Säben Monastery

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Säben Abbey, on the left the Church of Our Lady
Säben Monastery from the southwest
Säben Monastery from the east

The Säben Monastery, which has existed since the end of the 17th century, is a Benedictine abbey on the Säbener Berg in South Tyrol . It was originally used by nuns from Nonnberg Monastery in Salzburg . It is still inhabited by cloister sisters today.

history

Säben ( Latin Sabiona ), located on the Holy Mountain above Klausen , was already settled in the Neolithic Age. At the site of today's monastery there used to be a late Roman settlement, which soon developed into an early Christian center: From the 6th century to approx. 960 there was a bishopric here, which also includes the church in the vineyard, which was built and excavated in the early 5th century belonged to.

On September 13, 901, King Ludwig IV gave Bishop Zacharias the Prichsna Meierhof , which would later become Brixen . By 960 at the latest under Bishop Richbert, the bishopric was moved there. After that, Säben remained an episcopal fortified castle. In the 14th and 15th centuries, Säben Castle was the seat of the judge of Klausen and the administrative center of the southernmost areas of the diocese of Brixen .

At the instigation of Canon, city and hospital pastor Matthias Jenner, the first nuns, three women choirs and two lay sisters from the Nonnberg monastery in Salzburg, came to Säben in 1685 in order to revive the monastery of the Holy Cross on Säben, which was to be built. The founding document of Prince-Bishop Johann Franz Khuen von Belasi , who also consecrated the monastery church, dated November 21, 1686 , confirms the construction of the new monastery. In 1699 the monastery was elevated to an abbey and M. Agnes von Zeiller (also called Maria Agnes Zeillerin in the sources) was elected first abbess.

In 1974 the monastery was accepted into the Beuron Congregation . The contemplative Benedictine nuns live in a strict enclosure, devote themselves to choir prayer and domestic work, but also take care of pilgrims and take in guests in the guest house in summer.

From 1970 to 1996 Sister Marcellina Pustet , who came from Herstelle Abbey , was the tenth abbess to lead the community. In 1996 Sr. Maria Ancilla Hohenegger was ordained the eleventh abbess of the monastery.

Buildings

The monastery building was built towards the end of the 17th century from the ruins of the medieval episcopal castle. The simple monastery church is the work of Giovanni Battista Delai from Scaria . Around 1890 the monastery was renovated and expanded. In the immediate vicinity of the abbey there are two other sacred buildings, the Holy Cross Church and the Church of Our Lady .

Abbesses

Personalities

literature

  • Martin Bitschnau : Sawing . In: Oswald Trapp (Ed.): Tiroler Burgenbuch. IV. Volume: Eisacktal . Publishing company Athesia, Bozen 1977, pp. 114–155.
  • Oda Hagemeyer: The Benedictine Abbey of Säben in South Tyrol . In: Erbe und Einsatz, Vol. 43 (1967), pp. 493–498.
  • Sybille-Karin Moser (Ed.): Säben . Tappeiner, Bozen 1992, ISBN 88-7073-139-1 .

Web links

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Oda Hagemeyer: The Benedictine Abbey of Säben in South Tyrol . In: Erbe und Einsatz , Vol. 43 (1967), p. 493.
  2. ↑ Martin Bitschnau, Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Volume 1: By the year 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 84–86, No. 116 .
  3. ^ Oda Hagemeyer: The Benedictine Abbey of Säben in South Tyrol . In: Erbe und Einsatz , Vol. 43 (1967), p. 494.
  4. ^ Oda Hagemeyer: The Benedictine Abbey of Säben in South Tyrol . In: Erbe und Einsatz , Vol. 43 (1967), p. 495.
  5. ^ Oda Hagemeyer: The Benedictine Abbey of Säben in South Tyrol . In: Erbe und Einsatz , vol. 43 (1967), p. 496.
  6. ^ Oda Hagemeyer: The Benedictine Abbey of Säben in South Tyrol . In: Erbe und Einsatz , vol. 43 (1967), p. 497.

Coordinates: 46 ° 38 ′ 40.3 "  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 4.7"  E