Fahr Abbey

The monastery driving is a Benedictine monastery and heard since its inception in 1130 to the monastery of Einsiedeln. In the monastery live 25 women, make their lives according to the rules of St. Benedict. The monastery is connected to a peasant school. The monastery operates its own postal code " 8109 Fahr Monastery " and is an exclave of the Canton of Aargau.

History

The name of the monastery is derived from the ferry, which had led to this place over the Limmat River. The Kloster Fahr in 1130, was donated by the Barons of rain mountain. The donation was made under the condition that was at this location to build a convent of the Benedictine order and receive. The relationship to Einsiedeln is also the tavern " The two ravens " clearly, which was built in 1679. The name derives from the coat of arms of Einsiedeln Abbey, which carries two ravens. The monastery is still the world's only remaining claims to double monastery Einsiedeln Monastery. In the course of the Aargau monastery dispute, the abbey was first closed in 1841, two years later, however reopened.

State Legal oddity

The monastery was driving ( in addition to the innerrhodischen monasteries Wonnenstein and Grimm stone) one of the religion for political reasons, constitutional curiosities in Switzerland. Located on the Limmat monastery since 1803, is a completely from the area of the Canton of Zurich, community Unterengstringen, enclosed 1.48 -acre enclave of Canton Aargau.

The area is indeed since 1803 part of the canton of Aargau and the district of Baden assigned, but belonged to 2007 area moderately to no congregation. Since 1803, the monastery of the congregation Würenlos was merely administratively assigned. The municipality concerned, inter alia, Residents and fire show. The residents also exerted their political rights in Würenlos.

Since 1 January 2008, the monastery belongs to the driving Aargau community Würenlos, have decided how the citizens of Würenlos in a referendum on 11 March 2007. Even before the Municipal Assembly Würenlos had approved a 14-page contract between Würenlos, the monastery driving and the Zurich church Unterengstringen unopposed. The agreement provides clarity and brings many changes. Thus, the community of the convent of Benedictine nuns from 2008 taxes must be paid at Würenlos. So far, the community of local taxes was released.

The abbot of the monastery of Einsiedeln, Martin Werlen, presented January 22, 2009 the monastery driving a new convent seal. With the seal of transfer, the Benedictines are therefore able to drive after 879jährigem discourse again to complete their own transactions. A first deed dated from 1130.

Today's meaning

The Convention now live about 25 nuns. Like many other Benedictine monasteries dedicated to the monastery next to the spiritual life and economic activities. Even today, worship and monastic prayer of the Vigil in the early morning until evening Compline will be held in the monastery every day. In the monastery of the Benedictine writer and Silja Walter lived until her death on January 31, 2011.

The sisters deal with beyond agriculture and viticulture, as well as with the production of religious robes and vestments. From 1944 to the end of July 2013, the nuns led a peasant school. The former school is on zürcherischem soil and is therefore not part of the enclave.

Gallery

Monastery church with outdoor paintings

Cloister Cemetery

Altar area of the monastery church

Ceiling fresco in the monastery church

Monastery Chapel

Apse of the chapel