Cistercian monastery Meran-Untermais
The Lower Maize Priory of the Cistercian Abbey of Stams has existed since 1934 and is located in Merano - Lower Maize , South Tyrol and in the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen in Italy.
history
The Merano parish of Mais (since 1969 divided into Untermais and Obermais ) was owned by Stift Stams from 1272 with several churches , including the later pilgrimage church Maria Trost in today's Untermais. 1492 the monastery founded by monks own the provost corn to which until 1933 the Church St. Georgen part in today's top corn. In 1934, Abbot Stephan Mariacher (1894–1973) von Stams founded the Maria Trost priory (Latin: Prioratus Beatae Mariae Virginis Consolationis ), which has served the Untermais parish (Italian: Maia Bassa ) since 1969 . Several Abbots from Stams had closer ties to the parish of Mais and Untermais. Edmund Zoz died there in 1706. Abbot Bruno Heinrich (1908–1992) was prior there from 1960 to 1968. Abbot Eugen Fiderer (1894–1973) lived there from 1968 until his death. Abbot Josef Köll (1928–2008) was prior in Untermais from 1974 to 1985 and died there in retirement. Father Eugen Mattersberger died as the last prior in 2014. The old priory building at Romstrasse 136 was placed under monument protection in 1980 and is currently part of a new school complex of the municipality of Merano. The new Widum is being built in the former farm building.
literature
- Martin Laimer, Eugen Mattersberger and Pius Pircher: 500 years of Stamser in Mais. History, art, architecture and pastoral care . Tappeiner, Lana 1994.
- P. Kasimir Schnitzer: The Annals of Mais, taken from the annals of Stams by P. Kassian Primisser and supplemented by notes from diaries, records and letters from abbots and confreres . Mai 1808. Rewritten and translated by Raimund Senoner. Published by the Untermais Heimatpflegeverein and the Priory of the Cistercians of Stams. Meran 2003.
- Albert Torggler (Ed.): The Maria Trost Church in Untermais . Tappeiner, Lana 2006.
Manual literature
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe, map collection . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , p. 64 D.
- Sebastian Brunner (Ed.): A book of Cistercians . Woerl, Vienna 1881 / Salzwasser, Paderborn 2013, pp. 422, 452.
- Bernard Peugniez : Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 668.
- Peter Pfister : monastery leader of all Cistercian monasteries in the German-speaking area . 2nd edition, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 1998, p. 559.
Web links
- Elenchus Monasteriorum Ordinis Cisterciensis (Directory of the Monasteries of the Cistercian Order), edition of May 28, 2018, p. 20.
- Merano lower corn in the portal I cistercensi (Italian)
- Newspaper report on the future of the monastery buildings
- Death picture of Father Stephan Konstantin Carli, 60 years pastor in Untermais
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 46 ° 39 '46.4 " N , 11 ° 9' 44.3" E