Johanniterkloster in Velden

The Johanniterkloster zu Velden was the oldest monastery in Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Before the city ​​was surrounded by walls , the Maltese lived in a house near the wooden gate at what is now Wallstrasse . Later they built an apartment with a church, called “Velden”, in front of the Philippstor near the Rur . There they lived under a prescribed order; they were regular priest of the Order of St. John Baptist , and were called Hospitular brothers , their chief was called Commendator , Velden itself was a Coming . The coming consisted of 80 acres of open land and 4 acres of controllable land.

In 1543 during the Third War of the Geldr Succession , also known as the Jülich feud , by Charles V the apartment and church were completely destroyed and the members were partly murdered and partly driven away. The commander in Velden, Johann Zeirsch, died in 1552 and was buried in the chancel in the Franciscan church, built a new apartment and church after the war.

In 1622 Conrad Scheiffart von Merode in Weilerswist was commander in Velden. In 1720 Freiherr von Rhede , commander of Herrenstrunden , enjoyed the goods of Velden and in 1734 the imperial general and Maltese commander, Freiherr von Wachtendonk ; In 1746 Johann Theodor Gastell was the administrator of the Kommende Velden.

The estate was sold in 1802 and was later heavily destroyed by fire. The Johanniterkomturei Velden in front of the city was first mentioned on January 30, 1292. On the site of the Johanniterkloster zu Velden, the "Veldener Hof" was later established, an agricultural operation that was closed on November 28, 1967. Even today, Veldener Straße in Düren reminds of the coming.

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• Mathias Michael Bonn: Collection of materials on the history of Düren and its immediate vicinity . Knoll, Düren 1835, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 1-22926 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 41.3 "  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 13.8"  E