Alpirsbach Monastery Over the Centuries

01/16/ 1095

 

Alpirsbach Monastery is founded. Bishop Gebhard III von Konstanz consecrates a wooden oratory on this occasion

1099

 

The first stone monastery church (Leutkirche) is consecrated

1100

 

Pope Paschalis II confirms the monastery's founding

1123

 

Emperor Heinrich V confirms the monastery's founding

1128

 

Bishop Ulrich II von Konstanz consecrates the large Monastery Church (Klosterkirche)

1st half 13th Century

 

he stone house, the Vestry (Sakristei) and the "Lower Castle" century (Untere Burg) are built

1293

 

A monastery school is documented

1337-1377

 

Abbot Brun von Schenkenberg has structural alterations made to the Abbot's rooms on the 1st floor of the West Wing (Westflügel)

1368

 

A Chapel of St. Mary (Marienkapelle) and the library (Bibliothek) are mentioned

1451-1455

 

The monastery is temporarily disbanded, as controversies arise between the followers of reforms and their opponents

1471

 

The monastery is included in the "Melker Reform"

1482

 

Alpirsbach Monastery changes to the "Bursfelder Reform"; an economic and spiritual boom begins

From 1480

 

The conversion of the monastery to the late Gothic style begins

1514

 

There is an uprising of the farmers in the dominion of Loßburg in the "Armen Konrad" (revolt)

From 1523

 

The Chapel of St. Mary is rebuilt and the late Gothic Altar of St. Mary (Marienaltar) is installed

1534-1535

 

Duke Ulrich von Württemberg introduces the Reformation and has an inventory made of the Alpirsbach holdings

1548-1555

 

Württemberg becomes Catholic again (Interim Period)

1556

 

The monastery is closed once an for all

1556-1595

 

A Protestant monastery school is founded

1566

 

The administrative building (Amtsgebäude) and the later Town Hall (Rathaus) are built

1619

 

A library list is prepared, which is the only preserved proof of the collection of a monastery library in Alpirsbach

1630-1638

 

Monks from Ochsenhausen return to Alpirsbach Monastery during the Thirty Years' War

1649

 

The "Leutkirche" is torn down

1671

 

A school of Latin is established in Alpirsbach

1st half of 18th Century

 

Mining (silver, cobalt) experiences a heyday in Alpirsbach and century Reinerzau

1807-1811

 

The monastery landholdings are confiscated by the Kingdom of Württemberg

1821-1843

 

The Alpirsbach Treasury Office (Kameralamt) belonging to the Administrative Office (Oberamt) of Oberndorf is established

1840

 

The Chapel of St. Mary is torn down

1869

 

King Karl von Württemberg raises Alpirsbach to a township

1869

 

The Monastery Church is remodeled in an initial phase

1878-1881

 

The second remodeling phase and historical painting of the church is carried out by Prof. Kolb of Stuttgart

1882-1886

 

The "Kinzigtalbahn" (Kinzig Valley Railroad) is built, which resulted in the Romanesque granary south of the monastery being demolished

1883

 

A Catholic church is established in the former Refectory (Refektorium)

1899

 

A Catholic parish is founded in Alpirsbach

1920

 

The Gate House (Torhaus) is torn down to build "Staatsstrasse"

1957

 

The Catholic church is converted and enlarged

1965-1966

 

The historical appointments of the Monastery Church are removed and the church is renovated in the style of the 1950's

From 1995

 

Preservative protective measures are taken in the Monastery Church and the Enclosure. The Information Center and the Monastery Museum (Klostermuseum) are established

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