Seemannshausen Monastery
The monastery Seemannshausen is a former convent of the Augustinian Hermits in the town district of the market Gangkofen in Lower Bavaria in the diocese of Regensburg .
history
The monastery consecrated to Saint Mary Magdalene was founded on April 20, 1255 by Heinrich Seemann , cathedral dean in Regensburg , on the noble residence Pölnkofen as a monastery for Wilhelmites . On February 2, 1263 , the Wilhelmites were forced by Regensburg Bishop Leo Thundorfer (1262-77) to switch to the newly founded order of the Augustinian Hermits . On May 27, 1264, the first chapter of the newly founded German province of the Augustinian hermits took place in Seemannshausen, as did the chapters from 1343, 1420, 1621, 1629 and 1633. The first German provincial Engelbert (1265–1273 / 75) from the convent.
On September 3, 1335, Seemannshausen was named Klosterhofmark by Duke Heinrich XIV of Lower Bavaria . Emperor Ludwig IV the Bavarian granted the brothers a valuable salt privilege on April 22, 1343.
The monastery was dissolved on February 23, 1802 in the course of the secularization of the mendicant orders in Bavaria and the conventuals were relocated to Munich on September 17, 1802 . The church was demolished, the monastery buildings auctioned and also partially demolished. Today there is a restaurant with a private brewery in the preserved west and north wings.
Klosterbräu Seemannshausen
Beer has been brewed in the Seemannshausen monastery since 1355. In today's private brewery with an output of 2000 hectoliters, the varieties Pater Export , Pater-Gold (Märzen) , Pater-Dunkel and Pater-Festbier are produced.
literature
- Martin Weindl: A "city order" in the country. The Augustinian Hermit Convent Seemannshausen in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period . Dissertation, University of Regensburg 2007 ( full text )
- Martin Weindl: Seemannshausen Monastery. A "city order" in the country. The Augustinian Hermit Convent Seemannshausen in the late Middle Ages and early modern times (contributions to the history of the diocese of Regensburg. Supplement 18), Regensburg 2008.
Web links
- Seemannshausen Monastery , basic data and history: Seemannshausen - resting place for pilgrims to Altötting in the database of monasteries in Bavaria in the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lechner, Georg: Lechner's List, Oelde, 1st edition 2008, page 94
Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ′ 37 " N , 12 ° 33 ′ 43" E