Beinwil Abbey

The monastery Beinwil is a former Benedictine monastery in Beinwil in the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.

History

It was probably founded around 1100 by the local nobility. However, a certificate of incorporation is no longer present. After disputes over territorial claims of the cities of Solothurn and Basel to the Counts of Thierstein, which acted as Kastvögte of the monastery, the monastery in 1445 was cremated. After Beinwil was 1519 arrives at Solothurn, Solothurn also took over a large part of the monastery's possessions as a pledge.

During the 16th century only a few monks lived in the monastery, and care was taken over in 1589 by the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln, 1622 from Rheinau monastery. As in the seclusion of the valley no new upswing of monastic life was to ensure the transfer of the monastery was prepared to Kloster Maria Stein, which was finished in 1648. By Maria stone from the end of the 17th century the monastery Beinwil was launched with a baroque building of the monastery church and the convent building again. The monastery was abolished by referendum during the Kulturkampf in 1874.

The followers of St. Vincent of Saragossa monastery church, dedicated in 1978 fell victim to a fire and was then completely restored and equipped with a 1700 -built in time high altar from Bell Forest. Today the monastery Beinwil serves as an ecumenical meeting and also takes guests on.

Abbots of Beinwil

  • Esso, 1100
  • Werner, 1147
  • Henry I, before 1188
  • Gerungus, Geruncus, 1194-1207
  • Henry II, 1212-1236
  • Ulrich I, 1241?
  • Otto, 1246-1267
  • Ulrich II, 1278 (Peter Senftli / Senftelin, 1287 as " Schaffner and Pleger " )

Administrators of Beinwil

  • Jodok / Jost Strähler / Strähl, 1555-1565
  • Urs Häni ( Galliculus ), 1565-1567
  • Giles Gilg, Bürgi, 1567-1573
  • Johann Schmid / Faber, 1573-1579
  • Urs Reinhard, 1579-1588
  • Johann Gruber, 1588-1589
  • Wolfgang Spiess, 1589-1614
  • Gregor Zehnder, 1614-1621
  • Maurus Hofmann, 1621-1622
  • Johann Frei, 1622
  • Urs Buri, 1622-1633

Building

The monastery is situated on a rocky spur of almost seal off the Lüsseltal Coming from the north. The monastery was built in stages and was often rebuilt and extended, with no single style could prevail.

The monastery was partially rebuilt after 1667 and also minimally laid. The " Spies House " was built in 1594. The west wing dates back to the year 1628.

The Verding (contract) on the new building was closed in 1667 with the Maurer Jakob Tässig and Sebastian Zimmerman Gubelmann. The foundation stone was laid in 1668. End of 1669 a new convent house could be obtained (east and west wings ). The church and convent were consecrated in 1670. The church with its five altars was placed under the patronage of St. Vincent de Valencia. Located on the opposite side of the street, the old Passwangstrasse monastery barn was built in 1692. The tower only built in 1764, until then the bell was housed in a roof skylights above the archway. The church tower was initially covered with a pointed helmet, received in 1842 a helmet in its present form. The northern cloister garden was bounded by an open colonnade, which was canceled in 1884.

The St. John's Chapel, northeast of the monastery next to the barn, was built in 1695.

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