St. Peters Stift (Goslar)

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The Petersberg with the pen, in the foreground the Klusfelsen; historical engraving, possibly an idealized copy of an older original
Remains of the collegiate church today: View from the central nave into the south aisle with remains of columns
Foundations of the westwork

The St. Peters Stift was an imperial direct monastery on the Petersberg east of the old town of Goslar . It existed from the middle of the 11th to the 15th centuries. The buildings were destroyed in the Goslar riots in 1527 , and the remaining masonry was removed as building material in the 18th century.

history

The Petersstift was founded in 1045 - at the same time as the Pfalzstift St. Simon and Judas - by Agnes von Poitou , the wife of Henry III. , founded. According to a legend , she wanted to atone for an unjustified death sentence with this and with the establishment of the hermitage on Klusfelsen . The emperor privileged the foundation.

In the centuries that followed, St. Peter's Abbey flourished materially and spiritually and culturally. Several of his provosts rose to the highest offices in church and empire . The collegiate church was expanded into a mighty basilica with a westwork , transept and crossing tower . However, at the turn of the 15th century, decline and decline set in. Franciscans from the city who took over the buildings in 1422 couldn't stop the process. In 1500 the bailiwick of the monastery passed to the city of Goslar. With that it had legally ceased to exist.

In view of the threat to Goslar from Heinrich II. Von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel in 1527, the council had the St. Peter's Monastery , which is also strategically located, removed in addition to the Georgsstift , the Holy Sepulcher Monastery and the St. John's Church . Since the Reformation had been introduced the year before , there was no longer any reconstruction.

After the great city fire of April 26, 1728, the ruins were used as a quarry, mainly for the new construction of the Stephanikirche , and finally disappeared without a trace.

From 1871 Adelbert Hotzen carried out excavations and measurements on the Petersberg and created a map of the buildings. The remains of the wall in the ground were secured and show the floor plan of the church.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 38.3 "  N , 10 ° 26 ′ 46.6"  E