Marienheide Monastery
| Marienheide Abbey, Waldkappel-Wollstein | |
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 Rittergut Wollstein (Gutshof), monastery since 2000 |
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| location | Wollstein 1, 37284 Waldkappel |
| Lies in the diocese | Diocese of Fulda |
| Coordinates: | 51 ° 8 '55.2 " N , 9 ° 48' 34.3" E |
| founding year | 2000 |
| Year of repopulation | As the monastery of the Bethlehem Sisters |
The Marienheide monastery in the former Gutsdorf Wollstein near the North Hessian Waldkappel - Harmuthsachsen is the only monastery of the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, the Assumption of Mary and St. Bruno in Germany. This convent of the contemplative religious order of the Sisters of Bethlehem was founded in 1991 and settled in the present location in 2000.
Geographical location
Marienheide Monastery is located 3.8 km southwest of Harmuthsachsen, a district of Waldkappel. It is located in the northeast of the Stölzinger Mountains belonging to the Fulda-Werra-Bergland and in the geo-nature park Frau-Holle-Land (Werratal.Meißner.Kaufunger Wald) on the headwaters of the Hainebach, a southwestern tributary of the creek flowing to the weirs in the hollow . It is surrounded by the mountains and elevations Sommerberg ( 453.6 m ) in the northeast, Eisberg ( 583 m ) in the west and Fortberg ( 467.5 m ) in the south.
history
The monastic family of Bethlehem originated in France in 1950 and has its focus to this day in the French-speaking area. In 1991, Bishop Josef Homeyer invited the sisters to found a convent in the Hildesheim diocese and provided them with a large-scale villa with associated buildings in Neuenkirchen -Hertel in the Lüneburg Heath . Therefore the new branch of the order was named Marienheide.
During the renovation and refurbishment work, however, it became apparent that the place did not offer sufficient conditions for the Carthusian spirituality of strict seclusion, and the sisters began looking for a more suitable settlement. This was finally found in 2000 in the abandoned little village of Wollstein. With the support of the Diocese of Fulda , the Bonifatiuswerk and many individual donors, the new monastery with the hermitages of the twelve sisters, the community and guest facilities and the stable church (" Bethlehem "), which was opened in 2008 by Bishop Heinz Josef Algermissen , has been built in the historic buildings was consecrated .
Everyday life and spirituality
Web links
- The monasteries in the world: Marienheide Wollstein Monastery. In: Website of the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, the Assumption of Mary and St. Bruno.
- Heinrich Thies: Nuns in the wilderness: conservationists are reluctant to build a monastery. In: Die Zeit 24/1997. June 6, 1997 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Liebetanz: The "Sisters of Bethlehem" will soon be praying in the heath. In: franka-strehse-recollect.de. June 8, 1991, Retrieved June 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Franka Strehse: The Villa Marienheide. In: franka-strehse-recollect.de. Retrieved June 18, 2019 .
- ↑ As a guest in solitude and silence: Support the development and expansion of the nunnery in Marienheide. In: Website of the Bonifatiuswerk. Accessed on June 18, 2019 (as of 2015).