Zinna Abbey

Kloster Zinna ( Latin Coena S. Mariae ) is a former Cistercian monastery, founded in 1170 by the Archbishop of Magdeburg Wichmann.

• 3.1 monastery church
• 3.2 New Abbey, infirmaries, customs house

Location

The monastery is located in the district of Kloster Zinna the city Jiiterbog ( Teltow -Flaming in Brandenburg), approximately 60 km south of Berlin on the highway 101

History

Cistercian

The monastery was founded in 1170 and thus in the year of death of Ascanian Albert the Bear, the founder of the Mark Brandenburg. Political background of the founding of the monastery was probably put a stop to the intention of the Archbishop of Magdeburg, the Südausdehnung the neighboring askanischen Luckenwalder rule. The monastery in the swamps of the Nuthe was built by monks who came from the Cistercian abbey of Altenberg near Cologne.

The monks placed the area dry and turned it into fertile land. The monastery gained economic importance for the region. In 1285 the town of Luckenwalde, and eleven surrounding villages were bought from the monastery. At the height of its economic boom in the year 1307, the expansion of the monastery's possessions was nearly 300 km ². At the end of the 15th century the monastery had 39 villages, 14 mills, a salt fountain with four salt pans, a Pechhütte and a brickyard. For the extended commercial activity Stadthöfe were entertained among others in Berlin, Wittenberg and Jiiterbog.

Even in the southeastern Barnim the monastery possessed extensive lands. The Barnim was otherwise under the influence of Ascanians and their home monastery Lehnin. It is worth noting in this context that the Lehniner Siger Abt 1247 occurred in Spandau as a witness, as the common ruling askanischen Margrave John I and Otto III. the possessions have transferred the Kloster Zinna to the town of Liebenberg. Rüdersdorf had already been founded in 1235 by Zinna and particularly interesting for the Cistercian because of the limestone quarry Ruedersdorf, in the above drove the monks the decomposition of limestone. The Barnim handed possession in the east to Stobber - Löcknitz run, which marked the boundary of the influence area of the bishopric of Lebus. To it belonged almost the entire country of the church today Griinheide until after Kienbaum with the surrounding waters rich in fish Werlsee, Peetzsee, Möllensee, Elsensee, Baberowsee, Bauernsee and Liebenberger lake. Kagel made ​​the monks to a kind of base and built on the banks of Baberowsees a so-called field monastery. With their large-scale water management and hydraulic engineering measures, which included the construction of numerous water mills on the flow and Seeabläufen, the Cistercian monks contributed significantly to the development and Aufsiedlung the marrow. The Barnim possessions remained until the secularization in Zinna.

After a lengthy process of decay monastic life in the monastery ended in 1553. Due to the Reformation, the Catholic monks could not say.

The Marienpsalter Nouum beate marie vigi [ ni ] s psalterium from the monastery printing Zinna is the oldest letterpress in Brandenburg. The incunable typographus Hermannus Nitzschewitz from the period around 1493 is the most important piece among the historic book holdings of the collection Brandenburgica in the city and State Library Potsdam.

Frederick the Great, Weber and Sommermusiken

1764 Frederick the Great founded the monastery on the territory of a city that was called Kloster Zinna since 1902 and it was a hamlet of Jiiterbog continues to bear. Frederick the Great moved on from hand-loom weavers of Upper Lusatia to economically revitalize the region. This revival was not successful to the desired extent, yet the city Friedrich erected in gratitude a monument on the square. According to the inscription on the back of the monument was destroyed this 1949, but renewed on 8 April 1994 by donations from citizens and guests of the town and donated the figure of M. Strong and F. Woike. The obverse bears the inscription:

In addition to the monastery and the scenic surroundings, the Kloster Zinna Sommermusiken invite you to visit, which took place annually between June and early September. Special concerts there in April and New Year already a traditional candlelight concerts in the "nature- tempered " church. Together with the Lehnin the Middle Ages series Musica Mediaevalis is also offered. The Brandenburg Summer Concerts regularly make in the Marienkirche station.

Parts received

In addition to the monastery church, New Abbey, hospice and Customs House are of the originally vast monastery some parts of the exam from the 13th century and the guest house maintained. At the former pilgrimage site of the monastery on the nearby Golmberg remembered today only a pilgrimage cross on the summit of the mountain.

Abbey

Built of fieldstone, simple monastery church is a late Romanesque pillar basilica with its cruciform layout. During the late Gothic vaults were drafted in the aisles, side choirs and in the transept.

The Latin text field in the choir floor dates from the 13th and 14th centuries. The letters of the Gothic written in capital letters Ave Maria appear in high relief impression on unglazed, red - brown clay tiles. Such Einbuchstabenziegel can be regarded as an early form of printing with movable type.

A musical windfall is received early romantic organ by William Baer from the years 1850/1851; for inspections, there is the passage through the organ.

New Abbey, infirmaries, customs house

In the New Abbey, a brick building, the home museum with medieval frescoes and an excellent model of the monastery in the year 1170. Moreover, the monastery's history up to 1550 and the development of weavers colony is shown. In the old customs house you can visit the traditional Weber- technology and look hand weavers at work on the shoulder. In the former infirmary of herbal Zinnaer Friar is still made according to old recipes.