Montheron Monastery

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Montheron Cistercian Abbey
The church
The church
location SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton of Vaud
Coordinates: 46 ° 35 '24 "  N , 6 ° 39' 49.9"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 35 '24 "  N , 6 ° 39' 49.9"  E ; CH1903:  five hundred and forty thousand six hundred and twenty-three  /  160153
Serial number
according to Janauschek 		83
founding year 1135
Year of dissolution /
annulment 		1536
Mother monastery Bellevaux monastery
Primary Abbey Morimond Monastery

Daughter monasteries

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The Montheron Monastery (Gratia Dei; Thela) is a former Cistercian abbey in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . It is located in Montheron , which is part of the city of Lausanne .

history

The monastery was founded by Bishop Gerold (Girard) von Faucigny around 1126, but was not occupied by the Bellevaux monastery in Franche-Comté in France until around 1135 . So it belonged to the filiation of the primary abbey of Morimond . The monastery, initially built on the Jorat , was soon relocated to the banks of the Talent River, from whose alternative name Thielle ( Zihl ) the nickname Thela comes. At the monastery included, among others, the Gran Gien Jorat, Aillerens and Pailly and the property of Clos de Sadex at Prangins . The monastery came to an end with the introduction of the Reformation by the Canton of Bern in 1536, after which it fell into disrepair and was used as a quarry. When the monastery district was later expanded, a road was laid through the monastery church. The Reformed Church of Montheron emerged from the south transept of the monastery church and on the walls of the chapter house. Excavations were carried out from 1928 to 1930 and 1975/1976.

Buildings and plant

The remains of the chapter room in the former east wing of the monastery are still preserved in the substructure of the reformed church from 1590 to 1592, which was later changed several times. The three-aisled, three-bay monastery church was a cross-shaped complex based on the Bernardine plan with a semicircular closed choir and two side chapels closed by apses on both sides of the transept. The enclosure was south (right) of the church. The neighboring inn is the former abbot's apartment and preserves late Gothic remains.

literature

  • Gereon Becking: Montheron. In: Peter Pfister (Ed.): Monastery guides of all Cistercian monasteries in German-speaking countries. 2nd Edition. Éditions du Signe et al., Strasbourg 1998, ISBN 2-87718-596-6 , p. 605.
  • Hans Jenny (greeting): Art guide through Switzerland. Volume 2: Geneva, Neuchâtel, Vaud, Valais, Ticino. 5th completely revised edition. Büchler-Verlag, Zurich / Wabern 1976, ISBN 3-7170-0165-5 , pp. 120–121.
  • Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Editions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 501.
  • Cistercian buildings in Switzerland. Volume 2: Male Monasteries. Verlag der Fachvereine, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-7281-1773-0 , pp. 127-140 ( publications by the Institute for the Preservation of Monuments at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Vol. 10, 2, ZDB -ID 533356-8 ).

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