Suso house

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Suso house in Überlingen

The medieval Suso house in Überlingen is considered the birthplace of the mystic and poet Heinrich Seuse , (1295–1366), Latin Suso. The house was empty for a long time, but on November 5, 2010 it was opened as a place of literature and spirituality with the central feature of the source tower with a speech by the then Federal Education Minister Annette Schavan in the Kursaal Überlingen. In 2007, with this goal in mind, an association was founded that took over the house under a long-term lease. The initiator and director of the newly opened house is the musician and poet Michael Stoll.

History of the house

Around 1900 the owner of the house donated the two-story building in what was then known as “Hauloch” (today Susogasse) in order to set up a memorial for the poet and mystic Heinrich Seuse. With funds from the state , the city and the owner, the house was thoroughly restored in the following period and from then on it was called the Suso house . In 1925 the city of Überlingen acquired the historic building. In fact, the core building dates from the beginning of the 14th century and the late Gothic half-timbered gable from 1430. In 2007, the newly founded association SusoHaus - Neue Mystik im Dialog eV became the owner of the house.

Others

Garden of Silence at the Suso House

The Suso fountain on the Überlinger Hofstatt, built in 1926 , also commemorates the poet, and in 1974 the Catholic St. Suso Church with community center and kindergarten on the Überlinger Burgberg was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Karl Gnädinger . St. Suso was later to become its own parish , but this was rejected by the Archbishopric of Freiburg . In 2019, the sponsoring association of the Suso House applied for the revitalization of the vacant church, which the parish had previously applied to the Archdiocese of Freiburg to be profaned .

Web links

literature

  • Alois Schneider, Regional Council Stuttgart, State Office for Monument Preservation, City of Überlingen (ed.): Archaeological City Register Baden-Württemberg Volume 34 Überlingen. Regional Council Stuttgart State Office for Monument Preservation 2008, ISBN 978-3-927714-92-2 .
  • Alfons Semler: Überlingen - Pictures from the history of a small imperial city. Oberbadischer Verlag, Singen 1949

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suso House
  2. ↑ SOURCE TOWER
  3. ↑ Michael Stoll
  4. ↑ St. Suso on the website of the Münster community in Überlingen
  5. ↑ Münster community of Überlingen
  6. ^ Stefan Hilser: Überlingen: Planned desecration: Susoverein registers interest in Susokirche. December 11, 2019, accessed April 10, 2020 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 46 ′ 8.5 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 40.4 ″  E