Riedern am Wald monastery

The Riedern am Wald monastery, also known as Obere Propstei , is a former Augustinian canon monastery in Riedern am Wald in the Waldshut district in the southern Black Forest .

Riedern am Wald monastery
Alternative name (s):	Obere Propstei Riedern am Wald
Creation time :	16th Century
Conservation status:	Main building and church preserved
Standing position :	Augustinian Canons of Kreuzlingen
Place:	Ühlingen-Birkendorf
Geographical location	47 ° 43 '1.8 "  N , 8 ° 17' 24.3"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '1.8 "  N , 8 ° 17' 24.3"  E

founding

In the king's document, which is now kept in the Frauenfeld State Archives , King Konrad III confirms . on January 7, 1152 that a noble and free man named Marcward had founded a cella in Tiezelenheim , today's Detzeln . The brothers should live according to the rule of Saint Augustine . The Lords of Krenkingen were appointed as guardians . The hermitage was probably located near today's Klausenhof. From 1166 the hermitage was no longer mentioned, but the former location remained in the possession of the monastery until it was closed. The monastery church Riedern am Wald , today the parish church, is attached to the monastery .

The coat of arms of Abbot Johann Baptist Dannegger above the entrance portal

Lower provost of the Augustinian women's choir in Riedern am Wald

laying

In 1214, in a document from Pope Innocent III. first mentioned a "Probst de Riede". The Augustinian canons' provosty was therefore moved from Detzeln to Riedern am Wald sometime between 1166 and 1214. The provost's office fell victim to several major fires in a row. In the 16th century this was finally on the verge of collapse, as the monastic offspring failed to materialize. Confreres from the Augustinian Canons' Monastery in Kreuzlingen were sent to Riedern am Wald to provide support.

Since 1538, the Augustinian Canons 'Monastery in Kreuzlingen has even provided the provosts for the Augustinian Canons' Provostry in Riedern am Wald. In 1638 Riedern was incorporated into the Augustinian monastery in Kreuzlingen. Since then, the abbots from Kreuzlingen have always referred to themselves as "Provost von Riedern". On July 16, 1740 around 1 p.m., the Riedern monastery burned down. The reconstruction took place with the help of the abbot of the Kreuzlingen monastery, Johann Baptist Dannegger . On June 30, 1749, the newly built building was inaugurated by the auxiliary bishop in Constance and titular bishop of Domitiopolis , Count Franz Carl Joseph Fugger .

Repeal

The Riedern am Wald Provostry was under Swiss control through the Augustinian Canons' Monastery in Kreuzlingen and could therefore not be overturned in the course of the 1803 Imperial Deputation . Nevertheless, it was decided in 1812 to dissolve the Riedern Provost and sell the property to two private individuals in Basel for 5,500 guilders .

In 1839 half of the monastery building went to the community of Riedern am Wald and the local Roman Catholic parish of St. Leodegar . In 1968 the parish of St. Leodegar then acquired the entire building for a purchase price of DM 20,000 and has been the owner ever since. The monastery building has served as a cultural and spiritual meeting place since 1998. It also houses the "Propsteimuseum" with a collection of old writings and sacred objects.

Lower provost house

Before the middle of the 13th century there was also a small Augustinian choir monastery, called the Untere Propstei , rebuilt in 1670, it was closed in 1803. This monastery is lit in 1200 by Countess Mechthilde of Toggenburg out that a spiritual playmate of Agnes in the cloister of the adjacent convent Berau was . Only the former guest house still exists today. (Private property)

literature

• Catholic parish St. Leodegar (publisher), parish church St. Leodegar Riedern am Wald , commemorative publication for the 250th anniversary, with contributions from Wolfgang Irtenkauf , Helmut Maurer and Hans Jakob Wörner, 1993.

Web links

Commons : Kloster Riedern am Wald  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Albert Abbreviations , The District District or the former Sanktblasische Reichsherrschaft Bonndorf , 1861, p. 161