Pappenheim Monastery
The monastery Pappenheim is a former convent of the Augustinian Hermits in Pappenheim in Bavaria in the diocese of Eichstaett .
history
The monastery consecrated to St. Spiritus and St. Augustine was founded in 1372 by Count Heinrich von Pappenheim and his wife Elisabeth von Ellerbach as an Augustinian hermit monastery. It was dissolved in 1545 and since then, like the entire monastery complex, has been owned by the successors of the donor family. Already during the time of the monastery, but also afterwards and up to the present day, the Pappenheim monastery church was and is the burial place of the Counts of Pappenheim. It is noteworthy that since the Reformation the church has served as a burial place for members of the count's family of both denominations. From the 17th century it was then exclusively the crypt church of the marshals of Pappenheim.
The area is designated as a ground monument (D-5-7031-0259) by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) .
Monastery church
The interior of the former monastery church is a testament to its long history. While the choir and parts of the monastery buildings as well as the nave walls date from the founding time, the end of the 15th century saw another intensive construction phase, which is evidenced by the arched windows of the nave. At the beginning of the 18th century, the actual nave was completely redesigned, the chancel arch changed, a stucco ceiling was installed in the nave and a lavishly stuccoed mansion box as well as 2 galleries in the choir and on the back of the nave. The design phases of the room were thus completed. The choir stalls , originally arranged in a U-shape and separated from the nave by a rood screen, are still the original, late Gothic, whose master Ulrich Auer signed it in 1458. The late Gothic altar is not likely to be the original main altar. Particularly noteworthy is the large number of stone epitaphs, or elaborate, large epitaphs painted on wood with biblical representations and the death shields. A particularly noteworthy part of the equipment is the organ. It was made around 1712 and is one of the few original instruments in the country. A connection to the master of the Maihinger organ was considered possible during the recent thorough restoration. The other parts of the ensemble of the overall equipment were also carefully renovated during the last restoration. This was the first fundamental restoration since 1784, in which great importance was attached to treating the substance with particular care, especially with regard to the preservation of the original surfaces of all parts.
At the beginning of the 1990s, after several years of restoration in an ecumenical festival service by the Bishop of Eichstätt and the Evangelical Regional Bishop of Nuremberg , the monastery church was returned to its ecclesiastical role. Since then, church services and musical events have been held here, but only exclusively church music events.
Recordings on the baroque organ
- Joseph Kelemen : Organ works by Johann Pachelbel on the Crapp organ (1772) of the Pappenheim monastery church
Web links
- Monasteries in Bavaria: Pappenheim Monastery (House of Bavarian History)
- pappenheim.info: Pappenheim Monastery
Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '12.1 " N , 10 ° 58' 30.7" E