Propstei Wagenhausen

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Wagenhausen (Propstei in the center of the picture on the left bank of the Rhine)
Propstei Wagenhausen (exterior view from the east)
Cloister with grave tablets

The Propstei Wagenhausen is located directly on the Rhine, in the municipality Wagenhausen TG, the neighboring municipality downstream to Stein am Rhein . The property is a former monastery that is now used as a Protestant church.

history

In 1083 the nobleman Touto von Wagenhausen bequeathed his property to the Allerheiligen monastery , with the stipulation that monks should live there. The Allerheiligen monastery then established the provost's office . Tuoto and the abbot of All Saints fell out and the property went to the bishop of Konstanz , who appointed the abbot of Petershausen as administrator in 1105 . Tuoto died in 1119.

After a provost of Wagenhausen took part in the Reformation after the Ittinger storm , the provost's office was abolished by the city of Schaffhausen in 1525 . In 1544 the provost's office was re-run as a reformed church. Until 1861 it was owned by the canton of Schaffhausen, which then handed it over to the canton of Thurgau , where it passed to the Reformed Parish in 1862.

Todays use

The church is used for church services and concerts. Apartments are built into one wing of the building and the historic Propsteisaal serves as a meeting place for the community.

architecture

The abbot of the Benedictine monastery of All Saints had a Romanesque pillar basilica built in Wagenhausen , a three-aisled, Romanesque basilica in the Lombard style . The north aisle was dilapidated due to the influence of the nearby Rhine and was therefore torn down around 1600.

In 1937 the church was restored outside and 1950/1951 inside. In 1970/1971 three apartments were set up in the east and south wings. The entire ensemble has been under federal monument protection since 1951 .

Furnishing

The one on the triumphal arch is preserved from the painting of the 13th century . The frescoes of St. Agatha (north wall), St. Sebastian (choir) and St. Antonius and Benedict (side apse) were made after 1500, the baptismal font 1512. The pulpit dates from the 17th century.

In the cloister there are grave tablets of provosts from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as a Pestsarg with opening bottoms (1611 was half of Thurgau population by the plague carried off; in Wagenhausen this affected 71 people).

The organ with seven registers on one manual and pedal was created by Metzler Orgelbau in 1981, and has been in the provost church since 1989.

Three bells hang in the bell tower : a “Marienglocke” from 1291 (this is one of the oldest still functioning bells in Switzerland), a large bell from 1514 - the “Beatrix bell”, and a small one from 1953.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruno Meyer: Touto and his monastery Wagenhausen. In: Thurgau Contributions to History , Vol. 101, 1964, pp. 50–75.
  2. ↑ Erich Trösch: Wagenhausen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ Ref. Propsteikirche Wagenhausen TG. In: Organ directory Switzerland-Liechtenstein. accessed on August 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Albert Knoepfli: Propstei Wagenhausen TG. (= Swiss Art Guide, No. 407). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1987, ISBN 3-85782-407-7 , pp. 1-16.
  5. ^ History of the Propstei on the website of the Protestant parish Wagenhausen, accessed on August 20, 2020.

Coordinates: 47 ° 39 ′ 32 "  N , 8 ° 51 ′ 1"  E ; CH1903:  706 042  /  279648