Michaelstein Monastery

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Michaelstein Monastery
Gatehouse of the Michaelstein Monastery (exterior view)
Gatehouse of the Michaelstein Monastery (exterior view)
location GermanyGermany Germany
Saxony-Anhalt
Coordinates: 51 ° 48 '22 "  N , 10 ° 54' 51"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 48 '22 "  N , 10 ° 54' 51"  E
Serial number
according to Janauschek 		221
founding year 1139
Year of dissolution /
annulment 		1543
Year of repopulation 1629 and 1636
Year of re-dissolution 1631 and 1640
Mother monastery Kamp Monastery
Primary Abbey Morimond Monastery

Daughter monasteries

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Sheepfold

Monastery Michael Stone (Lapis Sancti Michaelis) is a former Cistercian - Abbey in Blankenburg (Harz) in Saxony-Anhalt . The monastery complex on the Romanesque Road and the Harzer Klosterwanderweg is in the fiduciary management of the Saxony-Anhalt Cultural Foundation and today serves as a music academy, concert and event location, conference center and museum.

The remains of the emperor's daughter Beatrix I († 1061) are immured in the outer wall of the baroque monastery church, which is located in the west wing of the monastery . The nearby Mönchemühle am Goldbach was used by the monastery as an oil mill .

history

prehistory

The origins of the history of the monastery are located in older literature in the 9th century, that is, well before the Cistercian period. It is said that the hermit Luitbirg withdrew to a natural cave about three kilometers out of the valley. In 956 Otto I donated a church consecrated to the Archangel Michael to the Quedlinburg Abbey , along with the associated localities, with the neighboring cave being named as the former residence of the hermit. However, the location of the Liutbirgsklause in the Wendhusen monastery in Thale is repeatedly up for debate. About 1118 the hermit priest Bernhard is attested on the "Michaelstein". A pre-monastic community settled next to him. In contrast to the Michaelskirche, later referred to as cappella , the closely adjacent cave church was consecrated to Maria and Volkmar. In the local tradition, the hermit community was named after this Volkmar as the “Volkmarsbrüder”. However, this is not historically tangible. But after the Cistercian monastery Michaelstein was founded in the 12th century at the valley exit, the "Michaelstein" lost its name to the abbey and from then on became the " Volkmarskeller ". It remained a popular place of pilgrimage well into the 15th century .

middle Ages

West wing of Michaelstein Monastery (exterior view)
patio
Exterior view

Michaelstein's Cistercian history began in the 1130s. The Reichsstift Quedlinburg was one of the largest landowners in the region. Count Burchard von Blankenburg, feudal man of the Quedlinburg monastery, transferred several properties to the foundation of a monastery in the 12th century with the abbess's permission, which he later entered as a monk . In December 1139 Pope Innocent II confirmed the donation. This initiated the foundation of a regular monastery in compliance with the Benedictine Rule . In the deed of foundation of 1146, the abbess Beatrix II of Quedlinburg referred to herself as the founder. From the confirmation document of Pope Eugene III. The first clear mention of a Cistercian convent comes from 1152. In accordance with the provisions of the order, Abbess Beatrix II had to forego the usual subordination, and she allowed free elections and independence of the Cisterce. Under the leadership of Abbot Roger, the Michaelstein Monastery was occupied from Kamp (Altenkamp).

An economically successful abbey developed from an initially difficult life . Donations, the vowed poverty as well as the life determined by work and strict self-management increased the monastic property by the end of the 12th century to about 500 Hufen (approx. 3500 hectares ), a hundred years later to about 700 Hufen. The economic focus was on the monastery complex itself. All the agricultural and farm buildings that made autarkic monastery life possible in the first place were located here. The numerous fish ponds have been preserved. Old maps also contain names of mills, vineyards, hops and orchards.

The large farms - Grangien - initially concentrated on the surrounding area. Lands around Aschersleben , Gatersleben and, in connection with the German colonization in the east, even possessions in Mecklenburg were added later. Shares in the Lüneburg salt works and in the Rammelsberg mine testify to Michaelstein's lively economic life. Although the monastery was involved regionally and nationally, it remained in rather modest circumstances. There was also not a single subsidiary founded.

The Michaelstein abbots, on the other hand, were diplomats for secular and spiritual potentates . The Popes used them regularly as conveyors of papal letters. They acted as mediators , conducted negotiations and exercised the office of referee at the secular women's monastery in Quedlinburg.

The Michaelstein Cistercians were also dedicated to nursing the sick. Even before the 13th century, a hospice was attached to the abbey , which was renovated and extensively equipped by Count Siegfried von Blankenburg. There is a documentary reference to the Infirmarius - the head of the hospice - for the year 1234.

In 1525, during the peasant wars , Michaelstein suffered the same fate as many other monasteries of his time. On May 10, insurgent farmers raided, looted and destroyed part of the monastery buildings. The farmers destroyed the monastery church, portraits and representations fell victim to them. The monks escaped to the Heimburg in good time . The monastery buildings could be renovated in a makeshift manner. However, there was a lack of funds to repair the church. In the following years the chapter house was consecrated and used for worship. But in 1533 the abbey suffered the next blow of fate. Wilhelm von Haugwitz attacked the Cisterce in autumn 1533. Looting and destruction were the result. Haugwitz feuded with Duke Georg of Saxony , the patron of the Quedlinburg Imperial Monastery. Monastery properties had to be sold in order to be able to repair the damaged buildings. The destroyed church has now been finally given up. At least the basic structures are known through archaeological excavations . A final remnant can be seen with the northern outer wall of the cloister.

Reformation and Protestant monastery

Merian engraving from 1654

With the introduction of the Reformation in the County of Blankenburg by Count Ulrich X. , according to another count Ulrich XI., The (for the time being) last Catholic abbot resigned from his position in 1543. Gregor Schwarz handed over the abbey with all properties, income and justice, with letters and seals. Then Ernst, the count's son, was introduced to Michaelstein as the first Protestant abbot. Until the noble family died out in 1599, the abbey and prelature remained in the hands of the Blankenburg-Regensteiners. They pledged and sold monastery property, used Michaelstein to repay debt. The next owner of the former Cistercian complex, the House of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , dealt with Michaelstein in the same way. Numerous sales and transfers continued. Initially, the dukes of Brunswick appointed themselves or their sons as abbots, later theologians took over the abbot dignity.

The school tradition in Michaelstein goes back to the 15th century. Various monks have been studying at the University of Leipzig since 1435 . This was followed by the Protestant tradition of founding schools in former monasteries. Count Ulrich founded a convent school for 24 boys as early as 1544. This lasted until 1721. Due to the Thirty Years' War and the associated interim re-occupation of the monastery complex by Cistercians in the years 1629–1634 and 1636–1640, school operations came to a standstill.

Michaelstein finally experienced a further development of the school system in 1717. Duke Ludwig Rudolf set up a seminary for five theology candidates who were preparing for their future pastor here in the Konversentrakt (west wing), which had been redesigned by 1720. The abbot was now given to a theology professor at the University of Helmstedt . The baroque church, which was consecrated in 1720 in the presence of the duke , was also part of the redesign of the west wing .

19th century

Courtyard building as a work space for the music academy
Music barn as an event hall

With the establishment of the Kingdom of Westphalia , the monastery properties were confiscated, French officers were donated from them and the seminary was closed. In 1815 Michaelstein returned to the Duke of Braunschweig with all goods and properties. The Vorwerk monastery district remained the Heimburg domain until the 20th century . The cloister rooms were used for economic and storage purposes and for the workers to live in.

Due to the deliberations of September 21, 1880 by the representatives of Anhalt, Braunschweig and Prussia, the Braunschweig government, on the recommendation of Chamber President Griepenkerl, took over the costs of setting up a breeding facility for trout , char and loach . The management of the breeding establishment was transferred to the "Amtsrath" and owner of his own breeding establishment Dieckmann, with corresponding financial commitments.

20th and 21st centuries

In 1945, with the expropriation through the land reform, the monastery property was divided up. The state of Saxony-Anhalt initiated the first maintenance measures to counteract the increasing deterioration of the buildings. The Collegium musicum , founded in 1952, discovered the former monastery in its search for suitable rehearsal and performance opportunities. Under the direction of Eitelfriedrich Thom , it made a home here and gave its first concert in 1968 in the refurbished refectory.

With the Michaelstein cultural and research center founded in 1977, the collecting of musical instruments began as part of extensive music-making and seminars . Since 1988 musical instrument exhibitions can be viewed in the enclosure building, and since the 1990s a herb and vegetable garden has been added.

Supported by the district of Wernigerode and the city of Blankenburg , the state of Saxony-Anhalt established the Michaelstein Monastery Foundation - Music Institute for Performance Practice in 1997. Five years later, the Michaelstein Music Center also became the seat of the State Music Academy of Saxony-Anhalt. The Michaelstein Monastery Foundation - Saxony-Anhalt Music Academy for Education and Performance Practice has been administered by today's Saxony-Anhalt Cultural Foundation (until March 2017: Dome and Castles Foundation in Saxony-Anhalt) since January 1, 2005 .

The former barn on the farm yard of the monastery was converted into a concert and rehearsal hall and opened in 2005.

List of Abbots

Cistercians (1146–1543)

  • 1. Roger (1146–1167)
  • 2. Eberhard (1178–1195)
  • 3. Dietmar (1197–1204)
  • 4. Konrad (1209)
  • 5. Florence (1215)
  • 6. Dietrich (1219-1220)
  • 7. Simon (1224-1234)
  • 8. Johann (1246-1252)
  • 9. Heinrich (1255–1256)
  • 10. Elver (1257-1260)
  • 11. Werner (1262)
  • 12. Heinrich (1264)
  • 13. Dietrich (1267-1272)
  • 14. Heinrich (1279–1286)
  • 15. Johann (1281)
  • 16. Konrad (1296-1316)
  • 17. Albrecht (1326-1332)
  • 18. Hermann von Gheile (1357–1365)
  • 19. Heinrich (1365-1366)
  • 20. Dietrich (1376-1408)
  • 21. Nicholas (1409–1424)
  • 22. Johann Gherwer (1431–1439)
  • 23. Bertold (1440-1445)
  • 24. Heinrich (1453–1461)
  • 25. Alard (1509-1514)
  • 26. Anton (1516–1520)
  • 27. Johann (1525)
  • 28. Andreas Rödel (1526–1542)
  • 29. Gregor Schwarz (1542–1543)

Counts of Blankenburg (1544–1599)

  • 30. Ernst I. von Blankenburg (1544–1562)
  • 31. Kaspar Ulrich von Blankenburg (1562–1575)
  • 32. Ulrich von Blankenburg (1575–1578)
  • 33. Ernst II of Blankenburg (1578–1594)
  • 34. Martin von Blankenburg (1594–1597)
  • 35. Johann Ernst von Blankenburg (1597–1599)

Dukes of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1599–1624)

Theologians (1625-1628)

  • 38. Wilhelm Böckel (1625–1628)

Cistercians (1629-1630, 1636-1640)

  • 39. Robert Notarius (1636–1640)

Theologians (1644–1806)

architecture

Exam

The cloister is the central focal point of a monastery complex, both in spiritual and communicative terms. There is a garden inside the enclosure . Extensive maintenance and renovation work has made essential parts accessible to the visitor.

Today's entrance area to the Michaelstein Monastery Museum was previously reserved for conversations . The medieval structure was completely lost during renovations in the 18th century. The Konversenrefektorium , the dining room of the lay brothers , was housed in this area .

The early Gothic cloister with its ribbed vault connects all four cloister wings. It is the centerpiece of the facility and was used for the monks' internal collection. All exam rooms can be reached from here. The attentive visitor to the monastery can still see the traces of the Romanesque cloister on the cloister walls. In some places the former gemstones with plant elements can be seen.

refectory

The hall in the south wing was the dining room where the monks ate their meals together. Scriptures were read to the monks during meals. Today, concerts and events are primarily held here. The refectory was shortened in the post-monastery period. This is indicated by the interrupted vault on the west side. Alternating pillars and columns support the groin vault .

Calefactorium

The calefactorium was originally the only heated room in the monastery. Here in the warming room the monks could warm up during the cold season. Some activities were allowed to be carried out here: greasing shoes, drying and mending clothes. The former ground level can still be seen on the north side.

Parlatorium

In no Cistercian monastery was the eastern exit missing. Often it was also the speaking room. The monks entered one by one, the prior assigned them the work and handed over the appropriate tools. From here they reached the gardens directly.

Monk's hall

Which is for use as a stable and pantry monk hall was structurally changed by resolution of the monastery. The room once served the brothers as a study and work room. Today a part is used as a passage to the herb garden and for the permanent exhibition "Monastery Gardens: Development - Use - Symbolism".

Dormitory

The monks reached the upper floor through the Gothic archway. The large dormitory was laid out here over the entire east wing. Originally the monks slept there together, one older and one younger monk next to each other. In the late Middle Ages, each monk received his own cell. Due to the destruction in the 16th century, the wooden cell fixtures disappeared. The Romanesque window openings are present.

Chapter House

The chapter house was once the meeting and consultation room of the monks. It is named after the daily morning reading of a chapter of the Rule of Benedict . Penalties were also pronounced here during the convention chapters. The consecration crosses painted red on the walls still bear witness to the later use as a church (1525–1720) . The historical plasters from different centuries are also clearly recognizable. The two columns are decorated and carry the groin vault.

Armarium

The barrel-vaulted space can be due to its proximity to the sacristy and the northern cloister (read speed) to use as Armarium close (books cell). A library, cell or wall niche for storing liturgical books was also located in this area in other abbeys. Remnants of the original floor were discovered during restoration work. Some historical tiles found served as templates for the new ones.

"Abbot's Chapel"

Another specialty of Michaelstein is the so-called Abbot's Chapel , which differs from the Cistercian structure. The only Gothic tracery windows of the enclosure buildings have been preserved here. The sacred character of the chapel can be recognized by the wall niches and the altar.

Reading passage

The evening collation reading took place in the northern cloister , after which this area is called the reading aisle or collation aisle . The convent met before the last hour of prayer ( Compline ) and was read from the collationes of Johannes Cassianus . The ritual washing of feet - mandatum - also took place here. The former entrance to the monastery church can still be guessed at in the northeast corner. Early modern graffiti by the convent students can be found in the window reveals.

Arcade

The arcade was built in front of the older cloister later. It is flat-roofed and has no buttresses, but its architecture is based on the Gothic construction of the cloister. It was probably built in the course of the conversion to a monastery school in the 16th century. Cells for the school boys were installed here. In the Middle Ages, a roof was attached to the church wall directly above the northern cloister.

The upper floor of the northern cloister and the arcade was rebuilt at the beginning of the 18th century under Duke Ludwig Rudolf von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . Rooms and chambers were created there for the collegiate members of the seminary established in 1717. Today the music exhibition “KlangZeitRaum” and the library of the music academy are located here.

Kreuzhof

The free area enclosed by the enclosure is called the cloister courtyard or cross garden . It stands for the memory of the lost paradise garden with the tree of knowledge and the tree of life. That is why water also belongs in this area. In front of the refectory was the fountain house , where the monks washed before meals. The tonsure was also shaved here. In the 17th century there was still a "large round pipe water stone", the wash bowl. Traces can still be seen on the masonry. Today the courtyard is used for various events.

Cellarium

In this area of ​​the west wing, which was reserved for lay brothers, was the cellarium in the Middle Ages - the cellar, the storage rooms. These days, steps lead down from the western cloister to the basement. It received its present form through renovations at the beginning of the 18th century on behalf of Duke Ludwig Rudolf von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. The baroque church in the northern part was consecrated in 1720 in the presence of the duke. On the south-facing ground floor - in the area of ​​today's museum cash desk and the shop - rooms for the abbot and the prior were created.

Outdoor area

Not only the exam areas have been preserved very well, Cistercian traces can also be discovered in the outdoor area, although there have been modern conversions and new buildings. It is difficult to reconstruct exactly what the medieval farm yard looked like.

Gatehouse

The monastery visitor enters the monastery from the newly created visitor parking lot. As in the time of the Cistercians, the gatehouse / gate house is still located here today . As a rule, entry and exit from the monastery complex was only possible through this lockable gate. Other gates were used exclusively for economic purposes. The stream of visitors was directed through the gatehouse. The gate brother had the important task of watching over the observance of the rules of the order, who was allowed to enter the monastery. He was the monastery’s first point of contact with the outside world; he received guests and distributed alms to the poor. With the redesign of the western enclosure area in the 18th century, the gatehouse also underwent a structural change and a baroque redesign. Remains of the pilgrims' and women's chapels have been preserved within the gatehouse. Women were actually not allowed to enter the Cistercian monastery and should at least be allowed to worship in this chapel. The guesthouse was usually attached to the pilgrims' and women's chapels. The building is used in the same way today, as it is available as accommodation for hotel and conference operations.

Farm yard

The elongated building on the west side of the courtyard was used as a stable and barn over the centuries. After extensive construction work in the recent past, the southern part, formerly the cowshed, was equipped with guest rooms. In the older northern part there are now four rehearsal and seminar rooms available.

No previous building from the monastic era is known of the neighboring baroque building. The half-timbered structure points to the 18th century when it was built. In old site plans and other written sources, the building is referred to as the “official residential building” or “official residential building”. Today the hotel and inn "Zum Weisse Mönch" is located here.

To the south of this is the building commonly referred to as the abbot's house, but which historical maps refer to as the dairy or the master's house. Next to it is the large music barn, now a place for rehearsals and concerts.

The more than 20 fish ponds in front of, on and behind the former monastery grounds are a testament to the economic activity of the Michaelstein Cistercians.

At the brewery upstream to the south , some medieval structures have been preserved.

Monastery gardens

In the Michaelstein Monastery, a herb garden and a vegetable garden have been newly laid out on historical ground and based on medieval sources .

Herb garden

The herb garden is located on the sunny, sheltered south side of the monastery building. It is enclosed by the old outer wall and offers a view of the wooded valley exit. A buried well, good climatic conditions and the excellent growth of rare and warm herbs allow the assumption that there was a garden here as early as the time of the monks. The newly created garden has been open to the public since 1990. Around 260 different herbs from the Middle Ages, based on the model of a self-contained monastery garden ( hortus conclusus ), grow on almost 800 m² . The monastic herb garden used to play an important role as a supplier of medicinal products and a pharmacy . The heart of the garden are the raised herb beds framed with wooden planks. They were created according to sources from the 9th century.

Vegetable garden

A vegetable garden has been in front of the east side of the monastery building again since 2000. This was the classic site of monastic gardens. In Michaelstein it can be assumed as a cultivated garden at least until the 18th century. On this area there are now elongated paths and plant strips analogous to historical models.

The approximately 100 plants grown represent in particular the “fine vegetables” and “spices” of the monk's table as well as their common house vegetables and field fruits. In order to be able to offer an insight into the plant-based food offerings of the past, some field crops, cereals, types of fruit and edible flowering plants are also presented. Examples of naturalized vegetables from the 16th to 18th centuries are added to the monastery vegetable garden. In contrast to the "fine vegetables", the original cultivation areas for common field vegetables, such as cabbage and lentils, are to be assumed outside the monastery walls.

music

orchestra

In 1952 Eitelfriedrich Thom founded a Collegium musicum, which in 1965 was named Telemann Chamber Orchestra Michaelstein . On Thom's initiative, the monastery buildings were restored. In 1988 some musicians of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra with historical instruments were permanently employed as the Baroque ensemble of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra . In 1995, the cut in funds brought the end of the large line-up of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra, which played with modern instruments. The baroque ensemble, which played exclusively on historical instruments, now operated under the name Telemann Chamber Orchestra .

From 2000 the orchestra was gradually outsourced and released into independence. Some time later there was a break between the musicians. The widow of Eitelfriedrich Thom continued to run the Telemann Chamber Orchestra with modern instruments, under the old name, but without ties to the Michaelstein Monastery. The other musicians formed under the name Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein and play on historical instruments.

Chansontage at the Michaelstein Monastery

The GDR-open chanson days in the Michaelstein monastery took place between 1976 and 1984 in the monastery, later in Langeln (1986–1990) and were based on an idea by Klaus Stepputat from the "Chanson & Poetry Working Group at the Telemann Chamber Orchestra" (conductor: Wolfgang Schlemminger) brought to life. Critical songwriters and folk musicians met there for workshop days, with three public events each: an opening program, a large Saturday evening concert in the refectory and a children's program on Sunday mornings. Longstanding artistic directors for the participants from 1978 onwards were Werner Bernreuther (actor, songwriter) and Bernd Guhr (acting lecturer at the Leipzig Theater Academy). At individual meetings, for example, Reiner Otto (Leipzig cabaret Pfeffermühle ), Reinhard Kunert (actor, director), Armin Gropp (guitar maker) and Peter Freiheit (composer) acted as mentors. In the evenings, the traditional singing competition took place in the monastery cellar, analogous to the one at the Wartburg .

The participants included Gerhard Schöne , Dieter Beckert, Karl-Heinz Saleh (Schulz), the duo Piatkowski & Rieck , Hubertus Schmidt and Susanne Grütz, Jens-Paul Wollenberg , Stephan Krawczyk , Andreas Reimann and Thomas Riedel. Many of them received awards for the National Chanson Days .

Michaelstein Monastery Foundation

In 1977 the culture and research center was founded, which would later become the Institute for Performance Practice of 18th Century Music . The museum followed in 1988 with a collection of primarily historical musical instruments. In 1997 the institute was transformed into the Michaelstein Monastery Foundation under public law - Music Institute for Performance Practice .

Music Academy Saxony-Anhalt

The State Music Academy of Saxony-Anhalt has also been here since 2002. Since then, the foundation has also been known under the name Michaelstein Monastery Foundation - Saxony-Anhalt Music Academy for Education and Performance Practice. The Saxony-Anhalt Music Academy organizes conferences and seminars and draws attention to itself through further research.

Michaelsteiner monastery concerts

The Michaelsteiner Monastery Concerts take place annually in the music barn as part of the Saxony-Anhalt Music Festival .

"KlangZeitRaum - on the trail of the secret of music"

In 2012, with great financial effort, a new multimedia permanent exhibition was set up on the upper floor of the west wing and parts of the north wing of the enclosure. “KlangZeitRaum - On the trail of the secret of music” uses musical instruments from four centuries to illustrate how sounds and musical instruments have changed over time. Each exhibition room, structured according to color, is dedicated to a topic (sound, time, space, types of instruments). In the ducal box, the time of baroque church music can be recreated by means of a sound and light staging based on an excerpt from Bach's Christmas Oratorio . Conversations and musical works are presented in the music salon. Models and experiment stations illustrate how sound generation has changed due to the further development of instruments. A “time machine” presents music examples from different epochs.

Appropriate stations have been built in for children, to which "Kater Michel" as the mascot of the permanent exhibition points out and invites children to participate.

“Music machine” of Salomon de Caus

Scientists at the Technical University of Aachen built the special instrument according to the plans of Salomon de Caus during a research project in 1998. Driven by three water wheels , an organ controlled by a pin roller and a nymph figure are set in motion.

This technical masterpiece has been presented again since April 2019 in a specially constructed building on the service yard of the Michaelstein Monastery.

Offers for visitors

Concerts and events take place in the monastery all year round, including "Michaelsteiner Klosterkonzerte", "Talente-Schmiede", "Klingendes Museum", "Clever Thursdays" or "Sunday tours". The spectrum ranges from performances by young musicians to internationally known performers and well-known experts. There is a music library in the north wing of the facility , which is open to the public.

Guided tours through the monastery complex with the herb and vegetable garden modeled on historical plans as well as the music exhibition "KlangZeitRaum" are held all year round. One attraction in summer is the “Michaelsteiner Klosterfest” on the first Sunday in August, which combines art, music and nature.

literature

  • Adolf Diestelkamp : The beginnings of the Michaelstein monastery. In: Sachsen und Anhalt, 10 (1934), pp. 106–118.
  • Albert Geyer: History of the Cistercian monastery Michaelstein b. Blankenburg a. Resin. In: Bernhard Franke: History of the castles and monasteries of the Harz. Volume V. Leipzig n.d.
  • Clemens Laufköter: The economic situation of the former Brunswick Cistercian monasteries Michaelstein, Mariental and Riddagshausen up to the year 1300. In: Contributions for the history of Lower Saxony and Westphalia, 49. Hildesheim 1919.
  • Clemens Laufköter: The economic situation of the former Cistercian monastery Michaelstein in Brunswick from 1300–1544. In: Zeitschrift des Harzverein für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde, 53, pp. 1–58.
  • Heinz A. Behrens : Michaelstein. In: Repertory of the Cistercians in the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Langwaden 1998, p. 370ff.
  • Johann Georg Leuckfeld : Antiqvitates Michaelsteinenses. & Amelunxbornenses, historical description of the formerly famous Cistercian abbeys. Wolfenbüttel, 1710. Reprint of the original edition. With e. Epilogue ed. by Waldemar Ritter. Michaelstein Monastery Foundation, 1998.
  • Simon Sosnitza, Sabine Volk, Monika Lustig: Michaelstein Monastery. Verlag Janos Stekovics, Wettin-Löbejün 2018, ISBN 978-3-89923-392-6 .
  • Sabine Volk: Monastic Garden Dreams in Michaelstein In: Sachsen-Anhalt Journal 29 (2019), no. 2, pp. 2-4

Trivia

In 2016 an episode of the ARD series Alles Klara was filmed in the Michaelstein Monastery .

Web links

Commons : Michaelstein Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Closter Michaelstein in the Topographia Braunschweig Lüneburg (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Theodor Sickel (Ed.): Diplomata 12: The documents Konrad I., Heinrich I. and Otto I. (Conradi I., Heinrici I. et Ottonis I. Diplomata). Hanover 1879, pp. 268–269 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
  2. ^ Dieter Lent: Liutbirg . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, p. 450 f .
  3. ↑ Artificial trout breeding in Michaelstein Monastery in the Harz Mountains. , Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , June 10, 1882, p. 200, accessed on December 10, 2012.
  4. ^ Johann Georg Leuckfeld: Antiqvitates Michaelsteinenses. & Amelunxbornenses, historical description of the formerly famous Cistercian abbeys . Wolfenbüttel 1710 (information is completed by records in the Wolfenbüttel State Archives: NLA WO, VII B Hs, Br. 353A).
  5. ↑ Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein telemann-michaelstein.de
  6. ↑ Materials on music history: Werner Bernreuther on the chanson assembly in the Michaelstein monastery
  7. ^ All quotations and information, including lists of participants from BSTU Magdeburg, Department XX, 3827, Werner Weber, Operation "Fly Trap".
  8. ↑ Johannes Killyen: What is important is what is made of it . The State Music Academy of Saxony-Anhalt in the second year after it was founded. In: new music newspaper PRINT . 53rd year, no. 2 , 2004 ( nmz.de [accessed April 14, 2017]).
  9. ↑ See Michaelstein Monastery Foundation in the catalog of the German National Library , information under Other names .
  10. ↑ Michaelsteiner Klosterkonzerte on the website of the Music Festival Saxony-Anhalt , accessed on October 3, 2019.
  11. ↑ Salomon de Caus - TH Aachen built the music machine. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung : Edition April 6, 2019.
  12. ↑ The Music Machine of Salomon de Caus | Demonstration