Interlaken Abbey

The monastery of Interlaken is a former Augustinian Canons provost in Interlaken, Canton Bern, Switzerland.

It was founded in 1130 by Otto Seliger Oberhofen, co-owner of the castle Oberhofen and repealed in 1528.

History

1133, Emperor Lothar III. the Provost under his umbrella. Thus, the pin was empire and imperial monastery could incorporate without the prior consent of the respective king, and the monastery took heartily. 1220 Emperor Frederick II granted the right to elect the Kastvogts ( the ' secular ' power on the Bödeli ) and in 1224 he assumed the monastery the protection of the city of Bern.

1257 the convent was first mentioned. 1449 were grievous complaints against the preaching friars to Interlaken loud. The monastery was named vice school. 1472 a general chapter was held because of " discord between monks and nuns ." Since in the following years, little changed and the nunnery even still burned through carelessness, in 1484 the convent was abolished, among other things "because of disorder and immorality ," according to a papal bull. The number of canons never exceeded 30, which the nuns peaked at 300 and was at the resolution of the convent eight or nine.

The monastery itself was passed on March 13, 1528 the State of Bern and therefore the goods that had the monastery ' amassed ' over the centuries: Country -reaching in the Grindelwald from the Scheidegg to Alpiglen and on the lower glacier, the Jungfrau mountain ( the Wengernalp, possibly named after the Virgin ), the forestry Iseltwald, churches Grindelwald, Gsteig and Sigriswil, multiple goods to Brenzikofen, Oppligen and Otterbach and church records Beatenberg, Belp, Bolligen, Erlenbach, Goldswil in Ringgenberg, Hilterfingen, Leissigen, Lyss, Meiringen, Muri bei Bern, low and Obergurzelen, Scherzligen, Steffi castle, Thun, Thurnen and Zweisimmen. These arrived eighty places Alprechte as in Grindelwald, Habkern, Murren, Saxeten, Wengen, in the Justis valley and on the Schynigen plate. Not to despise were also the total 17.5 Juchart (~ 6 ha) of vineyards in Amsoldingen, Bern, Gunten, Steffi Castle and Thun and Brienz to his rigorously enforced Weissenau fishing rights.

The fact that ( only ) attended the Convent People for the Lütschinen diversion into Lake Brienz, is not documented anywhere and most likely legend. It is unlikely that in a swampy area a ( wooden ) monastery was created. Rather, it can be assumed that in ancient times the Lütschinen many arms towards Brienz and Aare flowed so that the Bödeli was often transferred. And so the local population is at an early stage have begun to design an opening into Lake Brienz arm by removing the other to the main arm and structural measures to a 'real' river bed and thus dry out the Bödeli. The fact that this helped the monastery people, would be the most logical. This presumption is based the decision in a dispute between the monastery and the brothers Konrad and Walter of Wädiswil of 8 July 1257th

The monastery presented in 1272 to the Lords of Unspunnen the application for the construction of their ' Schyss' or Spülibachs back to the monastery, from the derivation of this to the mountain from the foot of Änderbergs on the Allmendfeld of mats ( 1237 also called ' de aquaeductus climb ' later ' Mühlewuhr ').

Exactly when the monastery began to dam Lake Brienz to use water power and the fish traits of grayling ' redirect ', is open. Already in 1257, the monastery owned a mill in Ara mülli village ( Aarmühle, Market Square Interlaken ). From April 21, 1354 is of King Charles IV before the confirmation of the fishing rights.

The New Castle

After Reformatiom a part of the Provost's building was used as the official residence of the Bailiwick of administration, another 1532 set up as a hospital, which supplied no fault fallen into poverty people. In the years 1562-1563 the choir of the church was converted into a granary and a wine cellar under the government of Bern. From 1746 to 1750 the west wing was demolished and built the New Castle under Governor Samuel Tillier.

Here is today next to the Government governorship and the Court, and the Land Registry Office for the Interlaken-Oberhasli. After the dissolution of the bailiwick 1798 Interlaken 1803 was fit for the top office in 1831 and the capital of the eponymous administrative district in the scope of the former sheriff Interlaken along with former Schultheissen Office under lakes.