Cistercian convent in the Lehr (Koblenz)

The Cistercian convent in the Lehr (also: in der Leer ) was a convent of the Cistercian women in Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate from 1244 to 1580 .

history

In 1244, Benigna von Helfenstein , who was already in charge of a sister collection ( beguinage ), founded the Marian monastery “retro Lere” (“behind the teaching or empty”), which was supervised by the Himmerod monastery . In 1290 the Archbishop of Trier Boemund I von Warsberg consecrated the church. The monastery was granted indulgences several times . During the Counter Reformation , Archbishop Jacob III decided. von Eltz , the monastery buildings in the Jesuits wanted to settle in an absolutist manner the relocation of the nuns in the only two Augustinian monks occupied the monastery Niederwerth . It was only through the threat of excommunication that he succeeded in breaking the resistance of the sisters, and so the nuns changed in 1580 accompanied by Abbot John VI. from Cochem to the Rheininsel Niederwerth , where the convent existed until 1811. In Koblenz (Jesuitenplatz) the Jesuit Church stands on the site of the former monastery church. Parts of the long choir date from the time of the Cistercian Sisters.

literature

• Franz-Josef Heyen : "Domus beatae Mariae in Insula prope Confluentiam (Niederwerth)". In: Scholz, Klaus / Kohl, Wilhelm [ua] (Ed.): Monasticon Windeshemense. Part 2: German language area . Brussels 1977 (= Archives et bibliothèques de Bélgique - Archief en Bibliotheekwezen in België, Numéro spécial - extra number 16), pp. 314–318.
• Gunnar and Rüdiger Mertens: The former monastery in Niederwerth near Koblenz . Cologne 1979 (= Rheinische Kunststätten, vol. 223).

Manual literature

• Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe, map collection. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , p. 54 C.
• Bernard Peugniez : Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 577.
• Peter Pfister : monastery leader of all Cistercian monasteries in the German-speaking area. 2nd edition, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 1998, p. 407.

Web links

• Entry of the Cistercian convent in the teaching in the project monasteries in Rhineland-Palatinate. Author: Reinhard Schmid
• Entry of Niederwerth monastery in the monasteries project in Rhineland-Palatinate Author: F. Büren
• Entry Jesuit Church Koblenz in the project monasteries in Rhineland-Palatinate. Author: Reinhard Schmid
• Entry Niederwerth (Maria in der Leer) in the Cistercian project by the photographer Carsten Gier

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 37 "  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 56"  E