Trappist Abbey in Düsseltal
The Trappist Abbey Düsseltal (also: Düsselthal ) was from 1701 to 1804 a monastery of the Cistercians of the strict observance in Düsseldorf-Düsseltal in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
The Cologne canon (and later titular archbishop of Edirne ) Adam Daemen († 1717) founded a monastery on the former Rhine island of Löricker Werth in Büderich for Trappist monks from Orval Abbey , which was popular under the Reform Abbot Charles de Bentzeradt (1635–1707) (Meerbusch) . The first monks arrived in 1694. In 1701 the monastery Insula Felix ("happy island") was inaugurated. The island (today the mainland) was known as Mönchinsel or Mönchenwerth . Since the Trappists did not suffer well on site and also had to suffer from frequent floods, the monastery was relocated to the Düsseltal in 1708 and raised there from the priory to the abbey in 1714. The monks who initially lived in the Speckerhöfen were known as "Speckermönche". In 1803 their monastery was closed. Later it housed the Düsseltal rescue facility for orphans .
The country house Mönchenwerth (Niederlöricker Straße 55 in Meerbusch ), which is under monument protection, goes back to the monks. In Düsseldorf- Düsseltal , the so-called “Hungerturm” (round tower on the corner of Fritz-Wüst-Straße / Max-Planck-Straße) and two memorial plaques in Klopstockstraße (former cemetery) remind of the monastery. The inscriptions read: “1716–1804 Trappist monastery Abtei Düsselthal. Since 1822 Düsselthaler Anstalten Graf von der Recke-Stiftung ”and:“ Here rest the bones of the Trappist fathers of the Düsselthal Abbey 1716-1804 ”.
literature
- Ulrich Brzosa: The history of the Catholic Church in Düsseldorf from its beginnings to secularization . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne and Weimar 2001, pp. 352–364.
- Clemens Looz-Corswarem: "The 'Speckermönche' in Düsselthal in the public perception of the 18th century". In: Engelbrecht, Jörg (Hrsg.): Landes- und Reichsgeschichte. Festschrift for Hansgeorg Molitor on his 65th birthday . (Studies on regional history 18). Bielefeld 2004. pp. 261-280.
Manual literature
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe, map collection. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , p. 54 A.
- Bernard Peugniez : Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 557.
- Peter Pfister : monastery leader of all Cistercian monasteries in the German-speaking area. 2nd edition, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 1998, pp. 314–315.
Web links
- Detailed description of the monastery complex and the monastic living conditions by a former monk around 1765 (Google Book)
- Statutes, as they are observed in which Abteyen Zu Trappa, Buon Sollazzo, and Düssenthall, after the strict observance of the H. Cistercian Order ... Regenspurg 1738 digitized MDZ Munich
- Entry in the Cistercian project of the photographer Carsten Gier
- Private website for the Hunger Tower and Himmelsgarten, illustrated. Accessed on www.duesseltal.online on August 4, 2018.
- The Landhaus Mönchenwerth in the list of monuments of the city of Meerbusch (No. 46)
Coordinates: 51 ° 14'26.8 " N , 6 ° 48'49.4" E