Flaesheim Monastery
The Flaesheim Monastery in Flaesheim near Haltern am See was founded in 1166 as a branch of Premonstratensian women and was converted into a free worldly women's monastery around 1550 . It was abolished in 1808.
history
The founder was Otto I von Ravensberg with his family in 1166 . He gave the new community a good as a material basis. As a result, numerous other properties came into the hands of the monastery through gifts and purchases. In 1803 the establishment owned 92 farms and cottages. The monastery was dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene . The Counts of Ravensberg kept the bailiwick of the monastery until 1240 . After their waiver, this right fell to the Archbishops of Cologne . The monastery was subordinate to the Abbot of Knechtsteden . In 1471, 21 members of the convent lived in the monastery.
In the early modern times, monastery breeding subsided. As a result, the facility was converted into a free worldly women's monastery. This step was recognized by the Pope in 1555 and two years later by the Archbishop of Cologne. The Knechtsteden monastery, however, initiated a process in 1656, which was ended by settlement in 1671. In this, Knechtsteden waived all existing claims in return for compensation.
In the course of the Reformation , the number of members also decreased. In 1558 it was only 10 women. It was only a little higher at the end of the facility. Most of the canonesses came from the nobility of Vest Recklinghausen and the neighboring bishopric of Münster . Since 1615 access has been reserved exclusively for aristocratic women.
buildings
After 1166 the Romanesque west tower was built. In the first half of the 13th century, the long house yokes were built on an older basis. In the 15th century, among other things, a new choir with a 5/8 end was built. In 1790 the abbey burned down and there were no more planned new buildings. The former collegiate church has served as a parish church since secularization.
literature
- Heiko KL Schulze: Monasteries and monasteries in Westphalia - a documentation. History, building history and description . In: Géza Jászai (Ed.): Monastic Westphalia. Monasteries and monasteries 800–1800. Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster 1982, ISBN 3-88789-054-X , p. 345 (exhibition catalog, Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, September 26, 1982 - November 21, 1982).
- Franz Petri , Georg Droege , Friedrich von Klocke , Johannes Bauermann (eds.), Klaus Flink: Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 3: North Rhine-Westphalia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 273). 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1970, DNB 456882855 , pp. 225f.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 11.6 ″ N , 7 ° 13 ′ 58.9 ″ E