Volkersberg Monastery
| Volkersberg Monastery | |
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 The former monastery complex with monastery church and convent buildings and the youth education center Haus Volkersberg (in the foreground) |
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| location | Volkersberg 1, 97769 Bad Brückenau / Volkers |
| Lies in the diocese | Diocese of Würzburg |
| Coordinates: | 50 ° 19 '45 " N , 9 ° 46' 3.5" E |
| Patronage | Holy cross |
| founding year | 1658 under the Fulda Abbot Joachim Graf von Gravenegg by Franciscans settled |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1966 due to a lack of young talent |
Volkersberg Monastery is a former monastery of the Franciscan Observants in Bad Brückenau in Bavaria in the Diocese of Würzburg , whose premises are used by the Volkersberg Youth Education Center and the Volkersberg Catholic Country College under the common name of Haus Volkersberg .
history
The first documented mention of the Volkersberg comes from the year 1160 in the inventory of the Benedictine monastery Frauenberg near Fulda. A chapel on the mountain was first mentioned in 1378. In 1450 a cross brotherhood was established. Hermits lived on the mountain until 1499 to take care of the increasing number of pilgrims.
During the Reformation and the Thirty Years War , the number of pilgrims fell sharply. In the middle of the 17th century, the Volkersberg became a popular place of pilgrimage again. Around 25 miracles contributed to this in the years 1658 to 1672 , including the healing of the lame Elisabeth Hillenbrand von Riedenberg in 1665.
The monastery, consecrated to the discovery of the cross, was founded by Joachim Graf von Gravenegg , Prince Abbot of Fulda, in 1658. In 1659 Grafenegg gave the Franciscans on the Volkersberg a cross particle, two years later the foundation stone was laid for the monastery, which was built according to the plans of Brother Daniel Hollingshofen from the Altstadt monastery . Construction of the church began in 1664, the monastery was consecrated in 1678, and twelve years later an inn was built to take care of the pilgrims.
In 1707 the church was enlarged, three years later the monastery. At the beginning of the 18th century, 60 Franciscans lived in the Volkersberg monastery. In 1752 a new, baroque inn was built, and three years later a way of the cross with 14 stations was consecrated.
The secularization of the Fulda Monastery in 1803 passed the Volkersberg Monastery and it was classified as too poor. In 1816 the Volkersberg was awarded to Bavaria, and since 1821 the monastery has belonged to the diocese of Würzburg. As a result, the number of pilgrims continued to decrease, so that the poor school sisters from Munich set up a "rescue facility" for girls in the old inn in 1859.
In 1921 the monastery was taken over by the Dominican Missionaries from Neustadt am Main . They established their postulate there until 1955 . Then the monastery in the old inn was sold to the diocese, which opened a youth center and the Catholic country folk high school in 1956. The Dominicans returned to the Volkersberg just a year later . In 1966 the monks of the Franciscan monastery left the Volkersberg. The diocese then bought all the buildings and used them as an extension of the country folk high school. The monastery church became the parish church of Volkers .
The facilities have been operating as Haus Volkersberg since 2002 . The offers range from experiential education for children and young people and educational offers for adults within the framework of the Catholic country folk high school to recreational offers such as a sensory garden, Franciscan terrace gardens and a high ropes course .
The monastic tradition was continued until 2013 by two sisters of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena . Today the Franconian Marienweg leads through the monastery grounds .
church
Station of the cross
Youth Education Center
Youth Education Center
Web links
- Guido Sauer: Spirituality in Transition , History of the Volkersberg, Diocese of Würzburg
- House Volkersberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martina Reinwald and a .: An era is coming to an end. In: BergWerk 1/2014, Mantel p. 5, kirchenserver.net (PDF; 412 kB)