Geisenfeld Abbey
The monastery Geisen field is a former monastery of the Benedictine nuns in Geisen field in Bavaria, in the diocese of Regensburg.
History
The monastery was founded in 1037 by Count Eberhard von Ebersberg; it was dissolved in 1803 in the wake of secularization. Part of the convent has been canceled. The remaining parts of the building have been set up for use by public offices.
The monastery Geisen field was one of the largest and richest monasteries in the former Bavaria. To the land of the monastery were still 1752 189 estate in the surrounding towns. Due to extensive donations by the founder of the monastery also included parts Gaimersheims at Ingolstadt and long- Quaid in the district of Kelheim and a winery in Gorsbach in Austria to the possession of the monastery. Then there were the files forestry 20,000 day's work and other large forests and fields. The monastery also included a brewery ( Klosterbräu ), upholstery (furniture house white ), a mill ( sawmill Knerr ), a bakery (bakery Escheu ), a pharmacy and many of the former crafts.
Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian in 1336 gave the monastery Geisenfeld the lower courts, which existed until the secularization.
In the 15th century the monastery Melk reform was also implemented in Geisenfelder Benedictine monastery.
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years War has left traces in the monastery. On April 30, 1632 enemy troops came and Adonis on the Danube and took in the room Geisenfeld a plundering expedition. With 42 people, the then abbess fled to Ingolstadt and had a large ownership of equipment and cereals, but also on altar cloths, chalices, monstrance behind. "Everything they have stolen and great harm done ," the former abbess has written. In 1648, after the Peace of Westphalia, the monastery buildings were extremely ruined and burned most of fiefdoms.
Rebuilding
At the beginning of the 18th century, a thorough renovation of the arg dilapidated monastery could no longer be put off. Great patrons, even the Archbishop of Cologne, the abbess Constantia Hunter ( † 1727) came at that time to help. On April 17, 1701, the cornerstone was laid for the conversion. Just two years later the dormitory, the refectory, the infirmary, the kitchen and the pharmacy were done. The dimensions of the Gesamtbaues were present until the secularization. The monastery church was renewed by Hunter successor Abbess Maria Cecilia White. You could also increase the south tower two floors and provided with a lantern tower.
Secularization
On 20 October 1803, the monastery Geisenfeld dissolved by the order of 18 March 1803 from the Bavarian Directorate. At this time, under the abbess Amanda Donaubauer from Main Castle 29 choir women and 21 lay sisters in Geisenfeld monastery. The buildings were offered for public sale, other possessions had to be auctioned.
Since the locals were too poor, foreign buyers came by Geisen field. The Swiss silk manufacturer Rudolf Mayer finally paid 7 cruisers for the buildings that the goods and fishing 52 666 guilders. The monastery church was donated by the electors on 29 October 1804, the parish Geisen field. From this time she appeared as a parish church on the site of the old St. Emmeram church. This stood on the site of the present Town Hall was built in 1874.
Today
The former monastery church was built in the 70s and 80s of last century, completely renovated inside and out, so that she has been restored to its former glory. The other former convent building, right next to the church today include, the Free State of Bavaria and the city of Geisenheim field. Among others, a notary, the notary public archive for Bavaria, a day center for the elderly and the town band Geisenfeld are housed in them.
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