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Revision as of 13:41, 18 February 2013
Königsfelden Abbey is a former Franciscan monastery and former Clarisse convent in the municipality of Windisch in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It was founded in 1308 by the Habsburgs and during the Reformation in 1528 it was secularized. The complex was then the residence of the bailiffs of Bern, and since 1868 it has been a psychiatric clinic. The church is a museum since 2009. It contains a 14th Century stained glass which, together with the windows in the Cathedral of Bern, are the most valuable in Switzerland.
History
On May 1, 1308, King Albert I was murdered by his nephew John Parricida in the community of Windisch. In memory of this event his widow, Elizabeth of Carinthia, founded Königsfelden Abbey in 1310-11 at the site – approximately 200 meters (660 ft) from Brugg.[1][2] Albert and Elisabeth’s oldest daughter, Agnes, the widow of King Andrew III of Hungary, moved to Königsfelden in 1317 and led it to commercial success, but did not join a religious order.[3][4]
With the conquest of the Western Aargau by the city of Bern the Abbey lost its connection with the Habsburg family. After the Reformation in 1528 the monastery was abolished. The complex served as the seat of the Bernese bailiffs of the Königsfelden district, a steward took over the administration of former monastic property. In 1804 the former monastery became the property of the canton of Aargau, which had been founded in the year before. The new canton established a mental hospital. In 1872 a new building was built and since 1887 it has been a psychiatric clinic. During the construction a large part of the Franciscan convent was demolished.[5]
Abbesses
- 1310-1313 Elizabeth of Carinthia
- about 1313 Hedwiga von Kuntzlau
- 1318-1324 Guta von Bachenstein
- 1329 Benigna von Bachenstein
- about 1330 Agnes of Austria
- about 1334 Adelheid I
- about 1355 Elisabeth I von Leiningen
- about 1371 Anna I von Goldenberg
- 1374-1383 Irmengard von Hohenberg
- about 1405 Adelheid II von Hallwyl
- 1406-1408 Margaretha I von Wachingen
- 1411-1415 Margaretha II von Grünenberg
- 1416-1456 Elisabeth II von Leiningen
- about 1456 Ursula von Mirlingen
- about 1459 Eva von Erpach
- about 1471 Osanna Jäger
- 1472-1492 Apollonia von Hohenberg
- 1497-1506 Anna II von Stein
- 1511-1513 Emerita Lutschern
- 1516-1528 Katherina von Waldburg
Burials
- Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of the Romans
- Leopold the Glorious, Duke of Austria, and his wife, Catherine of Savoy
- Henry the Friendly and his wife, Elizabeth of Virneburg
- Agnes of Austria, Queen of Hungary
- Elizabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine
- Jutta of Austria, Countess of Öttingen
References
- ^ Königsfelden, Staatsarchiv Aargau
- ^ The foundation of the convent of Königsfelden, Kanton Aargau
- ^ Zwei habsburgische Frauen mit Wirkung: Königin Elisabeth und Königin Agnes von Ungarn, Staatsarchiv Aargau
- ^ Queen Agnes and the convent, Kanton Aargau
- ^ Königsfelden Abbey in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
External links
Königsfelden Abbey in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
