Scheda monastery

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Aerial photo of the Scheda Monastery, which has been converted into a manor (2014)

The former Scheda monastery in the Wiehagen district of Wickede (Ruhr) was founded in 1143 as a monastery of the Premonstratensians . After the secularization of 1809, the buildings were converted into an estate and have been known as Gut Scheda ever since .

history

It was founded by Wiltrudis and her son Rathard from the Rüdenberger - Ardey family. The facility was occupied by the Cappenberg monastery . At first it was probably a double monastery, later it became a purely male monastery. About 500 m away was the high moth Castle Hünenknfer , with which Scheda is said to have been connected via a long underground corridor, according to legend.

Initially, a chapel was used as a meeting place for the community. Head of the monastery in the 12th century was possibly Provost Hermann von Scheda (* 1107/08; † around 1181), son of Jewish parents (Juda ben David Halewi) , who wrote an autobiography. In 1173 a new church was consecrated. The monastery Bredelar and the monastery Oelinghausen were temporarily subordinate to the monastery . The Berentrop Priory remained permanently dependent . At times Scheda was one of the richest monasteries in Westphalia.

In the late Middle Ages the monastery was converted into a noble monastery and in 1500 an internal reform took place under the provost Rotger von Laer . A dormitory and other buildings were built. This probably contributed to the fact that the facility remained true to the old faith during the Reformation and afterwards. This did not prevent another decline in the 17th century. In 1622/23 Scheda was reoccupied at the time of Provost Wilhelm Grüter by canons of bourgeois origin from the Knechtsteden monastery near Dormagen. Conflicts followed that dragged on for 25 years. They ended with the noble character being restored. From 1667 to 1690 the numerous abbey buildings were rebuilt. A major fire in 1726 severely damaged the facility.

Aerial photo of the entire estate (2014)

In 1809 the monastery was closed and converted into a domain. For this purpose, most of the buildings were demolished after 1817. The church towers and the enclosing wall were preserved for the time being. In 1823 Scheda came into possession of Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom Stein and in 1825 it became a manor . Together with the (also former monastery) Cappenberg Castle , it formed a civil status since 1826 .

By marrying vom Stein's daughter Therese, Ludwig Ferdinand Graf von Kielmannsegg became the owner of both estates. From 1861 to 1862 he had the master builder Ferdinand Zangerl build the manor house that was still in existence on the estate . The remaining towers of the church were demolished in favor of a new church.

Today only the monk's walk on the site reminds of the former monastery. The estate has shrunk to 120 hectares. In May 2011 the entrepreneur Walter P. J. Droege acquired it from the Droege International Group . The buildings and the associated fields are leased to regional farmers.

literature

Web links

Commons : Scheda Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Lange: Gut Scheda. In: www.lafroe.de. Retrieved December 28, 2016 .
  2. Legends and stories about Hemmerde ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Soester Anzeiger , Wickede regional section, May 4, 2011.

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 50 ′ 25 ″  E