List of cultural monuments in Klostergut zum Heiligen Kreuz

The list of cultural monuments in Klostergut zum Heiligen Kreuz contains the cultural monuments of the district Klostergut zum Heiligen Kreuz , which is located in the north of the district town of Meißen on the left bank of the Elbe in the district of Meißen . The listed objects were recorded in the list of monuments by the State Office for Monument Preservation Saxony as of 2017. It is a partial list of the list of cultural monuments in Saxony .

Legend

Image: shows a picture of the cultural monument and, if applicable, a link to further photos of the cultural monument in the Wikimedia Commons media archive

Designation: Name, designation or the type of cultural monument

Location: If available, street name and house number of the cultural monument; The list is basically sorted according to this address. The map link leads to various map displays and gives the coordinates of the cultural monument.

Map view to set coordinates. In this map view, cultural monuments are shown without coordinates with a red marker and can be placed on the map. Cultural monuments without a picture are marked with a blue marker, cultural monuments with a picture are marked with a green marker.

Dating: indicates the year of completion or the date of the first mention or the period of construction
Description: structural and historical details of the cultural monument, preferably the monument properties
ID: is awarded by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Saxony. It clearly identifies the cultural monument. The link leads to a PDF document from the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Saxony, which summarizes the information on the monument, contains a map sketch and often a detailed description. For former cultural monuments sometimes no ID is given, if one is given, this is the former ID. The corresponding link leads to an empty document at the state office. The following icon can also be found in the ID column ; this leads to information on this cultural monument at Wikidata .

List of cultural monuments in Klostergut zum Heiligen Kreuz

image	designation	location	Dating	description	ID
More pictures	The whole monastery of the Holy Cross	Leipziger Strasse (map)	Middle of the 13th century (monastery)	Material entirety Monastery of the Holy Cross, with the individual monument: ruins of the Benedictine nunnery with monastery wall (individual monument ID No. 09265770) and the garden monument: monastery garden; Regional history, architectural history, landscape design, scientifically and artistically important, Romanesque architecture in transition to Gothic .	09300868
More pictures	Monastery of the Holy Cross: ruins of the Benedictine nunnery with monastery wall (individual monument for ID No. 09300868)	Leipziger Strasse (map)	Middle of the 13th century (monastery ruins)	Individual monument belonging to the monastery of the Holy Cross: ruins of the Benedictine nuns monastery with monastery wall; Regional history, architectural history, landscape design, scientifically and artistically important, Romanesque architecture in transition to Gothic.	09265770

Remarks

This list is not suitable for deriving binding statements on the monument status of an object. As far as a legally binding determination of the listed property of an object is desired, the owner can apply to the responsible lower monument protection authority for a notice.
The official list of cultural monuments is never closed. It is permanently changed through clarifications, new additions or deletions. A transfer of such changes to this list is not guaranteed at the moment.
The monument quality of an object does not depend on its entry in this or the official list. Objects that are not listed can also be monuments.
Basically, the property of a monument extends to the substance and appearance as a whole, including the interior. Deviating applies if only parts are expressly protected (e.g. the facade).

Detailed memorial texts

↑ The preserved parts of the former Holy Cross Monastery are located a few hundred meters below the Meißner Albrechtsburg and form an impressive prelude to the primarily medieval architecture of the cathedral city. As a foundation of Margrave Dietrich (1162–1221) it served as a Benedictine nunnery for the high and low nobility. After it was moved to its present location in 1217, the convent was subject to the Cistercian rule. The supervision was given to the Abbot of Altzella. The monastery was completed at the new location around 1221/22, while the completion of the church continued until around 1241. Since the middle of the 13th century the complex has been used as a Benedictine monastery again . The monastery was dissolved in 1568 during the Reformation. During the Seven Years' War 1756–1763 it was destroyed by Prussian troops. The first ruins were secured in 1883 and increasingly since 1990. Of the monastery wings that were once grouped around a cross courtyard, the eastern parts of the church in the south, essential parts of the ground floor of the east wing and the basement under the north wing have been preserved. There are still numerous remarkable architectural details of the monastery church built on a cross-shaped floor plan, such as one and a half shield walls from the north wall with an ogival window, the surrounding wall of the sanctuary (choir) with a semicircular apse, outside with pilaster strips , the vaulted sacristy and services with cruciform pillars Chalice capitals presumably to accommodate the ribs of a ribbed vault . The construction of the church is similar to that of the Cistercian monastery church Altzelle. The east wing consists of four rooms on the ground floor, two of which have an upper end. What is most remarkable is the former chapter house, which is marked outwards by a stepped round arch portal, flanked by two groups of three of window openings in a rectangular frame. This dominating detail of simple beauty is completed by a round opening at the top. The formal language of the vaulted consoles in the chapter house is also Cistercian. A few barrel-vaulted cellars from the north wing have come down on us. The monastery of the Holy Cross goes back to the late High Middle Ages . Despite the reduction of the complex to a few structural remains, the high quality of the architecture, which represents the Cistercian style in the transition from Romanesque to early Gothic, is clear in every detail. The predominantly medieval building stock is one of the oldest and most important cultural monuments in Saxony. As Cistercian architecture at a certain stage of development, it can also be assigned to Germany's national cultural heritage. The ruins of the former Benedictine nunnery of the Holy Cross were a motif for famous artists. There are several drawings of the complex by Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840). In addition, it is part of the cityscape of Meissen, which is unique in terms of urban planning, with the castle hill, old town and historical courtyards. Since the early Middle Ages, the castle hill was the military headquarters as well as the secular and ecclesiastical administrative center of the Mark Meissen, from which the later Saxony emerged. Meissen is therefore considered the cradle of Saxony. Apart from that, Meissen is probably the most depicted place in Saxony besides Dresden (LfD / 2008).

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List of monuments of the state of Saxony

Web links

Commons : Holy Cross Monastery (Meißen) - Collection of images

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

[1] The preserved parts of the former Holy Cross Monastery are located a few hundred meters below the Meißner Albrechtsburg and form an impressive prelude to the primarily medieval architecture of the cathedral city. As a foundation of Margrave Dietrich (1162–1221) it served as a Benedictine nunnery for the high and low nobility. After it was moved to its present location in 1217, the convent was subject to the Cistercian rule. The supervision was given to the Abbot of Altzella. The monastery was completed at the new location around 1221/22, while the completion of the church continued until around 1241. Since the middle of the 13th century the complex has been used as a Benedictine monastery again . The monastery was dissolved in 1568 during the Reformation. During the Seven Years' War 1756–1763 it was destroyed by Prussian troops. The first ruins were secured in 1883 and increasingly since 1990. Of the monastery wings that were once grouped around a cross courtyard, the eastern parts of the church in the south, essential parts of the ground floor of the east wing and the basement under the north wing have been preserved. There are still numerous remarkable architectural details of the monastery church built on a cross-shaped floor plan, such as one and a half shield walls from the north wall with an ogival window, the surrounding wall of the sanctuary (choir) with a semicircular apse, outside with pilaster strips , the vaulted sacristy and services with cruciform pillars Chalice capitals presumably to accommodate the ribs of a ribbed vault . The construction of the church is similar to that of the Cistercian monastery church Altzelle. The east wing consists of four rooms on the ground floor, two of which have an upper end. What is most remarkable is the former chapter house, which is marked outwards by a stepped round arch portal, flanked by two groups of three of window openings in a rectangular frame. This dominating detail of simple beauty is completed by a round opening at the top. The formal language of the vaulted consoles in the chapter house is also Cistercian. A few barrel-vaulted cellars from the north wing have come down on us. The monastery of the Holy Cross goes back to the late High Middle Ages . Despite the reduction of the complex to a few structural remains, the high quality of the architecture, which represents the Cistercian style in the transition from Romanesque to early Gothic, is clear in every detail. The predominantly medieval building stock is one of the oldest and most important cultural monuments in Saxony. As Cistercian architecture at a certain stage of development, it can also be assigned to Germany's national cultural heritage. The ruins of the former Benedictine nunnery of the Holy Cross were a motif for famous artists. There are several drawings of the complex by Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840). In addition, it is part of the cityscape of Meissen, which is unique in terms of urban planning, with the castle hill, old town and historical courtyards. Since the early Middle Ages, the castle hill was the military headquarters as well as the secular and ecclesiastical administrative center of the Mark Meissen, from which the later Saxony emerged. Meissen is therefore considered the cradle of Saxony. Apart from that, Meissen is probably the most depicted place in Saxony besides Dresden (LfD / 2008).