Weidas Monastery
| Weidas Monastery | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 49 ° 44 '6 " N , 8 ° 8' 27.6" E |
| founding year | 1237 |
| Cistercian since | 1237 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1551 |
The monastery Weidas was a Cistercian convent in Dautenheim , Alzey , Rheinhessen . The monastery was also known as Marienborn Monastery .
history
The monastery is said to have been founded in 1237. It was first mentioned in 1251. It belonged to the Cistercian order and was incorporated into the Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau .
The monastery was under the protection of the Electoral Palatinate . Through extensive donations, the monastery gained village rule over Dautenheim. The monastery also received patronage over the church in Gau-Heppenheim . Later control over the village of Eimsheim and other property came to the monastery. The monastery was partially burned down during the city war in 1388.
The Convention included 1,498 women still 37 plus novices and students. The size of the convent fell sharply during the Reformation , and when it was dissolved it was said to have been five women.
In 1551, Pope Julius III approved . the abolition of the monastery by the Count Palatine in favor of the University of Heidelberg . In 1563, however, the monastery estates fell to the Electoral Palatinate Court Chamber through a settlement. The buildings of the monastery were used as a quarry. The "old town hall" in Alzey and the town hall in Kettenheim were built from the stones of the monastery in 1586.
A memorial stone at its former location reminds of the monastery. Tombstones from the former monastery are now in the Nikolaikirche Alzey and the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt .
Web links
- Schmid, Reinhard: Alzey - Weidas Monastery. In: Monasteries and monasteries in Rhineland-Palatinate, http://www.klosterlexikon-rlp.de/rheinhessen/alzey-kloster-weidas.html (accessed August 18, 2013)
- Weidas Monastery near Dautenheim. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Retrieved February 23, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Alzeyer town hall. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Retrieved February 23, 2020 .