St. Mauritius Monastery (Minden)

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Mauritius monastery on the Werder

The monastery of St. Mauritius , founded by Benedictines , was in the East Westphalian city ​​of Minden and was founded in the 11th century.

history

The Benedictine monastery of St. Mauritius was founded in 1042 by the Minden bishop Bruno von Waldeck to secure the ford over the Weser on an island in the Weser lowlands and initially existed there for over 400 years. The monastery complex was thus one of the first settlements on the eastern bank of the Weser and thus one of the origins for the district on the right bank of the Weser and was also referred to as a monastery on the island due to its unusual location .

From the 14th century on, clay was mined for the brick fire on an area that belonged to the monastery on the right bank of the Weser . This is attested by two documents from 1353 and should therefore be the first evidence of brick production in the city.

Interior of the St. Mauritius Church in Minden

Due to the threat of floods and raids, the monastery was moved to its current location on the opposite bank of the Weser next to the Simeoniskirche in 1434 , which at the same time became the parish and monastery church. With the construction of the St. Mauritius Church as its own oratory , it became an independent parish church again in 1475. After the consecration, the bones of the founder of the monastery, Bishop Bruno, which had been reburied from the Weser Island in the Simeons Church, were transferred to the new Mauritius Church. The move to the city took place on the Sunday Midsummer Sunday Laetare in 1435 with a large public procession.

After some difficulties, the Benedictine monastery joined the Bursfeld congregation in 1464, which ushered in a heyday of the monastery. In the following years before the Reformation , the pastors of St. Simeon were partly provided by the St. Mauritius Monastery. The monks expelled from 1529 to 1552 were temporarily admitted to the Rintelen monastery. In 1572 the monks had to leave the monastery again. After the temporary expulsion of the monks and the confiscation of part of the monastery property, the monastery got into great financial difficulties and had to weather several bankruptcies. In 1690 there was no longer an abbot and only seven monks lived in the monastery. On behalf of the Bursfeld Congregation , Abbot Nikolaus arranged for the incorporation of the impoverished St. Mauritius Monastery in Minden as definitor on September 5, 1696. The incorporation into the Huysburg monastery was confirmed by the Brandenburg Elector Friedrich III. on February 14, 1697. The management of this monastery was from then on a prior appointed by the Huysburg abbot. This Huysburg priory had existed until 1810 after the annulment of Huysburg. In 1801 there were still six monks in Minden.

On October 16, 1810, the monastery was dissolved by a decree by King Jéromes .

literature

  • Dr. Grotefend (ed.): The chronicle of the SS Mauritii et Simeonis monastery in Minden. In: Journal of the historical association for Lower Saxony. 1873, ISSN  0179-0633 , pp. 143-178, Internet Archive .
  • Finding book (A 216 II St. Mauritz and Simeon Monastery, Minden - files), Landesarchiv NRW, [1] .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Minden, evidences of its urban development , Ed. Stadt Minden, 1979, p. 47 ff.
  2. ↑ Dr. Hans Nordsiek: Minden writes church history ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.amtage.de
  3. ↑ Minden, evidences of its urban development , Ed. Stadt Minden, 1979, p. 46
  4. ↑ a b Mindener Tageblatt of March 30, 2010 "Geschichtstaler remembers moving", accessed in March 2010
  5. ^ The chronicle of the SS Mauriti et Simonis monastery in Minden , edited by Dr. Grotefend; IN: Journal of the historical association for Lower Saxony, year 1873, pp. 142–178
  6. ^ Walter Stephan: Benedictine sites in Germany. 1992, p. 196.
  7. ^ Christof Römer .: Huysburg. In: Germania Benedictina. Vol. X-1, 2012 pp. 651, 671.

Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 9.3 "  N , 8 ° 54 ′ 44.5"  E