Klosterhof (Gersthofen)

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Parish church and on the right the main building of the cloister courtyard, 1891

The former cloister courtyard , formerly also Klostergut St. Ursula or rear Maierhof in Gersthofen in the Swabian district of Augsburg ( Bavaria ), was a historical building ensemble directly next to the parish church St. Jakobus major , which was demolished in 1995 for the new building of the parish center Oscar Romeo. The stately residential building with its original roof structure from the middle of the 18th century, together with the church, formed the spatial closure of the main street.

history

Residential building in the monastery courtyard, around 1950/60

prehistory

The monastery courtyard stood on an area on the edge of the Hochtrasse over the Lech , which forms the historical center of Gersthofen. It is believed that a manor of a German Gerfried was built there in the second half of the 7th century on the remains of a Roman estate, which the Via Claudia once passed . The Carolingian Maierhof finally gave the place its name. In 969 it was first mentioned as Gerfredeshoua. The neighboring parish church of St. Jakobus major, built on the remains of a Roman shrine to Mercury, probably emerged from the estate's own church .

Maier and monastery courtyard

There are no early documentary sources, but since the patronage rights came up, the Maierhof has been in the possession of the Augsburg Cathedral Chapter , which lent it on as a fiefdom . Before 1473 it was divided into a front and rear Maierhof with the former house numbers 21 and 22. Later the farm was the cloister property of the Dominican convent of St. Ursula in Augsburg. In 1935, the sisters moved into the building until they were recalled to the motherhouse on March 1, 1984 due to obsolescence. The courtyard, including residential buildings and stables, which had been empty since then, became the property of the local parish.

View of the parish church from the former cloister courtyard, 2004

cancellation

Since the very dilapidated buildings stood in the way of the realization of a modern new building for a parish center, their demolition was requested. There were objections above all from the State Office for Monument Preservation in Munich and the government of Swabia, who tried to prevent the demolition in March 1995: “It would be very regrettable if this application for demolition were granted, as it is one of the few architectural monuments in the City of Gersthofen is acting. ”The mayor at the time expressed a lack of understanding of the preservation of monuments . In May 1995 all parts of the building were finally demolished. The property has been empty since then. A lawn and stairs leading to the church were laid out on the fallow area. The Oscar Romero parish center was built on the opposite side.

literature

  • Johannes Krauße (Ed.): Chronicle of the city of Gersthofen: 969–1989. Gersthofen 1989, DNB 891256881, pp. 103, 135

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Tschaikner: Travel Guide Via Claudia Augusta: On the Roman Imperial Road from the Bavarian Danube over the Alps to the Adriatic . Books on Demand, 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-4793-8 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Wolf-Armin Freiherr von Reitzenstein: Lexicon of Swabian place names: origin and meaning . CH Beck, 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-65209-7 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2018]).
  3. ^ Annual report of the historical district association in the administrative districts of Swabia and Neuburg . 1844 ( google.de [accessed December 1, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: From the monastery to the school house. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .