St. Jakob (Schwäbisch Hall)

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St. Jakob and St. Michael, detail from the city view by Hans Schreyer in Haalamt

St. Jakob in Schwäbisch Hall was a monastery church on the site of today's Haller town hall . Their choir protruded into today's market square.

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The church, which is considered the “oldest church or chapel in the city”, existed before the Komburg monastery was founded . It probably went back to a foundation of the Counts of the Komburg from the 11th century and was a branch chapel of Steinbach in connection with a Benedictine monastery. The Romanesque basilica was characterized by its long nave with sweeping cross arms and a crossing tower. Architecturally, it shared many similarities with the Church of St. Aegidien , founded in 1108 by Count Heinrich von Komburg-Rothenburg , the monastery church of the women's convent of Kleinkomburg .

On April 7, 1236, the Komburg Abbey left the St. Jacob's Church (" capella sancti Jacobi ", basilica) to the Franciscans , who set up their barefoot monastery in it. New altars were erected in the church. Indulgences in favor of Saints Francis, Anthony and Clare are documented. In the second half of the 13th century and at the beginning of the 14th century, the monastery complex was expanded, whereby King Albrecht was to warn the city in 1307 not to prevent the barefooted from building.

The monastery was closed in 1524 due to the introduction of the Reformation and then served as a Latin school . In 1533 the city had the ossuary demolished. A year later, the choir, cemetery and cloister were demolished. The refectory and the wall around the monastery district were also destroyed. Only the nave remained untouched and also received a new gate. In 1591 this gate was destroyed and the nave was shortened. In 1728 the rest of the building fell victim to the town fire.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eugen Gradmann : The art and antiquity monuments of the city and the Oberamt Schwäbisch-Hall . Paul Neff Verlag, Esslingen a. N. 1907, OCLC 31518382 , pp. 16 ( archive.org ).
  2. ↑ Count Heinrich was the brother of the founder of Groß-Komburg Abbey.
  3. ^ Also called St. Gilgen, St. Ilgen.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 44.6 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 12.7"  E