Mennocate
The Mennokate - also Menno-Kate - is a Kate near Bad Oldesloe , which reminds of the Anabaptist reformer Menno Simons , who spent the last years of his life in the nearby Gutsdorf Wüstenfelde . The thatched-roof house and the linden tree in front of it are under monument protection. The linden tree is said to have been planted by Simons himself.
history
The simple, whitewashed brick cottage, built in the middle of the 16th century, contained a printing house in which, despite the ban on publication, several Anabaptist writings, including a revised edition of the well-known foundation book from 1539/40, were printed. The printer is said to have been available to Simons between spring 1554 and summer 1556 at the latest. It has not yet been clarified whether the print shop was closed or reopened elsewhere following an order from the Danish royal court , which was under Holstein rule .
The cottage belonged to what was then Gut Fresenburg. Not far from the cottage was the village of Wüstenfelde, populated by Anabaptists .
The Mennocate today
Today a small museum is set up in the house, which reminds of the work of Menno Simons. In the museum rooms there are writings, maps and pictures that provide information about the places where Menno Simons worked. Further material provides information about the distribution and history of the Mennonites. A memorial stone designed by Richard Kuöhl with a portrait of Menno Simons carved in copper has stood in front of the cottage since 1957 . The memorial stone is surrounded by several memorial plaques from Mennonite communities from Bavaria, Nassau, the Palatinate, West and East Prussia, among others. The linden tree in front of the house is said to have been planted by Menno Simons.
The Mennokate is owned by Baron von Jenisch from Bad Oldesloe. He leased the building to the Association of German Mennonite Congregations (VDM) as an amalgamation of the north and west German Mennonite communities; A committee of the Mennonite History Association with members from the Mennonite communities Hamburg-Altona and Lübeck has taken care of the museum .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Menno-Kate. Mennonite Lexicon, accessed April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ The future needs origins = Menno Simons memorial. Retrieved April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Diether Götz Lichdi: The Mennonites in Past and Present, 2004, p. 76
- ↑ Menno-Kate. Mennonite Lexicon, accessed April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Menno Simons Memorial. MuseumsNord, accessed April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Menno-Kate. Mennonite Lexicon, accessed April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Menno-Kate. Mennonite Lexicon, accessed April 12, 2020 .
- ↑ The Mennocate should be preserved. Mennonews, accessed April 12, 2020 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 49 ′ 17 ″ N , 10 ° 22 ′ 17 ″ E