Langwaden Monastery

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Langwaden Monastery
Langwaden Monastery
Langwaden Monastery
location Grevenbroich ,
North Rhine-Westphalia
Lies in the diocese Cologne
Coordinates: 51 ° 7 '4 "  N , 6 ° 38' 47.4"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 7 '4 "  N , 6 ° 38' 47.4"  E
founding year 1145 by Premonstratensians
Cistercian since 1964
Year of dissolution /
annulment 		1802
Year of repopulation 1964
Mother monastery Osek (repopulation)
Congregation incorporated directly into the Order

Langwaden Monastery is a Cistercian monastery in Grevenbroich . It is located in the Langwaden district . In the immediate vicinity is the district of Stadt Hülchrath with the Hülchrath Castle .

history

Around 1145 the monastery was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery at the request of Count Christian von Wevelinghoven. The monastery was assigned to the Archbishopric of Cologne as a fief and therefore enjoyed the protection of the Archbishop of Cologne. The monastery was first mentioned in a document by the Archbishop of Cologne , Philipp I von Heinsberg, in 1173.

In 1693 the church and monastery were completely rebuilt in the baroque style under the provost Jakob II. Tillmanns and his successor Ignaz von Witte.

In 1802 the monastery was abolished as part of the secularization by Napoleon and only three years later the monastery premises and the land were sold to the French officer and diplomat Nicolas-Joseph Maison . Maison had the monastery chapel demolished in 1830 and the three monastery wings redesigned into a palace complex. In 1913 his heirs sold the area and the entire land to the Counts of Nesselrode .

From 1939 the buildings were used as a labor camp during the Nazi era and then as emergency accommodation for refugees after the war . In a long lease contract concluded in 1962 for 99 years between Hermann Graf von Nesselrode and the Abbot General of the Cistercian Order Dr. Sighard Kleiner , the further ownership was settled and in 1964 the monastery was occupied by Cistercian monks. Looking for a new home, Cistercian monks from the Ossegg monastery in northern Bohemia found a new home here. The later 48th abbot Bernhard comes from Langwaden.

In 1970 all renovations were completed and Josef Cardinal Höffner consecrated the guest house. With the establishment of a high-speed printer with an attached bookbindery in 1985 and after further extensive renovations, the new cloister was inaugurated in 1986 . Finally, in 1997, with the establishment of the Cistercian Academy Mehrerau –Langwaden– Berlin, a new chapter in the monastic life of Langwaden began. Langwaden has been established as an independent priory in the Cistercian order since 2004 , while for many years it was only dependent.

Priorities

Functions of the monastery

  • Cistercian monastery
  • St. Bernhard residence, residence for single and homeless men aged 35 to 60
  • Retirement home St. Andreas, retirement home for men, especially for older residents of the home
  • Monastery restaurant, with a fireplace room, barrel vault and beer garden
  • Banquet service in the Stefanssaal, guest refectory and St. Benedikt room
  • Church services for the disabled in the workshops for the disabled, Grevenbroich - Hemmerden WfB

Prayer times

Working day order

Thursdays: 8:20 a.m. Holy Mass and 9:30 a.m. third

Sunday and public holiday order

  • 6.30 a.m. Laudes
  • 10:20 a.m. Third and high mass
on public holidays: 10:10 a.m. third and 10:30 a.m. high mass
  • 12:10 p.m. noon shore
  • 5:30 p.m. Vespers
  • 7.15 p.m. Compline and Vigils
public holidays: 7.30 p.m. Compline and Vigils

sundial

Analemmatic sundial in the park of Langwaden Monastery

In 2019, an analemmatic sundial was inaugurated on a meadow in the park of the monastery complex , in order to connect the old monastic tradition of living in the rhythm of natural daylight with today's lifestyle. The time is displayed through the shadow of the observer and is the true local time of Langwaden, which was valid until the end of the 19th century. The connection to the current legal time CET and CEST is shown on an explanatory board next to the sundial .

As a special feature, two visor stones are installed on the sundial , with the help of which, even without sunlight, the places on the horizon can be determined where the sun rises or sets on the respective date. Furthermore, the respective times of sunrise and sunset can be read off.

literature

  • Margot Weiner: The Premonstratensian Convent Langwaden from its foundation to its dissolution (from 1145–1802). Bonn 2002, (Bonn, University, dissertation, 2002).
  • Karl Emsbach, Johannes Müller: Langwaden Monastery. Over the centuries. Bernardus-Verlag, Grevenbroich 1995, ISBN 3-910082-24-6 .
  • Bruno Robeck : The analemmatic sundial - light and time. Text on the explanatory panels for the sundial in the park of Langwaden Monastery, 2019.
  • Report on the inauguration of the sundial in: Erft-Kurier, March 27, 2019, Volume 39, No. 13.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Langwaden Cistercian monastery now an independent priory