Munsterbilzen
Munsterbilzen (German: Münsterbilsen) is a place in the southern Haspengau within the Belgian province of Limburg ; the community was merged with other places to form the city of Bilzen in 1977 . Munsterbilzen has (2006) 4433 inhabitants.
Munsterbilzen Abbey
Munsterbilzen owes its name to the imperial abbey , which was founded by the Merovingians . It is the oldest monastery in the Dietse Nederlanden as the other two large monasteries, Susteren and Aldeneik , date back to the beginning of the 8th century. According to tradition, the Belisia women's abbey was founded around 670 by St. Landrada , allegedly a daughter of Karl Martell , possibly with the help of St. Lambertus , Bishop of Maastricht († around 705).
Even Cupid Maastricht is associated with the founding of the Abbey in conjunction.
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The village that developed near the abbey was named Belisia Monasterii or Munsterbilzen, in contrast to the neighboring towns of Beukenbilzen and Eigenbilzen, which today also belong to the city of Bilzen. In 881 the abbey (as well as the churches of Tongeren , Liège , Maastricht and Sint-Truiden ) were devastated by the Normans . Saint Ida of Boulogne († 1113), daughter of Duke Gottfried III. , Wife of Count Eustach II of Boulogne and mother of Gottfried von Bouillon , gave the abbey a number of estates in the present-day Bilzen districts of Bilzen (Ort), Waltwilder, Martenslinde, Eigenbilzen and Rijkhoven, as well as in Riemst and Gellik (today Lanaken ).
The abbess of Munsterbilzen's imperial abbey also had rulership rights in the villages of Wellen , Haccourt (now Oupaye ), Hallembaye and Kleine-Spouwen (now also a district of Bilzen). She was imperial duchess and regarded herself as the sovereign mistress of her five villages - a right that was challenged from the 17th century by both the cathedral chapter and the prince-bishop of Liège , until the abbess, after many trials, submitted to the sovereignty of the prince-bishop in 1773 .
During the French Revolution , the monastery was closed and its goods were sold.
Archaeological discoveries
In June 2006, a number of tree coffins were discovered during road construction work on the N 730 in the immediate vicinity of the Munsterbilzen church .
Web links
- Website of the Heemkring Landrada Munsterbilzen. (No longer available online.) In: landrada.be. Archived from the original on 2017 (Dutch).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saints. Cupid - October 8th. In: heilige.de. Bonifatiuswerk der Deutschen Katholiken e. V. , accessed on October 28, 2018 .
- ↑ project 2006 - Bilzen - Doortocht N730 Munsterbilzen. (No longer available online.) In: joomla15.zolad.be. Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 24, 2019 (no mementos). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
Coordinates: 50 ° 53 ' N , 5 ° 32' E