-nave church in the central axis with a facade without a tower was originally joined by wings on both sides, which formed a kind of courtyard. Only the south wing, which was renovated in 1903, has survived.

The church facade with a portal-like structure with volute gables dates from the reconstruction in 1885 to 1887, but is based on the old plans. Inside, the church is structured by colossal Ionic pilasters that support a strong entablature. The ribless cross vaults were renewed during the reconstruction in the 19th century. The high altar from 1720 and a side altar from the mid-18th century have been preserved from the original furnishings. There are no remains of the large cloister with the little houses of the priests behind the church.

literature

Manfred Oldenburg: Trier , in: Monasticon Cartusiense , ed. by Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, Volume 2, Salzburg 2004, 571-576.

Web links

Commons : Karthaus Monastery (Konz) - Collection of images

Remarks

↑ Matthäus Merian's engraving from 1646 (red emphasis not in the original) is very similar to the woodcut of Trier from 1548 in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographiae Universalis (title: Situs & figura antiquissimae & praecipuae Medioniatricum ciuitatis Treuirensis), which is considered to be the first authentic cityscape of Trier. Although Merian's view is more detailed than the woodcut, it does not depict structural changes that were made between 1548 and 1646 (e.g. to the Constantine Basilica). Comparison of the woodcut in the Latin edition of Cosmographiae Universalis from 1550 on Historic Cities

Single receipts

^ Paths of the St. James pilgrims in the Rhineland ( Memento from May 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
^ Daniel Tibi: Rosenkranz , EOS-Verlag, St. Ottilien, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8306-7338-5 , p. 1; (PDF online edition)

49.7107 6.5928666666667Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 38.5 " N , 6 ° 35 ′ 34.3" E

[1] Matthäus Merian's engraving from 1646 (red emphasis not in the original) is very similar to the woodcut of Trier from 1548 in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographiae Universalis (title: Situs & figura antiquissimae & praecipuae Medioniatricum ciuitatis Treuirensis), which is considered to be the first authentic cityscape of Trier. Although Merian's view is more detailed than the woodcut, it does not depict structural changes that were made between 1548 and 1646 (e.g. to the Constantine Basilica). Comparison of the woodcut in the Latin edition of Cosmographiae Universalis from 1550 on Historic Cities

[2] Paths of the St. James pilgrims in the Rhineland ( Memento from May 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Daniel Tibi: Rosenkranz , EOS-Verlag, St. Ottilien, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8306-7338-5 , p. 1; (PDF online edition)