St. Ottilien Archabbey
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The Archabbey of St. Ottilia is a monastery of the Benedictine Mission in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech (near the Ammersee ), which belongs to the Diocese of Augsburg. The Abbey is the head monastery of the Congregation Ottilien, stands the monastery village of St. Ottilia and belongs to the municipality Eresing. It was founded in 1884 by the Swiss Andreas Amrhein. The entire monastery Association are 1100 monks in 19 countries, of which about 110 monks live in St. Ottilie.
- 3.1 Organs
- 3.2 bells
History
The pilgrimage to the Holy Ottilia in Emming has a proven safety since 1365. In the 16th century Emming was converted into a manor. It was the Ottilie chapel and a small castle. In the 17th century castle and chapel were the Baroque style. The estate changed over time several times its owner; The castle was demolished in 1884. Finally acquired Andreas Amrhein, a Benedictine Archabbey of Beuron, 1886 the unclaimed hamlet founded in 1887 and Saint Ottilia.
Motivation and beginnings of the foundation
Amrhein had his vision of the Benedictine life to connect with an insert in the mission can not be realized within the Beuronese Congregation; therefore he began independently of Beuron own creation. After an initial foundation in Reichenbach 1884, the community was relocated in 1887 after Emming. The monastery took its name from the pilgrimage town of St Ottilie. Also in 1887 has already been sent to Africa, a first group of monks as missionaries.
Development of the monastery
1902 Saint Ottilia was an abbey. After the founding of three other abbeys was Saint Ottilia 1914 Archabbey of the Missionary Benedictines; Since then - from 1914 to October 2012 - the abbot of Saint Ottilia was always at the same time head of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilia.
By 1930 the monastery heavily ( more mission areas of South Africa, Korea, Republic of China) grew. Saint Ottilia was expanded during this time to accommodate the now grown to 396 monks Convention. 1941, the monks were expelled by the Gestapo; they were able to return until after the war ended in 1945. Until 1948, there were in St. Ottilie a DP camp, founded by the Lithuanian- Jewish doctor Zalman Grinberg, were treated in the liberated concentration camp prisoners. There is a Jewish cemetery, where 76 dead were buried right next to the monastery cemetery.
In addition to the tasks in the mission and the related development aid in third world countries, the monastery leads a large retreat house, a private EOS -Verlag, a stately agriculture, Rhabanus - Maurus -Gymnasium St. Ottilie for about 700 students with an attached day-care and boarding and several handicraft enterprises. Likewise, the monastery has a small sports court and a youth campground.
Superior General and Erzäbte
- Andreas Amrhein (1884-1895) ( Superior General )
- Ildefonso Schober (1896-1902) ( Superior General )
- Norbert Weber (1902-1930) (1st Abbot, Abbot from 1914 )
- Chrysostom Schmid (1930-1957)
- Brechter Suso (1957-1974)
- Viktor Josef Dammertz (1975-1977)
- Notker Wolf (1977-2000)
- Jeremias Schröder (2000-2012)
- Wolfgang Öxler (since 2012)
Building
The monastery church ( patronal feast of the Sacred Heart ) was built from 1897-99. Your sharp, 75 -meter-high tower is already seen from a great distance. The three-nave church was built in the Gothic Revival style and consecrated in 1903. The church was - probably due to protests from the surrounding community parishes - a vault made shorter than originally planned.
The enclosure area was also built in neo-Gothic style according to plans of the founder of the monastery. Construction began in 1892. Early as 1910 made the rapid growth of the community to build another tract necessary, which is held in the Art Nouveau and south of the monastery church is located. This is the 1911 furnished Mission Museum. In the West closes since 1955 to a tract with living cells, administrative offices and a guest area.
Near the monastery church is the " Ottilie Home ", which serves as a guest house. Also the inclusion of guests serve him frontally opposed the retreat house, which was grown directly on the remains of the former Good Emming. This old, yet vorklösterliche part of the building connects to the baroque chapel Ottilie. The retreat house was first used only in the summer for a retreat and home to the students of the School of Agriculture located there earlier in the winter.
Organs
Since 1994 the church has two organs of the company Sandtner. A major organ with three manuals and 47 registers and a choir organ with two manuals and 17 registers. The main and the pedal mechanism of the choir organ are on the east gallery of the northern transept arm, the Swell opposite on the west gallery of the transept.
Main organ
Choir organ
Bells
In the open belfry there is a coherent eight large bells, one of the tontiefsten bell ensembles in southern Germany. It is also the tontiefste ringing of the diocese of Augsburg. All eight bells were cast by Karl Czudnochowsky ( Erding), the great Hosanna in 1949 as a single from " euphony " (copper -zinc alloy ), the other bells 1950 from bell bronze. They hang in the steel bell frame to straight steel yokes. The detailed Läuteordnung takes into account the diversity of musical combination bells. Fixed Läutetermine during the week are the Angelus morning, noon and night with the Annuntiata, the memory of the Mount of Olives Prayer and the Agony of Christ on Thursday evening with the Gloriosa and the memory of the suffering of Christ on the Cross on Fridays at 11 clock with Gloriosa and Ottilia. The full bells can be heard only on the highest feast days ( Festum Summum ): Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the Epiphany, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday and the Sacred Heart Festival and Whit Sunday. It is rung by clunyazensischer Type: 22 minutes before the start of Pontifikalamtes ringing all the bells together; the smaller bells swing from then until finally only the Hosanna sounds alone. Now In turn, all eight bells are rung individually until finally heard the little bell section. The other, larger bells now fall one by one again, until finally again heard the full bells.
The five largest bells bear inscriptions:
Monastery Fire Department
Main article: Fire of St. Ottilia
Monastery study
The monastery took part in the study monastery. According to the results nuns and women in the general population approximately equal in length, closely followed by the monks an average of one to two years shorter life expectancy than both groups of women. Significantly cut off men in the general population who live six years shorter on average than nuns and women in the general population and up to four and a half years shorter than monks.
Transport links
From the 1870s there were plans for a railway line from Mering Ammersee and to Weilheim, which should be performed on Türkenfeld two kilometers east of the monastery of St. Ottilia. The monastery has nevertheless a for a route directly over St. Ottilie. Since it ceded the required reason, the railway committee finally decided on this route. On June 30, 1898, designated as Ammersee railway line, which runs east to the monastery, opened. Saint Ottilia received its own breakpoint with loading track. He is the only railway station in Germany, which only serves the connection of a monastery since its opening and until today. The 1939 newly built reception building is a listed building.