Marienburg (Moselle)
The (Pündericher) Marienburg is located on the last foothills of Zell (Mosel) near Pünderich , Alf and Bullay on the Moselle , more precisely at a narrowing of the almost 14 km long Moselle loop of the Zeller Hamm. The former Augustinian monastery was dissolved in 1515 and converted into a fortification. Today it serves as a youth education center for the Trier diocese .
location
The Marienburg is located on the Petersberg, a hill in the Moselle loop from Zell and Kaimt. The Moselle flows on two sides at the foot of the Petersberg. The surrounding slopes are used for viticulture .
history
1100–1500: High Middle Ages - From the foundation to the closure of the monastery
The Marienburg monastery was built on the site of a Kurtrier castle. The old name “castrum Mariae” and the existing old fortifications speak for their existence. On April 22, 1143, Pope Innocent II confirmed the possession of the parish church on St. Petersberg with the five affiliated churches to the Springiersbach abbey . In 1146, Abbot Richard I began to found a convent based on the rule of St. Augustine; He has the now dilapidated St. Peter's Church torn down. On October 18, 1157, Archbishop Hillin von Falmagne solemnly inaugurated the new monastery church of Marienburg in the name of "the pure and flawless Virgin Mary ".
Around 1280 Archbishop Heinrich II. Von Finstingen had the fortifications reinforced to defend the archbishopric and to protect the Marienburg choir women. The monastery is harassed by constant armed conflicts. The earnings run out; the nuns often had to seek refuge in neighboring monasteries for years. Pope Leo X , the Renaissance Pope who later excommunicated Martin Luther in 1520, responded to the Archbishop's requests in two documents dated January 20, 1514 and December 28, 1515 and authorized him to close the monastery. The bull also decrees the transfer of the convent to the sister convent of St. Nikolaus on the Stuben peninsula near Bremm , determines the supply of the women choirs and grants the Archbishop of Trier and his successors the right to utilize the Marienburg monastery for their use and habitation.
1500–1800: Late Middle Ages and upheaval - The Marienburg as a pilgrimage church until its destruction
Around 1520, Archbishop Richard von Greiffenclau ordered the reconstruction of the monastery building with the intention of building stronger fortifications on the Marienburg; however, the expansion plans never come to fruition. The existing fortifications are occupied by Bavaria and Sweden during the Thirty Years War and destroyed by French troops in 1650.
During this time the church is subordinate to a rector and serves as a place of pilgrimage. Klausner also live on the Petersberg. Around 1700 the castle and church underwent a restoration in the Baroque style. In 1787, according to a description, the church on the Marienburg is in good condition and has three altars: the high altar (made of lime wood) in the east choir in honor of the Three Kings, an altar of Our Lady on the south side (which probably also had a raised pulpit) and a stone one Side altar on the north side, which was donated in 1639 by Maas, the administrator of Zell.
French revolutionary troops occupy the area in 1794. In January 1797, Matthias Clar from Zell succeeds Rector Justus at the Marienburg. He can probably keep operations on the Marienburg until January 1797; then French soldiers took everything useful (metal, bells, organ pipes, lead windows) and destroyed the roof. A Klausner rescues the venerated image of Mary after Kaimt. A delegation of citizens of Pünderich had traveled to Koblenz to maintain the tower and to present to the French prefect there; their request was granted, but when they returned the work of destruction had already been done
1800–1925: The upheaval in modern times - The Marienburg in private ownership - decay and timid construction
On September 8, 1803, the Marienburg and all of its possessions were declared French national property and auctioned. The surgeon Jodokus Crossius from Zell buys the Marienburg including the garden for 1,075 francs. Stephan Kallfelz from Merl bought it from him. In 1838 District Administrator Moritz von Zell, businessman Clemens von Alf and hut owner Ferdinand Remy zu Alfereisenwerk acquired the ruins of Marienburg along with the monastery garden and property from Stephan Kallfelz's son. In May 1849 a people's assembly took place at Marienburg, at which Karl Grün gave a fiery speech for the imperial constitution campaign , allegedly 5,000 people were present.
1950 - today: present
On February 25, 1950, the last owner, Mrs. Gertrud Weinbach, sold the entire property with the church ruins to the diocese of Trier in order to restore the Marienburg to a sacred purpose. On September 8, 1957, Bishop Matthias Wehr again consecrated the church. After more than 200 years, a priest moved to Marienburg for the first time in 1996, regional youth pastor Joachim Keil. He becomes Rector Ecclesiae and later a clergyman of the youth education center. In 1998 the management of the Marienburg youth education center was handed over to the Trier TBTmbH diocese, based in Trier. On October 1, 2000, the diocese established a youth education center on Marienburg with the task of offering its own measures in the areas of political, social, religious and musical-cultural youth education. From 2000 to 2001, the supporting company, the Diocese of Trier TBT mbH, renovated the entire property. In 2003, the management of the Marienburg café-restaurant was also handed over to the supporting company, Diocese of Trier TBT mbH. The premises are undergoing a general renovation.
On March 31, 2006, as part of a fundamental restructuring of the pastoral care for children and young people in the Diocese of Trier, all three youth education centers will be closed, including the one at Marienburg. This is the end of successful international educational work, especially in the musical and cultural field. In order to continue the legacy of the Marienburg, a specialist office plus for church child and youth work will be established on April 1, 2006 with a youth church on the Marienburg (under the current leadership of youth pastor Jan Lehmann).
literature
- Alfons Friderichs: Marienburg Augustinian convent . In: Annual report of KSK Cochem-Zell 1989, 58/61.
- Alfons Friderichs: The land chapter Zell-Kaimt. The origin on the Petersberg / Marienburg . In: Kreisjahrbuch Cochem-Zell 2005, 196/8.
Web links
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Homepage of the youth education center )
- Further information
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elisabeth Dühr (Ed.): The worst point in the province, Trier 1998, p. 181.
Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 36.2 ″ N , 7 ° 8 ′ 12.4 ″ E