Zoffingen Monastery
The Zoffingen Monastery (full name: Monastery of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Constance ) has been in Constance on Lake Constance since the 13th century . It is named after the cathedral scholaster Burkhard von Zofingen .
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history
The origin of the monastery goes back to a beguinage community that moved from Wil to Constance near the Niederburg wall before 1257 . After they accepted the Augustine Rule from the Prince-Bishop of Constance Eberhard II von Waldburg , the Cathedral Scholaster von Zofingen gave his canon court to the sisters. The chapel, which was presumably consecrated to Saint Catherine around 1314, was built towards the end of the 13th century .
In 1318 took over the Dominicans of the neighboring island monastery at the direction of Constance Bishop Gerhard von Bevar the pastoral care and direction of the sisters. They lived together with them in an enclosure ; an incorporation , however, did not take place. In 1496 and 1497 the then Prince-Bishop Hugo von Hohenlandenberg sent some sisters from the already reformed monastery of St. Katharina from St. Gallen to Zoffingen to promote the Reformation there too . However, contrary to his expectations, the sisters did not return to St. Gallen, but stayed in Constance. Shortly afterwards Cordula von Schönau was appointed novice master and commissioned with the creation of the Zoffingen manuscripts . The contemplation of the community was promoted by mystics like Heinrich Seuse until the 15th century . In 1654 they received an image of Mary from Kapellmeister Abraham Megerle . The statue is still considered a gem of the monastery today.
In 1782 the convent was merged with that of the St. Peter an der Fahr Monastery . Since living together with the poorer Zoffingen convent turned out to be too difficult, the St. Peter monastery was separated from Zoffingen on November 20, 1789 and finally closed.
Zoffingen girls' school
At the request of the government of Front Austria , the Dominican Sisters decided to open the first normal school for girls in the city of Konstanz on January 23, 1775, under the direction of their prioress Maria Theresia Beuterin . The city financed the training of two sisters as elementary teachers in Freiburg . Only a few years later, the decision to found a school saved the monastery from being closed, as only monastic communities dedicated to teaching or nursing were excluded from the secularization at the beginning of the 19th century.
In 1926 the monastery signed a contract with the city of Konstanz: The school was officially recognized in 1926 and placed under city supervision. Since then there are no school costs for parents, the city pays the material expenses and the state of Baden (now the state of Baden-Württemberg ) the teachers' salaries. The school had thus given up its status as a private school, but its management and the buildings connected to the school remained at the Zoffingen monastery.
In 2003, the primary school was given up and the remaining girls' secondary and secondary school continued as a combined school, which made it easier for the pupils to switch between the two types of school. In 2005, the lack of offspring forced the monastery to hand over the school administration to the state. Classes were discontinued at the end of the 2017/2018 school year.
The resting place of the nuns of the Zoffingen monastery is in the main cemetery in Konstanz in the north-eastern part.
Conversion as a nursing home
The entire Catholic parish of Konstanz acquired the school premises from the Zoffingen monastery. Caritas geriatric care will operate a nursing home there in a new building. The nursing home will have 105 inpatient care places and 15 day care places.
Zoffingen Monastery in the present and future
As a place of retreat, the monastery community owns a vineyard with a vineyard on the outskirts of Konstanz.
literature
- M. Brigitta Hilberling: 700 years of Zoffingen Monastery 1257–1957 , Merk & Co. publishing house, Konstanz 1957
- Zoffingen Monastery (Ed.): 200 Years of Zoffingen School, Zoffingen Monastery, 1975
Web links
- Website of the girls' school in Zoffingen , accessed on September 15, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Simone Mengis: Writing women around 1500: Scriptorium and library of the Dominican convent of St. Katharina St. Gallen . De Gruyter, May 28, 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-022089-6 , p. 238– (accessed on September 17, 2013).
- ↑ Zoffingen Monastery in Konstanz ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), website of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, accessed on September 15, 2013.
- ↑ Ute Ströbele: Between monastery and world: the abolition of southwest German women's monasteries under Emperor Joseph II . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2005, ISBN 978-3-412-11105-2 , p. 69– (accessed on September 15, 2013).
- ↑ Women's monastery St. Peter an der Fahr Konstanz - history
- ↑ Maria Theresia Beuterin , the website of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, accessed on September 15, 2013.
- ^ Zoffingen Girls School - History ( Memento from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Council at a Glance , edition of April 20, 2012, website of the Council City of Konstanz, (PDF; 320 kB), accessed on September 15, 2013.
- ^ Zoffingen Girls School - History ( Memento from October 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Archdiocese of Freiburg - Maria Theresia Beuterin
- ↑ Girls' school becomes a nursing home. In “Konstanzer Almanach”, 2018. p. 93.
- ↑ Claudia Wagner: Start of construction for a controversial project. In: Sückurier , May 15, 2020.
- ↑ Uli Fricker: Seven women fight for the survival of their monastery. In: Südkurier , May 22, 2020.
Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '55.7 " N , 9 ° 10' 37.4" E