Marienkloster (Niederau)

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Mary's Monastery

The Marienkloster is in the Niederau district of the city of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia .

On May 31, 1908, the foundation stone for the Convent of the Cellites was laid by St. Gertrud . The Marienkloster was inaugurated in November 1909 as a novelty in Niederau. On behalf of the ecclesiastical authority, the archbishop's commissioner of the order, Pastor Odenthal, carried out the solemn ceremonies . The foundation stone charter has the following text:

May the building that will be built on this stone be and remain a house of prayer, sacrifice and working love, a "spiritual house" like St. Peter admonishes, erected over the "living corner stone", to which as St. Peter urges you to come closer. And you too will be built as living stones, on him, as a spiritual temple, in order to offer spiritual sacrifices that are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ .

A custody facility for small children was attached to the Catholic monastery . In addition, retreats were held. In 1910 180 virgins took part in such a retreat. During the First World War , a total of 1,847 wounded people were cared for in the monastery. In 1915 a Lourdes grotto was donated to the monastery .

As a result of the enemy occupation, many officials of the German Reichsbahn were driven out of their homes or expelled. Most of them had to be accommodated in institutions, inns and monasteries. Families were also accommodated in the Marienkloster from mid-1923 to mid-January 1925.

During the Second World War , the monastery was temporarily confiscated as an auxiliary hospital . In November 1944 the nuns were evacuated. Via Euskirchen we went to Paderborn . After the war damage, the reconstruction takes place. The kindergarten was reopened on July 15, 1946 . In 1947 the Marienkloster was converted into an old people's home. A retirement home was added in the 1960s. In 1998 the Cellitinnen zur St. Maria took over the sponsorship of the facility.

Today up to 105 elderly people are housed in the senior citizens' home. They are looked after by cellists and secular nursing staff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fred Schröder: The Cellitinnen have a long history in Düren. Dürener Zeitung, quoted from Marien Hospital Düren, accessed on December 19, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Timeline of the Cellitinnen. (PDF; 39 kB) Marienkloster Senior Citizens' Home, accessed on July 24, 2009 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 48.9 ″  N , 6 ° 29 ′ 41.2 ″  E