Cistercian convent Bürvenich
The Cistercian convent Bürvenich was 1230-1803 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Bürvenich , City Zülpich , in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
Through donations to an existing nurse Collection ( Begin Community ) the donated counts of Jülich , especially 1234 Wilhelm IV. , In Bürvenich at the church Stephani discovery (the discovery of the relics of hl. Is meant Stephanus ) a Kloster that the neighboring convent Hoven was settled . It existed until 1803. The 52-meter-long church (until 1837 two separate hall churches for the monastery and community) and two monastery buildings at Stephanusstraße 55 bear witness to the former monastery.
literature
- Paul Heusgen: History of the village and monastery Bürvenich . Euskirchen 1932.
- Christoph Wendt: The secret treasures of the Eifel churches. 27 voyages of discovery . Aachen 2003, pp. 100-107.
- Christian Quix: The Counts of Hengebach. [...] The former monasteries Marienwald and Bürvenich and the Collegiatestift later the Minorite monastery in front of Niedeggen . Aachen 1839, pp. 66–71 (with list of abbesses).
- Kristin Dohmen u. a .: “The parish and Cistercian church in Bürvenich. Building research in the context of monument restoration ”. In: Yearbook of the Rheinische Denkmalpflege 45, 2015, pp. 93–120.
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. 556.
- Peter Pfister : monastery leader of all Cistercian monasteries in the German-speaking area. 2nd edition, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 1998, p. 306.
Web links
- Entry on the Cistercian abbey Bürvenich (St. Stephani monastery discovery) in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association
- Entry on the parish church of St. Stephani found in Bürvenich in the database " KuLaDig " of the Rhineland Regional Association
- Church entry St. Stephen's discovery in Bürvenich
- Page of the local community to the village church
- Entry in the Cistercian project of the photographer Carsten Gier
- Localization
Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 17.9 " N , 6 ° 35 ′ 40.5" E