Lenzen Monastery
The Monastery Lenzen was a monastery in or near Lenzen in today's Brandenburg in the 11th century. It was one of the oldest monasteries in the Slavic settlement area east of the Elbe.
history
The monastery was only mentioned twice: by Adam von Bremen and Helmold von Bosau . Both report that it was founded by the Abodtite prince Gottschalk alongside other monasteries and dioceses. The monastery must have belonged to the Benedictine order , as there was no other order in Central Europe at that time.
No further historical news has been received. Since Gottschalk was killed in an anti-Christian Slavic uprising in Lenzen in 1066, the monastery there was probably also destroyed.
location
The monastery was in or near Lenzen. Later traditions name the surroundings of the later parish church of St. Katharinen or the Marienberg 4 kilometers northeast of the city as possible locations. A Marienkapelle was mentioned on the Marienberg in 1459, which may have been there since the 13th century at the latest. A connection to the monastery is not known.
Remarks
- ↑ Hamburg Church History , III, 20, late 11th century
- ^ Slawenchronik , I, 20, 12th century, took over information from Adam von Bremen
literature
- Matthias Hardt: Lenzen. Benedictine (?). In: Heinz-Dieter Heimann , Klaus Neitmann , Winfried Schich u. a. (Ed.): Brandenburg monastery book. Handbook of the monasteries, monasteries and the coming up to the middle of the 16th century (= Brandenburg historical studies, volume 14). Volume 2. Be.bra-Wissenschaft-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-937233-26-0 . P. 804.