Sölden Priory
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Sölden Priory was a Cluniac nunnery founded in 1115 at Sölden
in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
in the Black Forest
, Baden-Württemberg
, Germany
.
founded Bollschweil Priory
, a Cluniac nunnery, which was moved in 1115 to nearby Sölden and became Sölden Priory. This foundation was a complement to the monastery he had founded at Grüningen
and later moved to Zell, afterwards known as Sankt Ulrich im Schwarzwald
.
Sölden was a priory directly subject to Cluny. The community consisted of approximately 13 to 20 nuns under a prior or provost appointed by Cluny. The nunnery declined so severely in the 15th century that about 1500 there were no nuns left here. The administration of the priory or provostry was conducted at first by St. Georgen im Schwarzwald
from about 1546 and then transferred in 1560 to St. Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest
, into which it was incorporated in 1598.
The priory was dissolved in 1807 in the course of secularisation
.
. The Vogtei
belonged to the priory of St. Ulrich im Schwarzwald.
Of the monastic buildings still remaining, the oldest portions date from the 15th century. Much refurbishment took place in the Baroque
period.
Sölden
Sölden is a municipality in the Ötztal valley of Tyrol, Austria.-Geography:At c. 467 km² , it is the largest municipality in the country. The population of 3,449 is outnumbered by tourists, of which 15,000 can be accommodated...
in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a district in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach and the French départements of the Haut-Rhin and the Bas-Rhin. The district-free city of Freiburg is surrounded by the district...
in the Black Forest
Black Forest
The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
, Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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History
In about 1087 Ulrich of ZellUlrich of Zell
Saint Ulrich of Zell, also known as Wulderic, sometimes of Cluny or of Regensburg , was a Cluniac reformer of Germany, abbot, founder and saint.-Life:...
founded Bollschweil Priory
Bollschweil Priory
Bollschweil Priory was a Cluniac nunnery at Bollschweil in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
, a Cluniac nunnery, which was moved in 1115 to nearby Sölden and became Sölden Priory. This foundation was a complement to the monastery he had founded at Grüningen
Grüningen Priory
Grüningen Priory was a short-lived Cluniac foundation, predecessor to St. Ulrich's Priory in the Black Forest, at Grüningen near Oberrimsingen in Breisach in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-History:...
and later moved to Zell, afterwards known as Sankt Ulrich im Schwarzwald
St. Ulrich's Priory in the Black Forest
St. Ulrich's Priory in the Black Forest was a priory of Cluny Abbey founded in the valley of the River Möhlin in the Black Forest in about 1083. St. Ulrich is now part of the municipality of Bollschweil, in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-History:The origins...
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Sölden was a priory directly subject to Cluny. The community consisted of approximately 13 to 20 nuns under a prior or provost appointed by Cluny. The nunnery declined so severely in the 15th century that about 1500 there were no nuns left here. The administration of the priory or provostry was conducted at first by St. Georgen im Schwarzwald
St. George's Abbey in the Black Forest
St. George's Abbey in the Black Forest was a Benedictine monastery in St. Georgen im Schwarzwald in the southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-Foundation to Reformation:...
from about 1546 and then transferred in 1560 to St. Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest
St. Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest
St Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest or St. Peter's Abbey, Schwarzwald is a former Benedictine monastery in the village of St. Peter im Schwarzwald, in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-History:...
, into which it was incorporated in 1598.
The priory was dissolved in 1807 in the course of secularisation
German Mediatisation
The German Mediatisation was the series of mediatisations and secularisations that occurred in Germany between 1795 and 1814, during the latter part of the era of the French Revolution and then the Napoleonic Era....
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Territory and buildings
Sölden's estates were not extensive and were concentrated in the BreisgauBreisgau
Breisgau is the name of an area in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg im Breisgau in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, which partly consists of the Breisgau, is named after that area...
. The Vogtei
Vogtei
Vogtei could be:* The residenz or domain of a Vogt* Vogtei , a municipal association in the Unstrut-Hainich district of Thuringia, Germany....
belonged to the priory of St. Ulrich im Schwarzwald.
Of the monastic buildings still remaining, the oldest portions date from the 15th century. Much refurbishment took place in the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period.
Priors or Provosts of Sölden
- Rudolf Ecklin (1514-1541)
- Johann Maternus Roth (1570, 1580)
- Christoph Sutter (1581)
- Gallus Vögelin (1596)
- Michael Stöcklin (1597)
- Johann Jakob Pfeiffer (vor 1601-1610)
- Johannes Schwab (1612, 1635?)
- Matthäus Welzenmüller (1624?-1637)
- Johann Baptist Heinold (1672, -1692)
- Placidus Steiger (1692-1705)
- Ulrich Bürgi (1705-1712)
- Gregor Gerwig (1712, 1716)
- Heinrich Füegl (1718)
- Aemilian Kaufmann (1723, 1730)
- Cajetan Hildtprandt (1744, 1746)
- Franz Dreer (1756)
- Ulrich van der Lew (1776-1786)
- Paul Hendinger (1786-1807)