Springiersbach Abbey
The Springiersbach is a former Augustinian Monastery and now a convent of the Carmelites at Bengel in the Eifel , 16 kilometers from Wittlich removed.
history
The monastery was consecrated in 1102 by Bruno von Lauffen , 1102–1124 Archbishop of Trier , in the presence of Count Palatine Siegfried I von Ballenstedt . This consecration is considered to be the foundation of the Springiersbach monastery, named after the stream and valley of the same name. The first abbot was Richard I († 1158), son of Benigna de Duna (Benigna von Daun), a noble ministerial from the Eifel, on whose farm Thermunt, whom she bequeathed all lands to the archbishop , the first cell of the monastery was built. The Augustine rule of silence, fasting , work and prayer was chosen as the rule of the order and was thus the basis of the community.
As early as 1107 the monastery was withdrawn from the archbishop during the turmoil of the crusades, the brothers were free to choose their abbot. Access to the community was only granted to aristocrats who bequeathed all of their property to the monastery - including lands, forests and villages, which meant an unexpected economic boom for the monastery.
In 1120 the monastery of Hane near Bolanden , Pfalz , was settled with canons from Springiersbach, in 1129 the monastery of Schiffenberg near Gießen .
In 1135, the three-aisled Romanesque basilica of the monastery was consecrated by the Archbishop of Trier A (dal) bero of Montreuil (* 1080, Archbishop 1131–1152). It was the first stone church in the monastery and replaced the old wooden church.
In 1136 the bones of the Holy Abrunculus were transferred from Trier to the abbey.
Under the spiritual supervision of the Abbots of Springiersbach, partly since the 12th century:
- The St. Thomas women's monastery near Andernach
- The Martental convent near Leienkaul
- The Marienburg convent near Zell (Mosel)
- The Stuben women's monastery near Bremm on the Moselle
- The Peternach Monastery ( Jakobsbergerhof ) near Boppard
In 1140 the monastery already owned vineyards in Bridal ( Briedel ) on the Moselle. In 1144 the rights and possessions of the monastery were given by the Roman-German King Konrad III. and again in 1193 by Emperor Heinrich VI. approved.
On January 30, 1299, the monastery acquired a winery in "Pleyt" in Edegry ( Ediger ).
Abbot Johann Friedrich Auwach (great-uncle of the Speyer cathedral dean Hermann Lothar von Auwach ) officiated as abbot from 1593 to 1621. Because of his indomitable adherence to the Catholic faith, the Protestant rulers of Sponheim kidnapped him and locked him up until he signed a certificate of submission, which he did after his Release revoked immediately. In 1606 the Pope granted him the privilege of being the first abbot of Springiersbach to wear a miter for his firm belief . In 1610 he also donated an ornate Renaissance altar to the pilgrimage church of St. Bartholomäus Olkenbach-Heinzerath .
In 1752, the Springiersbacher Hof was rebuilt in Ediger under Abbot Johann Heinrich von Wasserberg (1728–1758).
In the early modern period the importance of the monastery declined, disputes within the convent hindered the spiritual life and several attempts at reform by the Archbishop of Trier failed. From 1769–1772, however, the baroque church that is still preserved today was built. The architect was Paul Stehling from Strasbourg , the ceiling paintings were created by Franz Freund from Bernkastel. They depict a scene from the life of St. Augustine, the Assumption of Mary and the Trinity. The altars of the church and especially the choir stalls are kept in rococo shapes, the symmetrical design of which is a first sign of classicism .
After 1789, the then Archbishop of Trier and Elector Clemens Wenzeslaus of Saxony (1739–1812, Archbishop 1768–1801) converted with the permission of Pope Pius VI. the Augustinian monastery into a knight monastery . A little later Springiersbach fell under the secularization of Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte and was closed. The monastery church, which was only built in 1769, was consecrated as the Bengel parish church by Trier Bishop Charles Mannay in 1802 and thus escaped demolition, but the distance to the town made it difficult for parishioners to reach. The monastery buildings were subdivided and sold to various private individuals; only a small area served as a rectory.
In 1897 a fire destroyed the roofs of the church, the Bengel parish initially did not want to invest the sum paid by the insurance company in the reconstruction, but instead wanted to build a new church in the village itself. However, the Prussian monument preservation and the pastor campaigned for the restoration. At the beginning of the 20th century, the former monastery church was closed after all, as Bengel had now received the long-desired parish church in the village. The important baroque building threatened to fall into disrepair due to lack of use.
In 1922 the Upper German Province of the Carmelites from Bamberg founded a small convent in the Springiersbach monastery, which the recently deceased Trier Bishop Michael Felix Korum had offered. In 1940 another fire destroyed the roof of the monastery church, and a little later the vault of the nave collapsed. Despite the war, the monastery managed to rebuild the church by 1946. The ceiling paintings were reconstructed true to the original by the painter Hermann Velte based on photos and preserved remains.
In 1962, parts of the monastery were renovated and redesigned by the architect Walter Neuhäusser after the order was able to acquire the dilapidated buildings, some of which were still privately owned. In the process, preserved parts of the Romanesque architecture were exposed or reconstructed.
List of Abbots
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- 1129–1158: Richard I ( provost since 1118 )
- 1158–1169: Richard II.
- 1169-1190: Godefried
- 1193: Absalon
- 1196-1210: Werner
- 1224: Gerhard
- 1250–1284: Heinrich I.
- 1293–1307: Nikolaus von Waldeck
- 1308-1315: Richard III.
- 1318–1320: Heinrich II.
- 1327-1352: Eustachius von Monreal
- 1352–1374: Matthäus von Merl
- 1374–1396: Paul von Lahnstein
- 1396–1400: Theodorich von Wittlich
- 1400–1434: Simon (Sigmund) von Weiler
- 1434–1438: Philipp von Koppenstein
- 1438–1462: Peter von Kesselstatt
- 1462–1493: Konrad von Metzenhausen
- 1493–1530: Johann Print von Horchheim called Brohl
- 1530–1560: Daniel Schilling von Lahnstein
- 1560–1578: Caspar von Schutzbar called Milchling
- 1578–1593: Peter Scheid called Weschpfennig
- 1593–1621: Johann Friedrich Auwach von Wittlich
- 1621–1638: Johann Eberhard von Deusternau
- 1638–1657: Hermann von Cortenbach
- 1657–1688: Franz Wilhelm von Jülicher von Eilen
- 1688-1695: vacancy
- 1695–1711: Theoderich Werner von Roest called Entzenbroch
- 1711–1728: Johann Balduin von Berg von Dürffendahl
- 1728–1758: Johann Heinrich von Wassenberg
- 1758–1789: Karl Kaspar von Holtrop
Organ of the monastery church
The organ of the monastery church was built in 1998 by the organ building company Hubert Sandtner (Dillingen an der Donau). The instrument has 27 stops on two manuals and a pedal (slider drawer) and mechanical playing and stop action.
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literature
- Jacob Marx: History of the Archbishopric Trier: di the city of Trier & of Trier. Landes, as an electorate and as an archdiocese, from the earliest times to the year 1816. Die Stifte und Klöster, Volume 2, Edition 2, Trier 1862, pp. 214-239. On-line
- Karl-Josef Gilles and Erwin Schaaf: Springiersbach. From the Augustinian Canons Abbey to the Carmelite Monastery 1102–2002 . Ed. from the Verbandsgemeinde Kröv-Bausendorf and the Karmelitenkloster Springiersbach (= series Ortschroniken des Trier Land , volume 36), Trier 2002, ISBN 3-928497-07-3 [not evaluated]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marx 1862, p. 216
- ↑ More details in Marx 1862, p. 239ff.
- ↑ More details in Marx 1862, pp. 244f.
- ↑ More details in Marx 1862, pp. 245f.
- ↑ More details in Marx 1862, p. 246 ff.
- ↑ Klaus Petry: Wittlich: The history of the city from the 14th century to the year 1815 , page 105, volume 6 of: Contributions to the history and culture of the city of Wittlich , Wittlich city administration, 2002, ISBN 3980590887 ; Excerpt from the source
- ↑ Newspaper article about Abbot Auwach, from the Trierischer Volksfreund , from January 9, 2013
- ↑ More information on the new organ in the monastery church
Web links
- Website of the Springiersbach monastery
- Springiersbach Monastery Church ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ 31 ″ N , 7 ° 4 ′ 10 ″ E