Weißfrauenkloster Mainz
The Weißfrauenkloster Mainz (also: Neumünsterkloster , Maria Magdalena-Kloster or Kloster der Reuerinnen ) was from 1252 to 1802 a monastery first of the Magdalenerinnen , from 1291 of the Cistercianinnen on today's Schillerplatz in Mainz , Rhineland-Palatinate .
history
The monastery of the "white women", d. H. of the Order of St. Mary Magdalene, was founded in Mainz in 1252 for women who wanted to repent a sinful life monastically. In 1291 the convent converted to the Cistercian order and was placed under the supervision of Eberbach Monastery . When the monastery was closed in 1802, 17 nuns were still living there. The church was dismantled in 1812. The last existing building of the monastery is the guest house ("foreign building") built in 1718, today owned by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry . A plaque there reminds of the former monastery.
literature
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe, map collection. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , p. 54 C.
- Sebastian Brunner (Ed.): A book of Cistercians . Woerl, Vienna 1881 / Salzwasser, Paderborn 2013, p. 643.
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 2. Protat, Mâcon 1939-1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout, column 1797.
- Gallia Christiana 5, 1731, col. 659-660.
- Bernard Peugniez : Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 578.
- Peter Pfister : monastery leader of all Cistercian monasteries in the German-speaking area. 2nd edition, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 1998, p. 411.
Web links
- "Mainz Weißfrauenkloster Neumünster" in the Cistopedia - Encyclopædia Cisterciensis, with bibliography, illustrated
- Location of the monastery
- Entry "Mainz-Weißfrauen" in Germania Monastica. Monastery directory of the German Benedictines and Cistercians
- Entry in the monastic lexicon of Rhineland-Palatinate, author: Rommel, Martina
- Entry on the Schillerplatz website
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 51.6 ″ N , 8 ° 16 ′ 1.5 ″ E