tom Roden
Tom Roden was a provost office of the Corvey Monastery in the area of today's town of Höxter . It existed from the 13th century until the 16th century. Today the ruins are a ground monument .
history
A chapel dedicated to St. Magdalena was mentioned at this point as early as 1184. Abbot Hermann I von Holte founded a Corveys provost around the chapel there. A first provost was mentioned in 1244. The provost commanded a small chapter, but was subordinate to Corvey. A convent and dignitaries have come down to us for the thirteenth century .
Since 1284 there has been a procession of the canons of Nienkerken to tom Roden on special feast days. The chapel and most of the other buildings were destroyed by fire in 1324/1327. Attacks by Duke Otto von Braunschweig on Corveyer territory may have played a role. They were later rebuilt. An altar foundation from 1422 for the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solitaria testifies that the chapel was restored. The erection of a second altar makes the importance of the church clear. In 1431 two prebends were moved from Corvey to tom Roden. The former provost Hermann von Stockhausen attacked tom Roden and Corvey in 1455/56.
The office of provost von tom Roden was not infrequently combined with that of provost von Corvey. This partly lived in Corvey. Especially since the second half of the 15th century, the office must have been a pure sinecure . A convention may no longer have existed.
Around 1482 the Schelpe brook , which had previously supplied the provost with water, was diverted south through the Schelpe Canal in order to supply the water to the Corvey monastery. So there was no more running water in the provost house. Corvey had agreed with the city of Höxter that the city could use the water from the pit and Corvey the water from the Schelpe.
Johann von der Lippe was the last provost and moved to Höxter in 1501 . The end may also have had to do with his refusal to join the Bursfeld congregation . He lived with his sons on the income of the former provost's office. After his death in 1538, the office was no longer filled for financial reasons. How long masses were read in the chapel is not known. The facility was used as a quarry.
Archaeological evidence
The complex was archaeologically examined from 1975 to 1980 under the direction of Gabriele Isenberg . The ruins were excavated and are freely accessible today. The remains, some of which were rebuilt in 1990/91, are around 1 to 2 meters high.
It turned out that the chapel was to the south of the other buildings. It was a three-aisled basilica with a choir apse . The church was 37 m long and 15 m wide. It had a west tower with dimensions of 11 × 10 m. In the middle of the church there was a choir screen that divided the church into a monk's and a people's church. To the north of the church, the monastery buildings were arranged around a cloister . Two wells have also been found in this area. One of the monastery buildings was elongated at 36 × 9.50 m and was divided into different rooms. The chapel and monastery building were built in solid construction. The Propsteig building was probably two stories. At least three buildings had a fireplace. A covered canal was also found.
A sophisticated system of water supply and various types of heating systems came to light.
Most of the small finds can be dated to the time of the 13th and early 14th centuries, which indicates that the plant was in bloom during this time.
The cemetery was also excavated. The remains of 52 skeletons were found. In addition to members of the provost's office, residents of an associated settlement were buried there.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Westfälischer Städteatlas, Delivery 9, Höxter with Corvey, GSV Städteatlas Verlag Altenbeken 2006, Ed. Wilfried Ehbrecht, growth phase map Höxter and Corvey, table 2 ISBN 978-3-89115-180-8
- ^ Paul Robitzsch: The Höxter water pipes , 1883, published by the Höxter Heimatverein (PDF file; 212 kB)
- ↑ Klaus Schreiner: defectus natalium. Birth from an illegitimate womb as a problem of monastic community building. In: Ludwig Schmude (ed.): Illegitimacy in the late Middle Ages. Munich, 1994 p. 111
- ↑ a b LWL chief archaeologist retires , press release of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe from July 30, 2088, accessed on March 13, 2013 ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Anne Schulz: Eating and drinking in the Middle Ages (1000-1300) Berlin, 2011 p. 696
literature
- FK Sagebiel: The excavations on the property of the former Corveyer Propstei tom Roden on Rohrweg completed for 1976. Digitized version (PDF file; 242 kB)
- Gabriele Isenberg : Significant excavation results digitized (PDF file; 124 kB)
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 11.2 " N , 9 ° 23 ′ 58.6" E