Neuchâtel Monastery (Pommerellen)

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The Neuchâtel monastery was a branch of the Franciscans in Neuchâtel , nowe in Polish, in Pomerania and existed with one interruption from the 13th to the 19th century.

history

Franciscan monastery in the Middle Ages

The monastery of the Franciscan order was probably founded by Duke Mestwin II as the first mendicant order monastery in Pomerania. In 1282 he granted this property and rights, in 1284 the monastery was incorporated into the Saxon Franciscan Province . From 1311 the plan for the construction of a new church is known, which was probably built soon afterwards, from 1336 the consent to strengthen the monastery buildings.

A few smaller donations are known from the late 15th and early 16th centuries. In 1520 the monastery owned a vineyard, a sheep farm, 13 Hufen land, as well as fishing and timber usage rights, in 1562 a brewery was mentioned. Termination houses are not yet known.

In 1542 the convent was largely abandoned as a result of the Reformation . It was inventoried and most of the valuable items brought into the church. The monastery church was given to the evangelical community. In 1562 the last Franciscan, the Guardian Stanisław (Stanislaus), lived in the monastery. In 1581 the convent buildings were handed over to the Catholic Bishop of Kujawien , who initially failed to establish a new one.

Bernardine monastery 1604–1823

In 1604 the entire complex with the church was handed over to the Order of St. Bernard (Polish Franciscan Observants). The dilapidated buildings were repaired and lost monastery property regained. In 1627 it was damaged by Swedish troops, the inventory stolen, some brothers killed, others abducted. In 1649 the monastery was almost deserted and the Rempter invaded. In 1656 the buildings were burned down again by the Swedes, five religious survived. Then the plant was rebuilt.

In 1766, 19 brothers lived in the monastery. After the area was taken over by Prussia, several extensions and modifications were made from 1779 onwards. During the French occupation from around 1806 the site was used as a hospital. After the Prussian government decreed the secularization of monasteries in 1810/11, no new brothers could be accepted. In 1823 the convent was dissolved, in 1835 the complex was abandoned.

Further use

Former monastery church, rebuilt in 1899/1902

In 1838 the area with the superstructure was handed over to the Protestant church, the monastery buildings were demolished in 1844. The church had been a Protestant parish church since 1846. In 1899 this partially burned out and was then rebuilt in neo-Gothic style until 1902.

Today the Maximilian Kolbe Church ( Kościół Maksymiliana Kolbego ) is the Catholic parish church of Nowe.

literature

  • Hans Maercker: A Polish Starostei and a Prussian district council. History of the Schwetzer Kreis 1466–1873. In: Journal of the West Prussian History Association . Issue 18. Danzig 1886. pp. 82–222, here pp. 129–132. PDF

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen Sarnowsky : Dominicans and Franciscans in the Order of Prussia. In: Michael Robson, Stefan Röhrkasten (Ed.): Franciscan Organization in the Mendicant Context . LIT Verlag, Berlin 2010. p. 54
  2. ^ Jürgen Sarnowsky: Dominicans and Franciscans in the Order of Prussia. In: Michael Robson, Stefan Röhrkasten (Ed.): Franciscan Organization in the Mendicant Context . LIT Verlag, Berlin 2010. p. 60
  3. ^ Certificate with German translation in Hans Maercker: A Polish Starostei and a Prussian District Council. History of the Schwetzer Kreis 1466–1873. In: Journal of the West Prussian History Association. Issue 19. Danzig 1868. pp. 392–395 PDF
  4. ↑ cf. Karl Albert von Kamptz: Annals of the Prussian state administration. Twelfth volume. Berlin 1828. p. 15

Coordinates: 53 ° 38 ′ 42.2 "  N , 18 ° 43 ′ 44.1"  E