Wilhelmitenkloster Witzenhausen
The Wilhelmitenkloster Witzenhausen was a monastery of the Cistercians from 1275 to 1291 and of the Wilhelmites in Witzenhausen in Hesse from 1291 to 1528 .
history
In 1275 nuns of the Anrode Monastery founded the St. Nikolaus Monastery at the gates of Witzenhausen (today: Steinstraße) , but it only existed until 1291. Then came Wilhelmites, who moved the site of the monastery to the city center in 1358. The Gothic Wilhelmite monastery in Steinstrasse has still been preserved with its chapter house, church portal and refectory. Today it serves the Agricultural Faculty of the University of Kassel .
literature
- Albrecht Eckhardt: "Witzenhausen". In: Friedhelm Jürgensmeier (Hrsg.): The monastic and nunnery monasteries of the Cistercians in Hesse and Thuringia . 2. St. Ottilien 2011, pp. 158–159.
- Winfried Mogge: The Wilhelmitenkloster in Witzenhausen . Witzenhausen 1998 (Witzenhausen history sheets 1).
- Karlheinz Blaschke: Nikolaikirchen and urban development in Europe. From the merchant settlement to the city . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2013, p. 221 (Witzenhausen).
Manual literature
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe, map collection. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , p. 54 B.
- Bernard Peugniez : Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 551.
- Peter Pfister : monastery leader of all Cistercian monasteries in the German-speaking area. 2nd edition, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 1998, p. 219.
Web links
- Localization
- Entry in the Cistopedia, with illustration
- Entry in the Cistercian project of the photographer Carsten Gier
Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 38.3 " N , 9 ° 51 ′ 35.5" E