Marienburg Abbey (Ofteringen)
The Monastery Marienburg is a Benedictine monastery in Wutöschinger district Ofteringen in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg , in the district of Waldshut . A monastery of the same name of the Franciscan Sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother exists in Abenberg, Bavaria .
history
The Marienburg monastery in Ofteringen is the former ancestral seat of the nobles von Ofteringen . After the family died out, the 'Schloss von Ofteringen' came to the Rheinau monastery. After the Rheinau Monastery was dissolved on March 3, 1862 in the course of secularization , all fields, meadows and forests that once belonged to Rheinau Monastery and had already been sold to Messrs. Johann Hallauer and Joseph Ofteringer in 1861 were auctioned.
In 1862 it was leased by the four sisters Sabina Schneider (Josepha Meinrada Schneider), Scholastika Weiß, Benedikta Reck and Walburga Stoll and founded as a monastery on behalf of the Freiburg Archbishop Hermann von Vicari . As a result, the monastery belonged to the Swiss Benedictine Federation .
The time was extremely unfavorable for the founding of a monastery, because during the industrial revolution , spiritual values lost more and more importance. The monastery eventually bought the castle and chapel for 7,500 guilders and the meadows and fields for 7,300 guilders. Apart from a lack of funds, there were also difficulties with the organization of the monastery life, the cultivation of fields and orchards as well as with the establishment of a choir. After the first superior Josepha Mäder died in 1867, Josepha Meinrada Schneider was unanimously elected as the new superior.
In 1870 the Große Schüer (today Klosterschüer) was bought for 1,500 guilders. Matron Josepha Meinrada Schneider died in 1891 at the age of 60. She was first buried in Degernau and in 1949 transferred to the large cross in the monastery cemetery.
The OPHAS sales company was founded in 1933. Remedies such as Haimakainizon and the ointment Myrisma by Josef Häusle were produced. Even today, natural remedies are still sold according to monastery recipes. In addition to gardening and agriculture, there is also beekeeping and viticulture. The economy is leased today.
In 1953 the new bells were consecrated and the buildings were renovated between 1989 and 1991.
building
Old castle
The Castle Ofteringen is the core buildings of the monastery. Its time of construction is not entirely certain. It was first mentioned in 1240. It came from the Knights of Ofteringen to the Rheinau monastery via hereditary path with all rights and possessions. The palace chapel, which the Junker Karl von Ofteringen once had built, had become dilapidated during the transition to the Rheinau monastery, Abbot Benedikt Ledergerber (abbot from 1735 to 1744) had it laid down and instead had it by the architect Johann Michael Beer von Bildstein build today's chapel in the early baroque style. The stucco work was created by Hans Georg Leiner from Überlingen, the paintings by the painter and gilder Judas Thaddäus Sichelbein , who was born in Wangen and belongs to the Sichelbein family of painters in Memmingen . Ever since the Marienburg Monastery was founded, eternal adoration has been celebrated here, with the sisters taking turns every two hours.
Great students
The large Schüer was built in 1713 by Abbot Gerold II. Zurlauben (Abbot from 1697 to 1735 of the Rheinau monastery) as a tithe barn. Around 1870 it was bought by the present monastery. After the agricultural area of the monastery had lost its importance, the monastery sold the Schüer for 27,000 marks to the then still independent community of Ofteringen. Then the building fell into disrepair.
“For four years the Wutöschingen municipal council debated the fate of the then ailing monastery scholars in many meetings. In view of the state of construction, many councils pleaded for demolition, but the supporters of preservation ultimately prevailed. ”In connection with the development of the village of Ofteringen, the Schüer was redeveloped and given its new purpose as a cultural center in January 1989. At the same time, the Kulturring Wutöschingen was formed, which has since reached a national audience with a wide-ranging and high-quality program of events.
Monastery today
The beautifully situated monastery still exists today, it was not closed like many others. The steadily decreasing number of nuns is problematic. The sisters' parament embroidery is well known.
In order to ensure the continued existence of the monastery, in 2009 came Passionistinnen from Warsaw to Ofteringen.
Mother or prioresses of the Marienburg Monastery
- Josepha Meinrada Schneider , 1831–1891
- Elisabeth Messmer, 1891–1926
- Scholastika Hasenfratz, 1926–1938
- Johanna Fies, 1938–1951
- Gabriela Rottler, 1951–1957
- Johanna Fies, 1957–1962
- ...
- M. Scholastika Weber
literature
- Wutöschingen - then and now, The reading book: Degernau, Horheim, Ofteringen, Schwerzen, Wutöschingen . Wutöschingen municipality (ed.), 2006.
- Father Hieronymus Haas (OSB Mariastein ): Marienburg Abbey 1862-1962
- Volker Himmelein : Castles and palaces in the Black Forest . DRW-Verlag, 1985. ISBN 978-3-87181-210-1
Web links
- Website of the Marienburg Monastery
- Website of the municipality of Wutöschingen on the Marienburg monastery
- Marienburg Abbey at orden-online
- Marienburg Ofteringen Abbey (Swiss Federation of Benedictine Women)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerd Scheuble: The dilapidated building became a cultural center , Alb-Bote , Der Waldshuter Erzähler, September 24, 1994.
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 43.3 " N , 8 ° 22 ′ 32.3" E