Plankstetten Monastery

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Plankstetten Monastery

The Plankstetten Abbey is an abbey of Benedictine in the diocese of Eichstaett . It is located south of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate in Plankstetten, a district of Berching . The monastery belongs to the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation .

history

The Benedictine monastery was founded in 1129 as an episcopal monastery by Count Ernst II von Hirschberg and his brothers Count Hartwig III. founded by Grögling, Vogt of the Hochstift Eichstätt , and Gebhard von Hirschberg , Bishop of Eichstätt . The Romanesque crypt still exists from the founding time.

In the 15th century there was a decline in customs in the monastery. Abbot Ulrich IV. Dürner (1461–1494) carried out a reform and founded the brewery. In the Peasants 'War (1525) and in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) large parts of the monastery were damaged or destroyed.

It was not until the middle of the 17th century that the first renovation work began on the church and the monastery. It was not until the end of the 17th century that the decision was made to undertake major construction measures. The art-loving abbot Romanus Dettinger (1694–1703) created the baroque gate entrance with the former abbot's apartment above. The prelate hall and the ballroom express the baroque joie de vivre. During the reign of Abbot Romanus Dettinger, the construction of the characteristic corner tower, which you pass on the way through the inner courtyard, also falls. The dominant Baroque architecture was carried out by his successor, Abbot Dominikus II. Heuber (1704–1711); he arranged the relocation of the sacristy and built the imposing brewery building (now the library). Abbot Dominikus IV. Fleischmann (1757–1792) made special efforts to keep the monastery church. The construction of the cross chapel, which the Eichstätter court plasterer Johann Jakob Berg stuccoed, goes back to him. During his reign, the guest house was also built opposite the gate. ⊙ In 1806 the monastery was also dissolved in the course of secularization . The monastery buildings and the economy were auctioned. In 1856 it was planned to rebuild the abolished monastery. The plan failed because the state authorities did not give permission for it.

In 1904 Plankstetten was rebuilt as the priory of the Scheyern monastery with financial help from the Barons von Cramer-Klett . On November 5, 1907, an agricultural school was opened under the name Plankstetten rural advanced training school. In 1911 it was renamed the Agricultural Winter School; around 50 students were taught in two winter courses each year. There was a boarding school for them. In 1917 Plankstetten became an abbey again .

In 1920 the first scholastics were able to move into the religious seminary of St. Benedikt in Luitpoldstrasse in Eichstätt (now the Episcopal Archive), which had been acquired shortly before by the Plankstetten Abbey. In 1935 a student hostel was added, but it had to be closed again in 1941 at the instigation of the National Socialists. It was reopened in 1946 and a new building was added in 1954. On December 29, 1975 it was decided to close the study seminar. The Department of Philosophy II of the Eichstätt University of Applied Sciences was temporarily accommodated there .

When in 1934 the Christian Farmers' Association , with which the Plankstetten Agricultural School was closely connected, was forcibly transferred to the National Socialist “ Reichsnährstand ”, the monastery gave up the agricultural school; it had its largest visit since the early 30s (1930/1931: 130 young farmers). On November 3, 1953, the school reopened; the last courses ended in the spring of 1959.

With the school year 1959/1960 a (since 1962/1963 fully developed four-class) middle school / secondary school with boarding school (student dormitory) was established. The state recognition took place on November 6, 1963. On December 1, 1963 a new gym was inaugurated. In 1965 the school was renamed the Monastic Realschule. In 1966 a swimming pool was put into operation in the monastery garden. The boarding school was closed again in 1988 and converted into a guest house; Realschule was also given up.

In 1975 the monastery and the community of Plankstetten came to the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate . Since May 1, 1978, the community, and thus also the monastery, has been part of the Berching community .

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Inner courtyard, panoramic view, April 2016

Recent history and present

Main entrance to the monastery church, on the right the monastery bar

On October 17, 1980, the first well-attended youth vesper took place in Plankstetten under Abbot Dominikus Madlener . Since then, it has taken place on the third Friday of the month. Its sources lie in the youth vespers of the Benedictine Abbey Kremsmünster in Austria and the prayers in Taizé .

In 1980 the snow mill, which had previously served as the monastery’s cobbler's shop, laundry and poultry farm, was renovated together with young people from the area and, from 1984, was also made available to external groups as the Schneemühle youth center.

After the end of the school and boarding school, the monastery looked for new tasks and sources of income. Today the monastery runs an educational center where, among other things, conferences on village renewal and organic farming take place.

Plankstetten spelled

The ecological products of the monastery ( Bioland and Naturland ) from agriculture, gardening, butcher's and bakery as well as the beer brewed according to the monastery recipe ( Riedenburger Brauhaus ) are marketed in the monastery courtyard shop together with other regional and national goods from ecological production. A Christian bookstore and a mission bazaar complete the offer.

The monastery library is partly a public library ; the main topics are theology , history and local history . The two parishes in Plankstetten and the neighboring parish are also looked after and supplied by the monastery.

In the summer of 1997 the monastery was renovated with state and church funds under the supervision of the monument office. For agriculture, new buildings were erected at the Staudenhof, so that the library, bakery, butcher and monastery farm shop found new and modern premises in the former farm buildings. In December 2000 the expanded monastery courtyard shop was opened.

Extensive renovation work was completed in 2013, during which the monks' cloister rooms, the central kitchen, the guest rooms and the seminar rooms were completed with special consideration given to ecological aspects. All buildings were converted to the supply of energy from renewable raw materials. The costs amounted to 16.5 million euros.

church

View from the portal to the high altar and pulpit
The baroque high altar
View through the nave from the choir with organ prospect
organ

After entering the church through the wooden main portal, you are in the so-called paradise, the connecting hall between the towers and the main nave. On the right is the Christophorus Chapel, which was designed by an Altötting artist, and the War Memorial Chapel, which plays a key role on the Sunday of the Dead. A striding lion with a human head indicates the Romanesque period.

The nave is accessed through the iron grating.

Different styles characterize the church:

The most important equipment elements are:

  • the pulpit, a gift from Lambach Abbey in Upper Austria,
  • the high altar, the painting of which was painted by a mayor of Eichstätt,
  • the other altars and
  • the ceiling paintings by Matthias Zink .

organ

The main organ was built in 1981 by the organ builder Mathis ( Näfels , Switzerland) in the magnificent baroque case by Abbot Maurus Xaverius Herbst . The instrument has 29 registers on two manuals and a pedal . The actions are mechanical.

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Bourdon 16 ′
2. Principal 8th'
3. Beat 8th'
4th Dumped 8th'
5. Viol 8th'
6th Octav 4 ′
7th Pointed flute 4 ′
8th. Fifth 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
9. Octav 2 ′
10. Mixture III-IV 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
11. Cymbel II-III 1 ⁄ 2 ′
12. Trumpet 8th'
II Positive C-g 3
13. Reed flute 8th'
14th Salicet 8th'
15th Principal 4 ′
16. Transverse flute 4 ′
17th Sesquialera II 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
18th Field whistle 2 ′
19th Fifth 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
20th Scharff III – IV
21st Krummhorn 8th'
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
22nd Principal 16 ′
23. Sub bass 16 ′
24. Octavbass 8th'
25th Bourdon 8th'
26th Choral bass 4 ′
27. Mixture IV 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
28. trombone 16 ′
29 prong 8th'

Bells

In the two 36 meter high towers of the abbey church hangs a ring made of five cast steel church bells , which were cast in 1921 by the Bochumer Verein .

No. Surname Casting year Caster Diameter
(mm) 		Weight
(kg) 		Nominal
( HT - 1 / 16 ) 		tower
1 Benedictine bell 1921 Bochum Association 1985 3000 a 0 +1 North
2 Immaculate bell 1921 Bochum Association 1580 1600 c 1 +6 North
3 Sacred Heart Bell 1921 Bochum Association 1433 1150 it 1 +1 south
4th Willibald's bell 1921 Bochum Association 1230 700 ges 1 +4 south
5 Walburga bell 1921 Bochum Association 1100 500 a 1 +4 south
  • Bells

  • Bell 1: a 0

  • Bell 2: c 1

  • Bell 3: es 1

  • Bell 4: gb 1

  • Bell 5: a 1

Abbots

Gregor Maria Hanke with agricultural means of production from the Plankstetten monastery, 2005

On 14 October 2006, the abbot of the monastery, was Gregor Maria Hanke OSB , the Bishop of Eichstaett appointed and received on 2 December of the same year in Eichstätt Cathedral by the Bamberg Archbishop , Ludwig Schick , the episcopal ordination . On February 23, 2007 the capitulars of the convent elected under the chairmanship of the abbot praeses of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation and abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Schäftlarn , Dr. Gregor Zasche OSB, the previous novice master of the monastery, Father Beda Maria Sonnenberg OSB, as prior administrator for a period of three years. On March 12, 2010, the monks of the Plankstetten Abbey, chaired by Abbot President Barnabas Bögle OSB, elected the previous administrator, P. Beda Sonnenberg OSB, as the 55th abbot of the monastery.

  1. Rudolf, 1129
  2. Herwodo, 1130
  3. Henry I, 1131, 1144
  4. Bernhard I, 1146
  5. Gottfried, 1180
  6. Rupert, 1186, 1198
  7. Einwich, 1202-1216
  8. Hartwig, 1216-1244
  9. Bernhard II., 1244 (unknown in the old monastery)
  10. Ulrich I, 1247-1258
  11. Ulrich II. Von Mur, 1258–1264 ( postulated from Wülzburg )
  12. Ulrich III., 1264-1276
  13. Rapoto, 1276-1286
  14. Albert, 1286–1293 (postulated on February 20, 1293 according to Kastl)
  15. Henry II, 1297, 1301
  16. Hartung von Töging, 1304-1319
  17. Henry III, 1320-1325
  18. Conrad I, 1325
  19. Heinrich IV. Morspeck, 1326–1360
  20. Conrad II., 1360/61
  21. Heinrich V, 1361/62
  22. Conrad III. Tetzel, 1362–1370 (postulated outwards)
  23. Berthold Dück, 1371–1385
  24. Ulrich IV. Von Pfahlheim, called Hirschberger, 1385–1398
  25. Henry VI. Rinthil, 1398-1415
  26. Conrad IV. Hauzan, 1415-1423
  27. Nicholas, 1423/24
  28. Johannes Strupperger, 1424/25
  29. Hermann Rebell, 1425–1448
  30. Leonhard I. Schweppermann, 1448–1461
  31. Ulrich V. Dürner, 1461–1494
  32. Matthäus von Wichsenstein, 1494–1526
  33. Andreas I. Kohler, 1526–1534
  34. Leonhard II. Haeckl, 1534–1555
  35. John II. Huebner, 1555–1585
  36. John III Kettner, 1586-1603
  37. Matthias Millmayr, 1603-1607
  38. James I Petri, 1607–1627
  39. Andreas II. Schäffler, 1627–1641
  40. Hieronymus Blank, 1641–1646
    Johannes Winkler, 1646–1651 ( administrator )
  41. Dominikus I. Blatt, 1651–1677
    Caelestin Schwarzer, 1671–1673 (administrator)
    Gregor Kimpfler, Abbot of Scheyern, 1677–1680 Abbot Administrator, represented by Father Dominikus Renner as Prior Administrator
  42. Stephan Kaltenhauser, 1680–1682 (postulated by Weihenstephan)
    Benedikt Uttenberger von Scheyern, 1682–1690 (administrator)
    Ignaz Trauner of St. Emmeram , 1690–1694 (administrator)
  43. Romanus Dettinger, 1694–1703
  44. Dominic II. Heuber, 1704-1711
  45. Benedikt Schmid, 1711–1713 prior administrator, 1713–1725 dept
  46. Dominic III von Eisenberg, 1726–1742
  47. Maurus Xaverius Herbst , 1742–1757
  48. Dominic IV. Fleischmann , 1757–1792
  49. Marian Karl, 1792-1806

Secularization , re-establishment in 1904 from Scheyern, since 1917 again an abbey

Gregor Danner , January to March 1904 Prior
Maurus Ilmberger, 1904–1906 prior
  1. (50.) Wolfgang M. Eiba , 1906–1917 Prior, 1917–1927 Dept.
  2. (51.) James II. Pfättisch , 1927–1958
  3. (52.) Paulus Heinz , 1958–1976
  4. (53.) Dominikus V. Madlener , 1976-1993
  5. (54.) Gregor Maria Hanke , 1993-2006 (afterwards Bishop of Eichstätt )
  6. (55.) Beda Maria Sonnenberg , 2007–2010 Prior, since 2010

literature

  • Petrus Bauer: The Plankstetten Benedictine Abbey in the past and present. Plankstetten / Upper Palatinate 1979.

Web links

Commons : Plankstetten Abbey  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beda Sonnenberg OSB: … ad monasticum ordinem firmarent, tuerentur et stabilirent: Bishop Gebhard II and the founding of the monastery in Plankstetten. In: Helmut Flachenecker, Klaus Walter Littger (Hrsg.): Contributions to Eichstätter history (= collective sheet. 92nd / 93rd year). Historischer Verein Eichstätt, Eichstätt 1999, ISBN 3-9805508-2-6 , pp. 24–45.
  2. ↑ Eco-monastery celebrates completion of renovation. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. July 19, 2013, p. R17.
  3. ↑ Plankstetten (DE), collegiate church of the Benedictine abbey , on mathis-orgelbau.ch.
  4. ↑ Article: Plankstetten: Beda Sonnenberg elected abbot on March 13, 2010 on medals, accessed online on March 13, 2010

Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 7.1 ″  N , 11 ° 27 ′ 13.7 ″  E