Kollegiatstift Zeil
The Kollegiatstift Zeil was a house monastery of regular canons built by Froben von Waldburg-Zeil in 1608 and existed until secularization in 1805 below the court garden in the south-eastern area of Zeil Castle , a suburb of Leutkirch in the Allgäu in the Ravensburg district in Upper Swabia . Today the archive of the castle is located in the former buildings of the monastery. The former collegiate church of St. Maria is the Roman Catholic parish church of Zeil.
House monastery Reichserbtruchsess
Froben not only had today's four-wing castle built in the Renaissance style. Following the example of the Waldburger, he completed the system with a collegiate pen . Before the Thirty Years War, the collegiate monastery building was north of the collegiate church of St. Maria. It was demolished and rebuilt on the south side in 1680. The church and the monastery building are connected to the castle via a covered corridor.
In the benefactor's letter of April 7, 1608, Froben determined that the monastery staff consisted of a provost, six priests, an organist , a schoolmaster and four choirboys. Emperor Rudolf II confirmed the letter on October 2, 1609. The task of the canons was the daily celebration of Holy Mass , choir prayer and the pastoral care of the incorporated parishes of Zeil and Seibranz . Froben endowed the exempt and tax-free pen with a capital of 10,000 guilders. In addition, the income from the parishes of Zeil, Seibranz and the St. Georg Kaplanei Wurzach and pensions from Aichstetten and Aitrach added up .
The Thirty Years War led to the decline of the monastery. After that, the pen slowly recovered. The ruling Count von Zeil, Johann Jakob II. (1721–1750) held various offices at the archbishop's court in Salzburg and the division of the inheritance with the Wurzach line, which required joint administration of the monastery, but prevented the monastery from flourishing overall. In 1743 Vicar General Dr. Radish set up an episcopal commission of inquiry to remove certain troublemakers . With the pen recession that followed on June 15, 1743, the pen was basically re-established and flourished.
Rosary brotherhoods , pilgrimages and distinct church music developed in the vicinity of the spiritual center.
secularization
On December 17, 1805 the pen was abolished. The then provost Knaushart became pastor of Zeil while retaining his title and salary. Dagobert Mesmer, already parish vicar in Seibranz, became pastor of Seibranz. The remaining five chaplains could continue to live in the monastery while maintaining their previous salaries.
That of Prince Bishop Karl Theodor von Dalberg for vicar general and Bistumsverweser the Bishopric of Constance appointed Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg certified Prince Maximilian of Waldburg-Zeil great care and empathy with the resolution of the pen and decommissioning of the pin clergy.
literature
- Dehio : Baden-Württemberg II. The administrative districts of Freiburg and Tübingen. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1997.
- Volker Himmelein (ed.): Old monasteries, new masters. The secularization in the German southwest 1803. Large state exhibition Baden-Württemberg 2003 . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-0212-2 (exhibition catalog and essay volume)
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Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ′ 57 " N , 9 ° 59 ′ 38" E