Villers-Bettnach Abbey
| Cistercian Abbey Villers-Bettnach | |
|---|---|
 Abbaye de Villers-Bettnach |
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| location |
 Franceregion Grand Est Moselle department |
| Coordinates: | 49 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
63 |
| founding year | 1134 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1790 |
| Mother monastery | Morimond Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
Viktring |
The monastery Villers-Bettnach (Villerium; Weiler-Bettnach) is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Saint-Hubert in the Moselle department , Grand Est region , in France . The facility is located around 22 kilometers northeast of Metz , in the Canner Valley.
history
In 1134 (according to other sources as early as 1130) Heinrich von Spanheim , the abbot of the primary abbey of Morimond , founded the monastery on a site that Duke Simon I of Lorraine had made available. The subsidiary founding of Stift Viktring in Carinthia (1142) - with the subsidiary founding of Kostanjevica Monastery in Slovenia -, Eußerthal Monastery in the Palatinate (1148), Wörschweiler Monastery (in Wörschweiler , today a part of Homburg ; 1171), Zagreb Monastery ( 1257 or 1274; according to Janauschek, however, subsidiary foundation of the Topusko monastery , according to other sources the subsidiary of the Viktring monastery) and the Pontifroy (Metz) monastery in 1323, while the alleged derivation of the Cambron monastery in Belgium from Villers-Bettnach seems doubtful. In 1552 the abbey was devastated. Villers-Bettnach owned u. a. a grangie with a salt pan in Marsal (Moselle) and townhouses in Metz and Sierck-les-Bains . A new church was built between 1724 and 1729. The French Revolution led to the dissolution of the monastery in 1790 and the abbey became an agricultural property. The remaining buildings were later acquired by the city of Boulay-Moselle (Bolchen), which set up a rest home. The facility is managed by the Association des Amis des Sites de St-Hubert .
From 1306–1309 Heinrich von Metz († 1336) officiated here as abbot ; 1297-1306 he had held the same office in the branch monastery Eusserthal; 1310–1336 he was Prince Bishop of Trento . From 1309 at the latest, he also acted as Chancellor of King Henry VII ; both were linked by a close friendship.
Buildings and plant
The cloister was on the north side of the church. A monumental entrance gate (the portail Coislin) from the 17th century as well as various remains of the church of the 13th century, a six-bay vaulted hall church with a sweeping transept and polygonal choir and a chapel of St. Catherine with triplet windows that look onto a building from the 12th century have been preserved. Century. A peasant chapel from the 17th century (chapelle des Humbles) has also been preserved and now serves as a parish church. The cloister was - as in Maulbronn Monastery - to the left of the church.
literature
- Walter Hotz : Handbook of the art monuments in Alsace and Lorraine. 3rd, improved and enlarged edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 1976, ISBN 3-422-00345-2 , p. 307.
- Bernard Peugniez: Routier cistercien. Abbayes et sites. France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Éditions Gaud, Moisenay 2001, ISBN 2-84080-044-6 , p. 236.
- Thomas Trapp: The Cistercian abbey Weiler-Bettnach (Villers-Bettnach) in the high and late Middle Ages (= publications of the commission for Saarland regional history and folk research. Vol. 27). Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, Saarbrücken 1996, ISBN 3-930843-13-7 (Also: Saarbrücken, University, dissertation, 1993).
- Manfred Wundram (Ed.): Reclam's Art Guide France. Volume 3: Peter Volkelt , Horst van Hees: Lorraine, Ardennes, Eastern Champagne. Art monuments and museums (= Reclams Universal Library 10319). Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-15-010319-3 , p. 382.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Historisches Jahrbuch , Volume 29, p. 284, Görres-Gesellschaft, 1908; (Detail scan)