Offenhausen (Gomadingen)
Offenhausen is a formerly independent municipality in Baden-Württemberg and is now part of the municipality of Gomadingen in the Reutlingen district .
history
The village of Offenhausen was first mentioned in 1161; at that time it was an independent parish with a parish church. In 1258 the Lords of Lupfen donated their property in Offenhausen to the women's monastery in Kernhausen . The nuns from Kernhausen then moved to Offenhausen and founded a monastery there, which was accepted into the Dominican order .
In the following years, mainly daughters from lower aristocratic families in the area entered the monastery, such as the von Landau, von Gundelfingen, von Speth, vom Stein and von Stöffeln zu Justingen families. In response to the reform efforts of Count Eberhard im Bart , nuns from Schlettstadt also came to the Offenhausen monastery. Later the monastery opened to women from the middle classes.
At the beginning of the 15th century the monastery came under Württemberg sovereignty. Württemberg abolished the monastery during the Reformation in the 16th century. The last nun died in 1613.
At the end of the 16th century, the monastery was converted into a ducal stud for breeding horses and mules. Around 1600 there was also a large sheep farm. Around 1760, under the reign of Duke Carl Eugen, mule breeding particularly flourished: At that time, there were up to 36 mother mares in Offenhausen. The stud later became part of the main and state stud Marbach . The former monastery church is now the stud museum and shows exhibits on the history of horse breeding on two levels.
In 1812 Offenhausen was incorporated into the community of Gomadingen.
Building history
The late Gothic monastery church that is still preserved today dates from 1350, but the roof trusses in particular were later rebuilt several times. Otherwise nothing has been preserved from the monastery complex: most of the monastery buildings were removed after the abolition.
Others
The doctor and sculptor Wolfgang Stock lived in Offenhausen . He put up several of his sculptures, some of which can still be seen now.
The Lauter rises in the immediate vicinity of the stud farm .
literature
- Mercy Cell. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 11, Leipzig 1735, column 4 f.
Web links
- Dominican convent Offenhausen in the database of monasteries in Baden-Württemberg of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives
- Offenhausen Monastery Church in the building research / restoration database
Individual evidence
- ↑ stud Museum Offenhausen on the homepage of the municipality Gomadingen; accessed on September 30, 2019
Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ' N , 9 ° 22' E