Mönchberg Monastery
The St. Michael monastery in Mönchberg is a former Benedictine monastery in the Herrenberg district of Mönchberg , which was built in the middle of the 12th century and existed until the Reformation around 1535.
The monastery was built on the lands of the Hirsau monastery on the Schönbuch slope cleared for viticulture at the beginning of the 12th century . After a short time it developed into the administrative center of the so-called “giltsteiner care”, which was headed by provosts from the Hirsau convent. A stately complex was created, which was called the monasterium sancti Michahelis in Münchberg in the middle of the 15th century . In the 16th century it was even called a castle. In 1491, with the permission of the Konstanz Vicar General, a new chapel was built, whereby the old Romanesque choir tower was preserved. Shortly afterwards, the new buildings of other buildings emerged, especially the actual monk's house, in whose hall frescoes with biblical scenes were installed in 1532.
A few years later, around 1535, the property fell to Württemberg together with Hirsau .
literature
- R. Janssen: St. Michael in Mönchberg , in: The Peterskirche in Validstein 1091–1991 , Evangelical Church Congregation Validstein , Herrenberg 1991, p. 32 f.
- Württemberg monastery book , Thorbecke Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-0220-3 , p. 355
Individual evidence
- ^ Benedictine branch Mönchberg in the database of monasteries in Baden-Württemberg of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
Coordinates: 48 ° 34'52.3 " N , 8 ° 54'59.8" E