Beuron Archabbey

The Abbey of St. Martin to Beuron (Latin Archiabbatia Sancti Martini Beuronensis ) is a Benedictine monastery in Beuron in the Upper Danube Valley and head monastery of the Congregation Beuronese.

3.1 abbey church
3.2 organ
3.3 crypt
3.4 library
3.5 Pilgrim Office
3.6 Danube hydropower plant
3.7 renovation since 1989

History

Augustinian Canons Beuron

Beuron was first mentioned in 861 in the possession of the monastery of St. Gall directory as " Purron ". The history of the monastery Beuron begins with the founding of the Augustinian Canons in the year 1077th In 1253 the monastery transferred the screen Bailiwick of Frederick V of Zollern, subsequently claimed the Zollern this right as hereditary. In 1303, the diocese of Constance, this has been prescribed as a fief, in 1391 sold to the knight Conrad of Weitingen ..

After secularization in 1802 the monastery was transferred together with its territory in the possession of the Princely House of Hohenzollern - Sigmaringen. Dominic Mayer was from 1790 to 1802, last abbot of the Augustinian Canons Beuron.

Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin

Due to a foundation by Duchess Catherine of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen, a new beginning of monastic life in Beuron by the Benedictine monks Maurus and Placidus Wolter 1862 was possible. The Abbey of St. Martin was founded in 1863 by the brothers as Benedictine monastery again. In 1868 the monastery was raised to the abbey. Beuron is a founding monastery of the " Beuronese Congregation " with 16 convents in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From the 1862 closed monastery Rheinau Abtsstab the last abbot of the local Leger Ineichen came after the young Beuron.

During the Kulturkampf, the monks had to leave from 1875 to 1887 Beuron. This began start-ups and new colonization of other monasteries, which led to a merger of the various justified by Beuron from monasteries in the Beuronese Congregation later.

Significant influence on the religious art of the late 19th and early 20th century, the Beuronese art school, which was based on early Christian and Byzantine models.

In addition to pastoral work in neighboring communities and the guesthouse of the monastery scientific activities form an important field of work of the monks. So has the Archabbey Beuron with about 405,000 plants, the largest monastery library in Germany. The focus is theology, history of the Benedictine Order and History of Art of the Middle Ages. The library can be used by reservation for scientific work; she takes on the German lending ( interlibrary loan ) part.

Since 1884, the Missal of Holy Church ( Roman Missal ), a lay missal, named after its founder, the Beuronese Father Anselm Schott ( 1843-1896 ), also appears as The Schott was known.

In 1887 the collection of the monastery to the Archabbey.

Between 1927 and 1933, Edith Stein ( 1891-1942 ) often visited the monastery Beuron; 15 stays are detected. Originally Jewish descent, she converted in 1922 to Catholicism and became a nun. The Abbot Raphael Walzer Beuronese it was over years of their plan from entering the Order of Discalced Carmelites and asked them to continue and intensify their work in public. In August 1942, Stone was murdered at Auschwitz -Birkenau in the gas chamber.

1945 by Father Boniface (Peter Paul ) Fischer ( 1915-1997 ) founded the Vetus Latina Institute and constructed that has the collection and publication of all preserved Old Latin Bible translations goal. The planned edition is designed for 27 volumes. The intellectual work of the monks found since 1919 are reflected in the Benedictine monthly magazine that carries since 1959 the title of Heritage and Mission (EEA). Is published the font of the Archabbey Beuron, it is laid in Beuronese art publishing.

The Theological College Beuron has the teaching set in 1967, but is legally continue. Since 1993, the hermitage of St. Benedict at Großschönach, one of the last remains of the castle of the Counts and Knights of Ramsberg from the 11th century, from brother James Kaffanke OSB, monk of the monastery Beuron inhabited. He leads there a large part of the year - for an atypical Benedictine - hermit life, is still well in the convent operates ( primarily as a spiritual director ). Beginning of September 2008, the Convention is one of the Archabbey Beuron 50 monks (including 20 priests ); to come 8 novices.

In 2004, the Abbey has built on the former monastery island of Reichenau, the Cella St. Benedict, belonging to the three monks. They inhabit the rectory in Niederzell. Once before in the 1930s Beuron had made a similar attempt was thwarted by the opposition of the Nazis.

Organ

Chapel of Mercy

Pontifikalvesper in the Abbey Church

List of Erzäbte since 1863

Monastery complex

The monastery complex is the impressive baroque monastery and pilgrimage church on the Via Beuronensis with valuable ceiling paintings, as well as the chapel with the decorative paintings in Beuronese style.

Abbey Church

The Baroque church was formed in 1872 inside the Beuronese school. A restoration of 1947, most of it undone. The facade has the remains of a historic Baroque exterior painting. In the high altarpiece, the Beuronese art style has survived. The altarpiece of the high altar can be replaced. The changing image of the Coronation of the Virgin is replaced every year at Christmas time against the image with the nativity scene. This image is a work of Gabriel Wüger from the year 1867. Due to storage damage (it has been stored rolled ) had to be laboriously restored a few years ago. Today, the three by six meter image is stretched on a wooden frame. The altar must be worn over the cemetery in the church and attached by means of a pulley above the high altar. The abbey church was built in 1732-1738 by order of the Abbot Rudolf II von Strachwitz by the architect Matthew Scharpf from Rottweil, the high altar was a major work of Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer that had arisen along with the plasterers Johann Georg Dirr and Franz Anton Dirr, and showed the Assumption of Mary. The two side altars and confessionals are still preserved and are also from Feuchtmayer and Dirr. The ceiling fresco painted Joseph Ignaz Weegschaider from Riedlingen. More stucco-work of Johannes Schütz from Wurzach and Pontian Gigl from Wessobrunn.

Organ

The organ of the abbey church was built in 1984 by the organ builder Johannes Klais (Bonn). The historicizing prospectus Baroque organ from the 18th century as a model. The instrument with 57 stops on three manuals and pedal mechanical and electrical Spieltrakturen Registertrakturen.

Couplers: I / II, III / I, III / II, I / P, II / P III / P
Accessories: Tutti, combinations AF, deadbolt ( tongues, concoctions ), Crescendowalze

Crypt

The Beuronese crypt since the completion of restoration work at the end of 2012 more accessible to the public church of the Lady Chapel, an annex to the Beuronese monastery church. The crypt is the grave lay the Beuronese Erzäbte and was, until the late 1980s the church for the parish Beuron. Equipped with column compartment was painted on the type of Beuronese art school, but is not as valuable relic Beuronese art shows such as the chapel or Maurus Chapel. The interior of the church of the Lady Chapel is no longer completely in original condition as at the time of the construction of the chapel from 1898. Both side marble altars were until the mid-1960s in the monastery church and have been at this time in the context of the redesign of the church interior placed in the crypt. Were restored vault, wall paintings and grave slabs, the floor was redone with granite countertops and a new lighting and underfloor heating were installed.

Library

The Archabbey Beuron maintains approximately 405,000 volumes, the largest German monastery library. Priorities are all theological disciplines, especially liturgy, history of art of the Middle Ages, the history of the Benedictine order and Patristic.

Pilgrim Office

On Corpus Christi 2009, the pilgrims office was opened in the former monastery bookstore in Beuron. The pilgrims office in the ground floor of a monastery cultivation is to serve as a meeting point for pilgrims on the Via Beuronensis. It features official pilgrim passes are issued, which are recognized in Santiago de Compostela. The Pilgrim Office consists of two office premises and the reception room. In the reception room arts and crafts and antique stuff from the monastery offered.

Danube hydropower plant

Already since 1921, there are to generate electricity a monastery own hydropower plant on the Danube River in the hamlet of St. Maurus between Beuron and the Talhof at Langenbrunn. After an extensive renovation in 2008/ 09, the output could be increased and consolidated.

Renovation since 1989

Since 1989 (converted ) ten million Euros have been invested in construction projects. The money has come together through donations and big sponsors. Funds from the state historic preservation and special agents from the country included in the Benedictine abbey. The Diocese of Rottenburg and the Archdiocese of Freiburg have granted funds for the monastery, although it is subject to neither of the two dioceses.

There have been renovated including 770 windows and 8,900 square feet of roof. Year after year compact measures were taken and completed in attack. Thus, the building committee began in 1989, the south side of the church facade to renovate the church square and the cemetery wall, 1992, the local church west facade, 1997, the church roof, 1998, the archive Beuronese art and 2000, the historic wooden bridge. The new library building was 2001. 2003 interior fittings were made in Refektoriumsbau. In 2006, the economy building in Saint Maurus and 2008 Klerikatsgebäude was redeveloped. 2009 was at the power plant Saint Maurus and the north facade of the church from the church entrance to the Lady Chapel. The Building Committee has been dissolved in April 2009. 2009, the relics of the original Baroque façade design were found in the rehabilitation field. 2010 was completed in the Northeast region with the choir after 20 years, the renovation of the entire historic church facade. It damaged areas were repaired in plaster, renewed every window sills made of sandstone, the historic church windows were given a two- glazing and new paint applied. For practical as well as from historic preservation reasons it was not possible to produce the baroque facade again. Shaping the church with Beuronese - style facade on two and the baroque facade on one side, out of the question, and also so again provided the other two sides shortly after the redesign of the facade with a new livery, would have been not economically. For this reason, an earthy hue now moves the entire monastery complex. Also in 2010, the area of the historic gate was renovated at a cost of 380,000 euros. This intermediate area between the historic complex, the south wing and the later built guest wing was spanned by only one rotten wooden roof and an equally dilapidated wood and glass transition. The old roof and over the old gate leading timber glass transition has been replaced. Now the baroque gable facade of the south wing is fully visible again. The area in which the gate is housed today, emerged only in the 1950s after the fire in the economy part and is controversial in terms of its architectural quality among the professionals. 2011 joined the facade work on the actual monastic buildings between the church and the library.

Friends of the Abbey of St. Martin

In 1989, the Association of Friends of the Abbey of St. Martin was founded by 13 charter members. The foundation was initiated by Abbot Jerome Nitz and the former interior minister of Baden- Württemberg, Dietmar Schlee. The association sees itself as a partner of the monastery. The most urgent task is to constantly be working on the building structure and to ensure the preservation.

2008, the club had 1,790 members. First chairman is the former Baden-Württemberg environmental and transport minister Tanja patrons. Your predecessor in this office were Dietmar Schlee and after his death in 2002 from Friedhelm Repnik.

Known monks

Desiderius Lenz (1832-1928), Father and representatives Beuronese Art School
Benedikt Sauter (1835-1908), co-founder and first novice of the Archabbey Beuron and first abbot of the monastery town of Emmaus in Prague.
Anselm Schott (1843-1896), priest and publisher of the best-known Latin- German Missal for the laity
Ambrose Kienle (1852-1905), Father and Choral researchers, music teacher and editor of the famous "Choral Schools"
Alban Dold (1882-1960), Benedictine liturgist, paleograph and Palimpsestforscher
Gregor Sorger (1906-1950), priest, missionary monk and martyr
Lukas Steiner (1849-1906), Father and representatives Beuronese Art School
Willibrord Verkade (1868-1946), painter monk
Gabriel Wüger (1829-1892), Father and representatives Beuronese Art School

Place of pilgrimage

The Archabbey Beuron is also a place of pilgrimage. The Feast of the Assumption is in Beuron next to St. Anne in July one of the main pilgrimage days. The torchlight procession was founded in honor of the Virgin Mary in 1954 on the occasion of the Marian Year, the Pope Pius XII. had proclaimed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. In good conditions, the Marian celebration with around 2,000 each believer will be held at the Lourdes grotto in Liebfrauental. Here many candles illuminate the Marian shrine in the rocky wooded ravine. The widespread custom of blessing herbs and flowers at Assumption here is also maintained. The herb bushes are blessed in worship on Sunday evening in Liebfrauental and after the pilgrimage trade on Monday.

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