Strahov Monastery

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Strahov Premonstratensian Monastery, Prague

The Royal Canon of the Strahov Premonstratensians (Czech: Královská kanonie premonstrátů na Strahově ) is an abbey of the Premonstratensian Order on Strahovské nádvoři in the Prague district of Hradčany .

history

Monastery Church of the Assumption
Theological hall of the library
Philosophical hall
Baroque gate from 1742

In close collaboration with the Olomouc bishop Heinrich Zdik , Duke Vladislav II and his wife Gertrud von Babenberg founded the Premonstratensian Monastery of Mons Sion on Mount Strahov (German: Strohhof ) in 1140–1143 . It was settled with canons from the Steinfeld monastery in the Eifel , who built a monastery church as well as residential and farm buildings. The first abbot was Gero, a Cologne canon . In 1193 the Teplá monastery was settled by canons from Strahov.

After a devastating fire in 1258, the entire facility was rebuilt within a few years. Further damage occurred in the 15th century through the Hussite Wars , the Thirty Years War and the War of the Austrian Succession in 1741.

Daniel Janáček OPraem has been the abbot of Strahov Monastery since 2018 .

Monastery church

The three-aisled Romanesque monastery church of the Assumption of Mary (Kostel Nanebevzeti Panny Marie) from 1148 received an early Gothic vault, a transept and two side chapels after the fire of 1258. Under Abbot Jan Lohelius , the later Archbishop of Prague, the church was redesigned in the Renaissance style and provided with a double tower facade. Since the Thirty Years' War , the relics of the order's founder Norbert von Xanten have been in the royal monastery of Strahov (north aisle); Abbot Caspar von Questenberg had them transferred from the Liebfrauenstift in Magdeburg in 1626 . Wallenstein had his General Pappenheim, who was fatally wounded near Lützen in 1632, buried here, whose epitaph can be seen in a side chapel. At the end of the 17th century it was rebuilt in the Baroque style according to plans by Jean Baptiste Mathey . During the siege in the War of the Austrian Succession, the monastery church was also severely damaged by artillery fire and received its current appearance with the subsequent repairs.

In 1743 Ignaz Palliardi divided the vault into 40 fields using stucco cartouches , which Ignaz Raab and Josef Kramolín created with scenes from the life of St. Maria were painted in. The interior frescoes were created by Georg Wilhelm Neunherz, the sculptural decoration of the side altars was created by Johann Anton Quittainer. The main altar was designed by Ignaz Franz Platzer and Josef Lauermann, the altar paintings are by Johann Christoph Lischka and Michael Willmann .

The church was elevated to a minor basilica in 1991 by Pope John Paul II .

St. Rochus Church

The church (Kostel sv. Rocha) in the forecourt of the monastery, consecrated to the plague saint Rochus , was donated under Abbot Jan Lohelius from 1603 to 1612 by Emperor Rudolf II in thanks for being spared the plague of 1599. It served as Strahov's parish church until 1784 and was transformed into an exhibition hall in the 20th century.

Strahover Library

In addition to the book collection, the Strahover Library houses numerous unique items, prints, manuscripts, engravings and maps. One of the greatest treasures is the “ Strahov Gospel Book ”, a manuscript from the 9th / 10th. Century.

The "Theological Hall" initially contained the entire monastery library, and since 1790 has only housed theological works. It was built from 1671 to 1679 according to plans by Giovanni Domenico Orsi de Orsini and expanded in 1721. The frescoes were painted by Franz Siard Nosecký from 1723 to 1727 .

The "Philosophical Hall" was 1783-1790 for the library collections of the secularised monastery Kloster Bruck in Znojmo built according to plans by Johann Ignaz Palliardi. The ceiling fresco was created in 1794 by Franz Anton Maulbertsch , the facade decorations by Ignaz Michael Platzer (son of Ignaz Franz Platzer ).

More Attractions

Panorama of the pen
  • Baroque gate with the statue of St. Norbert , created by Johann Anton Quittainer in 1742.
  • The monastery brewery, which has existed intermittently since the 12th century, was reopened in 2000 under the name Klášterní pivovar Strahov ("Strahov Monastery Brewery").

literature

Web links

Commons : Strahov Monastery  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://biblio.unibe.ch/adam/zoom/zoom.php?col=ryh&pic=Ryh_4405_51
  2. ↑ http://biblio.unibe.ch/adam/zoom/zoom.php?col=ryh&pic=Ryh_4409_8_B
  3. ↑ Martina Schneibergová: New abbot of the Strahov Premonstratensian Monastery in Prague appointed , Radio Praha, August 16, 2018, accessed on August 23, 2018.
  4. ^ Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie on gcatholic.org
  5. ↑ Link collection: http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/326205698/ .
  6. ↑ History of the monastery brewery on klasterni-pivovar.cz

Coordinates: 50 ° 5 ′ 11 ″  N , 14 ° 23 ′ 23 ″  E