Monastery Gottstatt
Encyclopedia
Monastery Gottstat is a former Premonstratensian
monastery
in the Orpund
community in Canton of Berne
, Switzerland
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. In 1803 the whole monastery building and compound was sold into private ownership. The reformed church began buying back the monastery, piece by piece, in 1965.
Premonstratensian
The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines, or in Britain and Ireland as the White Canons , are a Catholic religious order of canons regular founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg...
monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
in the Orpund
Orpund
Orpund is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-Geography:Orpund has an area, , of . Of this area, or 39.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 37.4% is forested...
community in Canton of Berne
Canton of Berne
The Canton of Bern is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the Canton of Jura and the Canton of Solothurn to the north. To the west lie the Canton of Neuchâtel, the Canton of Fribourg and Vaud. To the south...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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Establishment
It was established in 1255 by Count Rudolf I von Neuchâtel-Nidau. A previous attempt to establish a monastery on the site in 1247 there had been unsuccessful.Reformation
The monastery was closed in 1528 as part of the ReformationProtestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
. In 1803 the whole monastery building and compound was sold into private ownership. The reformed church began buying back the monastery, piece by piece, in 1965.
Literature
- Doris Amacher und Bethi Blaser: Schweizerische Kunstführer GSK, Band 773: Die reformierte Kirche und das ehemalige Prämonstratenserkloster Gottstatt, Bern 2005, ISBN 3-85782-773-4
- Andreas Moser: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Bern Land III, Der Amtsbezirk Nidau 2. Teil, Herausgegeben von der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Kunstgeschichte GSK, Bern 2005: Seiten 139-173 Orpund / Gottstatt, ISBN 978-3-906131-80-1
- Helvetia Sacra ABTEILUNG IV: Die Orden mit Augustinerregel, Band 3: Die Prämonstratenser und Prämonstratenserinnen in der Schweiz, bearbeitet von mehreren Autoren, redigiert von Bernard Andenmatten und Brigitte Degler-Spengler, Basel 2002. S. 383–410. Autoren: Kathrin Utz Tremp, Georg Modestin. www.helvetiasacra.ch