St. Paul Monastery (Bremen)

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The Paulskloster in the Renner Chronicle from the 17th century
Epitaph for Gerhard Vaget, last abbot of the Paulskloster

The St. Paul Monastery , also known for short as Paul Monastery in front of Bremen , was a Benedictine monastery in front of Bremen's Ostertor , which existed from 1050 to 1523 and is no longer preserved today. The monastery was located on an elevation of the Bremen dune in front of the city gates in the western part of today's Ostertorviertel near the street Beim Paulskloster .

history

The monastery was founded by Archbishop Adalbert as the provost of St. Paul in 1050 and confirmed by the Archbishop in 1139. The streets at the Paulskloster , Klosterpfad , Paulistraße , Kreuzstraße and the Pauliner Marsch in the Ostertorviertel are still reminiscent of its former location. In addition to the monastery, there was a farm in Elsfleth-Huntdorf and the cloister with a bakery, brewery and stables. In addition, it had an infirmarium (an infirmary). The monastery increasingly lost its importance in the 12th century.

After the Reformation , the monastery located directly in front of the Bremen city wall was demolished in 1523 - presumably to protect the nearby Easter Gate. The road from the small Weser bridge to the Warturm was paved with the stones of the monastery . The “treasure” of the monastery was collected by the Bremen council . In the Schmalkaldic War of 1547, the monks fled to the city. Then the farm buildings were removed. The last abbot Gerhard Vaget died in 1567, his epitaph from St. Petri Cathedral is now in the Cathedral Museum . In the 17th century, in the course of the fortress construction , the St. Pauliberg was leveled in favor of the expansion of the Ostertorbastion .

The Runge Brewery was built on the site of the monastery in the 17th century and was renamed the St. Pauli Brewery in 1857 . Today (2014) is on the site u. a. the residential buildings in the milk district .

Abbots

The list follows Luise Michaelsen. The entries give names and the oldest and youngest recorded mention.

  • Bertold: 1132 and 1147
  • Segebodo von Uthlede: 1174 and 1214, a brother of Prince Archbishop Hartwig II.
  • Hermann (I.) von Buxthoeven : 1217 and 1218, nephew of the previous one, brother of Bishop Albert von Buxthoeven , whom he followed to Livonia
  • Conrad: 1225 and 1227
  • Heinrich (I.): 1235 and 1244
  • Otto von Oldenburg : 1257 and 1261, moved to Rastede Monastery
  • Willekin von Mercele: 1277 and 1282, came from Rastede
  • Johann (I.): 1290 and 1291
  • Wernbert: 1297 and 1311
  • Albert: 1318
  • Johann (II.): 1331 and 1345
  • Erpo: 1350 and 1356
  • Hermann (II.) Von Bunnekemolen: 1358 and 1376
  • Johann (III.) Von Bolne: 1387 and 1399
  • Friedrich Harkenstele: 1399–1403
  • Johann (IV.) Harpstede: 1409 and 1428
  • Heinrich (II.) Pulle: 1435 and 1445
  • Johann (V.): 1446
  • Heinrich (III.): 1452 and 1459
  • Herbord Zierenberg: 1463 and 1499, brother of the councilor Heinrich Zierenberg
  • Gerhard (I.) Wempe: 1497 and 1504
  • Arnd Soltouw: 1505
  • Heinrich (IV.) Junge (alias Hinrich Wildeshusen): 1507 and 1524
  • Gerhard (II.) Oldenzell: 1525 and 1540
  • Johann (VI.) Wiedenbrügge: 1541 and 1550
  • Gerhard (III.) Vaget (alias Vogt): 1551–1567

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bremen document book III . P. 38 and Bremen Document Book IV . P. 150.
  2. ^ Arnold Gerhard Deneken: The Bremen mayors Daniel von Büren the elder and Daniel von Büren the younger. Verlag Johann Georg Heyse, Bremen 1836, p. 15
  3. ↑ Luise Michaelsen, "Das Paulskloster vor Bremen": 2 parts, in: Bremisches Jahrbuch , part 1: vol. 46 (1959), pp. 40-107, part 2: vol. 47 (1961), p. 1 –63, here p. 54seq.

Web links

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Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 15.4 ″  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 58.2 ″  E