Propstei Johannesberg

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St. John the Baptist (Johannesberg)
Aerial view of today's St. Johannes monastery
place Johannesberg (Fulda)
Denomination Roman Catholic
diocese Fulda
Patronage John the Baptist
Construction year 811
Construction type Hall church
function Parish church

The Johannesberg Propstei , a former Benedictine provostry , is located in the eponymous district of Fulda in Hesse and is today the Roman Catholic parish church of the district. Although the church was considerably redesigned in the Baroque , the basic Romanesque forms are still clearly visible.

Partial view from the Propsteigarten on the Propsteischloss with nave and tower

history

The first church on this site was built in 811 by the third abbot of the Fulda monastery , Abbot Ratgar , and consecrated by Archbishop Richulf of Mainz . In 836 the Fulda abbot Rabanus Maurus (* 780; † 856) founded a Benedictine monastery here as a subsidiary of the Fulda Abbey. Around 1000 a Romanesque basilica was built on the site of the old church , which burned down or was looted several times over the following centuries. The monastery was finally converted into a provost house in the middle of the 17th century and the church under the patronage of John the Baptist became its center.

Around the church is the former provost's palace , the building stock of which mainly dates from the 18th century, when the residence was rebuilt by Andrea Gallasini under Provost Conrad von Mengersen . Work began in 1726, but was only partially completed and stopped after 1747. According to the original plan, the castle should fit symmetrically around the church. While the wings south of the church were largely completed, the facilities north of the church remained rudimentary . Instead of the northern residential building, a portal was built here in 1742. The “Red Building”, a three-story, stately mansion with a mansard roof and coat of arms portal belongs to the southern wing . The upper floor is almost completely taken up by a large ballroom; its restoration was awarded the Europa Nostra Medal .

Baroque gardens

The baroque gardens stretching east of the provost house originally took up three terraces, one behind the other and one on top of the other, which are oriented towards the landscape in the direction of Fulda and Rhön , of which only the upper terrace was designed again as a baroque garden.

Vorwerk Nonnenrod

see also

The Vorwerk Nonnenrod is a single farm that was mentioned as early as 1650 and belonged to the provost house. It is southwest of Johannesberg near Fulda. and a centuries-old agricultural homestead in the valley of the Aschehöfer Grund. The homestead was probably built as a small nunnery by Johannesberg provost Bonifatius von Buseck in the 17th century. In 1699 there was a chapel . 1802 was expected to Nonnenrod fuldischen Provost Office Johannesberg .

Old coat of arms stone from 1699

The old house of the manor bears a coat of arms stone with the coat of arms of Johannesberg provost Bonifazius von Busek (1656–1700) and the year 1698. The cladding of the massive vaulted cellar ("Kapellen-Keller") is marked with the year 1698.

secularization

With the Propsteiamt Johannesberg , the Propstei Johannesberg had its own domain in the Holy Roman Empire , in which the provost exercised sovereign rights. With the secularization through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in 1803, the Fulda monastery and thus also the Johannesberg provost was dissolved. The monastery's possessions were expropriated, taken over by the Principality of Nassau-Oranien-Fulda and later by the Electorate of Hesse and subsequently converted into a state domain .

Modern times

The domain was used from 1835 to 1968 and cultivated over 300 hectares including the Nonnenrod branch. At times over 70 permanent employees were employed. The buildings served agricultural purposes for more than 130 years. In the 1980s, the "German Center for Handicrafts and Monument Preservation - Propstei Johannesberg" took its seat here. Under his aegis, the complex was gradually restored. After the center went bankrupt in 2001, its work is continued today by Propstei Johannesberg gGmbH . It maintains its workshops mainly in the northern wing of the complex.

Well-known provosts of Johannesberg

  • Konrad around 1299
  • Albert von Hornsberg around 1306
  • Berthold around 1307
  • Dietrich around 1328
  • Martin von Lichtenberg around 1382, 1387
  • Engelhard Wambold von Umstadt around 1394
  • Johann von Rorbach around 1401
  • Hermann von Buchenau around 1410–1434
  • Konrad von Allendorf around 1467–1471
  • Wilkin kitchen master 1489–1499, previously provost von Petersberg
  • Melchior kitchen master 1505–1522
  • Philipp Schenck zu Schweinsberg 1522–1550, became prince abbot in 1541 and kept the provost, including provost von Rasdorf, Petersberg and Frauenberg
  • Wolfgang Dietrich von Eusigheim 1550–1558, at the same time abbot, at the same time provost of Petersberg, Frauenberg, previously provost of Holzkirchen, and also in Thulba
  • Wolfgang Schutzbar called Milchling 1558–1567, simultaneously prince abbot and provost on the Petersberg and on the Frauenberg
  • Philipp Georg Schenk von Schweinsberg 1567–1568, also Prince Abbot, see also Michaelsberg, Neuenberg, Holzkirchen
  • Wilhelm Hartmann von Klaur (Klauer) zu Wohra, officiated 1568–1570, at the same time prince abbot, previously provost of Thulba
  • Balthasar von Dernbach 1570–1576 and later again, at the same time prince abbot
  • Heinrich von Bobenhausen 1577–1585, at the same time administrator of the Fulda bishopric
  • Archduke Maximilian of Austria 1585–1602, at the same time administrator of the Hochstift Fulda
  • Balthasar von Dernbach 1602–1606, before, at the same time prince abbot
  • Reinhard Ludwig von Dallwig (Dalwigk) 1606–1607, prince abbot
  • Johann Friedrich von Schwalbach 1607–1622, at the same time prince abbot, previously provost on the Michaelsberg, on the Neuenberg, in Rohr, in Blankenau
  • Johann Bernhard Schenk von Schweinsberg 1623–1632, at the same time prince abbot, previously provost in Blankenau, on the Michaelsberg, on the Neuenberg
  • Johann Adolf von Hoheneck 1633–1635, at the same time prince abbot, also provost vom Petersberg
  • Hermann Georg von Neuhof called Ley 1635–1644, at the same time prince abbot, also provost of Blankenau, Holzkirchen and Rohr
  • Father Sturmius Helcker, officiated 1644–1649, the only non-aristocratic provost
  • Bonifatius (Bonifaz) von Buseck 1656–1701
  • Benedikt von Rosenbusch March 12, 1701–1707, before that in Blankenau and Thulba, then in Andreasberg
  • Friedrich von Buttlar May 28, 1707–1715, before that in Holzkirchen and Thulba
  • Konrad von Mengersen December 31, 1715–1753, before that in Thulba and in Holzkirchen
  • Karl (Carolus) von Fechenbach October 12, 1753–1755, before Petersberg, then Andreasberg
  • Eugen von Bastheim 1755–1758, before that in Sannerz and in Holzkirchen
  • Anton von Hagenbach October 22, 1753–15. July 1759, before that in Zella and on the Petersberg
  • Vinzenz (Vincentius) von Buseck called Brand 23 December 1759–1765, before that in Sannerz and Thulba
  • Lothar (Lotharius) von Hohenfeld August 26, 1765–1776, before that in Sannerz and Blankenau
  • Wilhelm (Wilhelmus) von Mengersen 1776–1778, before that in Sannerz
  • Amand (Amandus) Zobel von Giebelstadt August 22, 1778–1794
  • Ludwig (Ludovicus) von Schönau January 14, 1795–1802, previously in Zella, last provost

Picture gallery

  • The Church of St. John the Baptist of Johannesberg

  • St. John d. T., interior

  • St. John d. T., organ loft

  • St. John d. T., view of the font

  • The close development of the monastery complex with church access

  • The former sheepfold opposite the provost palace

  • The “Red Building” as a mansion

  • The former stables

  • Panorama with Propsteigarten

  • Coat of arms of Conrad von Mengersen

literature

  • Magnus Backes: Hessen - Handbook of German Art Monuments ("Dehio"), 2nd edition, Munich 1982.
  • Johannes Burkardt: Fulda, Johannesberg . In: Friedhelm Jürgensmeier et al.: The Benedictine monastery and nunnery in Hessen (Germania Benedictina 7 Hessen), Eos, St. Ottilien 2004, pp. 445–455, ISBN 3-8306-7199-7 .
  • Christina Meiborg u. Alexander Pust: The Johannesberg provost near Fulda in the light of archaeological research . In: Hessische Heimat 2014/3, pp. 27–33.
  • Parish church St. Johannes dT Fulda Johannesberg , 1st edition, Schnell & Steiner, Munich, 1986.

Web links

Commons : Propstei Johannesberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ′ 25 ″  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 41 ″  E