Lausnitz Monastery

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The monastery Lausnitz is a former Augustinian monastery in the East Thuringian municipality of Bad Klosterlausnitz in Thuringia .

The most important building is the Romanesque pillar basilica .

history

In 1132 the noble widow Cuniza founded an Augustinian convent in what is now Bad Klosterlausnitz . According to research by Wolfgang Hartmann, Cuniza and the hermit Sigebodo, who lived here at the time, were the daughter and son of Count Dietmar von Selbold-Gelnhausen from the noble family of Reginbodonen, who was wealthy through his wife Adelheid in Lausnitz .

Initially, the monastery only had a small wooden church in the valley, which was replaced by the stone monastery at the current location between 1155 and 1180. On June 24, 1180, the new monastery church was consecrated by Bishop Udo II . She was given the name Maria Stein or Marienstein . In 1212 a fire devastated the church, which could not be consecrated again until 1217.

From 1525 the Reformation found its way into the monastery. Little by little, all the nuns left. The last two died in 1543, which ended the history of the monastery. After that, the large monastery church also increasingly fell into disrepair. In 1617 a wall was drawn in, which separated the eastern part of the church and made it usable as a village church. The western part was demolished between 1719 and 1722. In 1792, a small tower was added to the remaining eastern part, which contradicted the Romanesque design of the church. It was demolished again in 1856. The entire church had to be closed a year later because of dilapidation. At that time efforts arose to rebuild the church true to the original, which essentially corresponded to the romanticizing zeitgeist. The architect Ferdinand von Quast made the plans for this, which in 1858 received the approval of the state parliament of Saxony-Altenburg . In 1863 the foundation stone was laid for the reconstruction, which was completed with the consecration on October 31, 1866. The construction costs of the 45 meter long, 37 meter high church amounted to about 123,000 marks. For the 100th anniversary in 1966, the building was placed under monument protection. In 1985 the new organ was installed.

Today the church consists of an old Romanesque east and a neo-Romanesque west part, whereby the reconstruction is generally regarded as a successful replica.

The church contains a triumphal cross which is dated to around 1235/40.

photos

  • View of the monastery church from the southwest

  • overall view

  • West facade

  • View through the ship to the east

  • View through the ship to the west

  • Lausnitz Monastery - Triumphal Cross from approx. 1235/1240

literature

  • Alexandra Clauß: History of the Lausnitz Monastery , Ev.-Luth. Parish office Bad Klosterlausnitz.
  • Wolfgang Hartmann: From the Main to Trifels Castle - from Hirsau Monastery to Naumburg Cathedral. On the traces of the Franconian aristocratic family of the Reginbodonen from the High Middle Ages = publications by the Aschaffenburg History and Art Association, Vol. 52, Aschaffenburg 2004 ISSN  0433-843X

Remarks

  1. ↑ On the private website of Kunitz-Laasan it is reported that Cuniza comes from Kunitz as Cuniza von Gleißberg .

Web links

Commons : Lausnitz Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 54 ″  N , 11 ° 52 ′ 10 ″  E