Windberg Monastery
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The Windberg Monastery is an abbey of the Premonstratensian Order in Windberg in Lower Bavaria in the Diocese of Regensburg .
history
Windberg Monastery was built at the original seat of the Counts of Bogen ( Windberg Castle ). It was founded by Count Albert II von Bogen with the assistance of Bishop Otto I von Bamberg . The chancel of the church was consecrated on May 21 and 22, 1142 by the Olomouc bishop Heinrich Zdík . Count Albert II von Bogen took part in the consecration. The Bohemian Duke Vladislav II secured the endowment of the monastery with donations from the Bohemian towns of Schüttenhofen and Albrechtsried . The monastery was consecrated in honor of the Virgin Mary and made an abbey in 1146. After the construction of the monastery church, it was inaugurated on November 28, 1167 by the Premonstratensian Abbot of Leitomischl and Bishop of Olomouc, John IV.
The monastery was dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization . The church became a parish church, the prelature a parsonage. The convent building came into private ownership and housed a brewery from 1835.
In 1923 the monastery was rebuilt by Premonstratensians from the Dutch abbey of Berne-Heeswijk.
Roggenburg Abbey near Neu-Ulm is a priory of Windberg Abbey. Today 19 Premonstratensian Canons live in Windberg.
Monastery church
The church is a three-aisled basilica with a transept. It shows Hirsauer's influence and was largely created in the 12th century. The monumental main portal is particularly impressive; the north portal is a bit simpler. The tower from the 13th century did not get its current shape with a dome until 1750 to 1760.
The baroque high altar was built between 1735 and 1740. It contains a statue of Our Lady from around 1650. The pulpit dates from 1674. The stucco in the interior was created in 1755 by Mathias Obermayr . Four detailed side altars come from this; two of them are dated 1756.
Abbots of the Windberg Monastery
Provosts of the Windberg Monastery
- Rudpert (until 1140), Provost
- Eberhard (1140/41), Provost
- Gebhard (1141–1146), Provost
Abbots of the Windberg Monastery until secularization in 1803
- 1. Gebhard (1146–1191), Abbot of Windberg
- 2. Conrad I (1191–1203)
- 3. Peter (1203-04)
- 4. Ulrich I (1204-10)
- 5. Volmar (1210-16)
- 6. John I (1216-21)
- 7. Conrad II (1221-29)
- 8. John II (1229-42)
- 9. Henry I (1242–73 res./†1276)
- 10. Albero (1273-77)
- 11. Ulrich II. (1273–77 res./ † 1309)
- 12. Conrad III. (1281–94)
- 13. Heinrich II. Von Netzstuhl (1295–1305 res./ † 1306)
- 14. Dietrich (1305-23)
- 15. Wernher (1323-27)
- 16. Frederick I (1328–35)
- 17. Gottschalk (1335–45)
- 18. Friedrich II. Burgstetter (1346–57)
- 19. Thomas (1357–61 res./ † 1369)
- 20. Conrad IV. (1361-69)
- 21. John II. Hetzinger (1370–85)
- 22. Ulrich III. Hofmann (1385–1393 res./ † 1394)
- 23. Berhold (1393-1400)
- 24. Nikolaus Lohamer (1400-30 res./ † 1436)
- 25. John III. Perchinger (1430-35)
- 26. Albert von Perching (1435–61)
- 27. Jakob Poyssl (1461–67 res./ † 1468)
- 28. Ulrich IV. Hummel (1467–96 res./ † 1498)
- 29. Paulus Fischer (1496–1511)
- 30. Siegmund Regenmüller (1511–19)
- 31. Wolfgang Carnifex (1519–23)
- 32. Kaspar Schwab (1523–26)
- 33. Gregor Haidpichler (1526–41)
- 34. Johann Talmair (1541–70 res.)
- 35. Christoph Curtius (1570–96 res./ † 1598)
- 36. Andreas Vögele (1596–1631)
- 37. Sabinus Aigenmann (1631–34)
- 38. Michael Fuchs (1634–81)
- 39. Christoph Halwax (1681–97)
- 40. Franz Knodt (1691–1717)
- 41. Augustinus Schmidbauer (1717–1732 res./ † 1734)
- 42. Norbert Schranck (1732–34)
- 43. Bernhard Strelin (1735–77)
- 44. Joachim Eggmann (1777–99 res./ † 1824)
- 45. Ignatius Preu (1799–1803 / † 1840)
Priors de regimine and administrators since the abbey was rebuilt in 1923
- P. Michael van der Hagen (1924–1949) Prior de regimine
- Abbot Milo Ondersteyn, Abbot of Berne, Administrator von Windberg (1949–58)
- P. Callixtus van Veghel, Administrator von Windberg (1958–71)
- P. Wolfgang Vos, Prior de Regimine (1971–76)
- P. Thomas Handgrätinger , Prior de Regimine (1976–1994)
Abbots since the rebuilding of Windberg Abbey in 1994
- 46th Abbot Thomas Handgrätinger (1994-2004)
- 47th Abbot Hermann Josef Kugler (since 2004)
literature
- Premonstratensian Abbey of Windberg: a guide through the monastery and church . Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg 2002, ISBN 3-89870-072-0 .
- The art monuments of Lower Bavaria , Vol. XX / District Office Bogen, Munich 1929, p. 440.
Web links
- Official website
- Windberg Monastery , basic data in the database of monasteries in Bavaria in the House of Bavarian History
Coordinates: 48 ° 56 ′ 23 " N , 12 ° 44 ′ 49" E