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Zusammenfassungen in Englisch (Summaries)
1000 years of cultural history in stone
The cloister of the Former Benedictine monastery of St. Michael in Hildesheim
The monastery through the ages
Urs Bo eck
The Benedictine monastery St. Michael
in Hildesheim
The first Benedictine establishments in Saxony in the Early
Middle Ages were set up to support political consolidation
and missionary work in the East-Franconian Empire. At the
time of the Ottonian emperors, such rieh establishments as
that of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim took on important
cultural duties, in addition to their spiritual and religious
functions. Monkish discipline, characterised by the Hirsauer
reforms in the 12th Century and the Bursfelder reforms in the
15th Century, influenced the historical development of the
monastery. Apart from external effects, it led to a flourishing
of the economy and the arts. The Canonisation of Bernward
in 1192 provided an opportunity for the structural renova-
tion ofthe church and enclosure, and this was carried out in
a splendid männer. The intensive piety ofthe Late Middle
Ages is expressed in rieh, but only fragmentary remains.
Baroque representation determined the last renovation ofthe
monastery and the enrichment ofits treasures before secula-
risation in 1803.
Angela Weyer
The monastery building until the Thirty Years’ War
At the time of Bishop Bernward, founder of St. Michael’s
monastery, there were at least three sacred buildings in the
complex: the Chapel ofthe Holy Cross (later St. Lamberti)
north of the cloister, consecrated in 996, the large abbey
church begun in 1010 and consecrated in 1033, as well as
St. Martins church consecrated in 1022, which is supposed
to have been located “in between” the other two. In contrast
to other Benedictine monasteries, which by the 12th—13th
centuries had developed a relatively fixed structural layout,
the chapter house was situated in the west, rather than the
east wing, near the founder’s grave in the crypt and the
monks choir above. The Integration of the Chapel of the
Holy Cross in the area of the enclosure, the location of St.
Martins church, the missingparts in the fourth wing of the
enclosure and the narrow dimensions of the east wing are
also atypical. The portals in the west wing, originating
around 1220/1230, prove the existence of a differentiated
structure with a chapter house and auditorium, and the west
and north wings were vaulted around the middle ofthe Cen-
tury. Building measures, begun in the 14th Century, on the
library and chapel of St. Philip and St. Jakob, as well as
work on the grave ofthe founder and former abbot, suggest
that monastic decline at St. Michael’s was not as strong as
reported. After joining the Bursfelder congregation in 1453,
St Lamberts was extended. A new infirmary over the eastern
cloister was built, and a monastery wall and Windows were
inserted into the aisle of the church. In 1543 the monastic
church was handed over to the Lutherans and St. Lambert’s
was desecrated.
Barbara Hentschel and Ursula Schädler-Saub
Architectural alterations in the monastery
during the Baroque period
The first building work in the Baroque Period was carried
out in 1625 in the crypt, on the grave site of Bernward, the
founder ofthe monastery. Towards the end ofthe 17th Cen-
tury the monastery complex underwent drastic remodelling.
The west wing, up to the cloister, was extensively rebuilt
from 1694 to 1709. The construction ofthe Ab bot’s living
quarters was undertaken after 1700. Judgingfrom the high
quality ofthe buildings constructed in the 1750’s, that is, the
domestic building with the figure of St. Michael crowning
the portal and the newly designed living quarters of the
Abbot in the Rococo style, it appears that they were probably
carried out by south German plasterers.
Volkmar Keil
The monastery buildings following secularisation
After the Benedictine monastery ofSt. Michael was dissolved
in 1803, the buildings feil into disrepair, until 1827, when
a hospice was moved into the deserted rooms. This was closed
in 1943 in Order to set up an SS-training facility called
“Haus Germanien”or “Germania House”, before the build-
ing feil victim to the extensive bombing of Hildesheim in
Zusammenfassungen in Englisch (Summaries)
1000 years of cultural history in stone
The cloister of the Former Benedictine monastery of St. Michael in Hildesheim
The monastery through the ages
Urs Bo eck
The Benedictine monastery St. Michael
in Hildesheim
The first Benedictine establishments in Saxony in the Early
Middle Ages were set up to support political consolidation
and missionary work in the East-Franconian Empire. At the
time of the Ottonian emperors, such rieh establishments as
that of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim took on important
cultural duties, in addition to their spiritual and religious
functions. Monkish discipline, characterised by the Hirsauer
reforms in the 12th Century and the Bursfelder reforms in the
15th Century, influenced the historical development of the
monastery. Apart from external effects, it led to a flourishing
of the economy and the arts. The Canonisation of Bernward
in 1192 provided an opportunity for the structural renova-
tion ofthe church and enclosure, and this was carried out in
a splendid männer. The intensive piety ofthe Late Middle
Ages is expressed in rieh, but only fragmentary remains.
Baroque representation determined the last renovation ofthe
monastery and the enrichment ofits treasures before secula-
risation in 1803.
Angela Weyer
The monastery building until the Thirty Years’ War
At the time of Bishop Bernward, founder of St. Michael’s
monastery, there were at least three sacred buildings in the
complex: the Chapel ofthe Holy Cross (later St. Lamberti)
north of the cloister, consecrated in 996, the large abbey
church begun in 1010 and consecrated in 1033, as well as
St. Martins church consecrated in 1022, which is supposed
to have been located “in between” the other two. In contrast
to other Benedictine monasteries, which by the 12th—13th
centuries had developed a relatively fixed structural layout,
the chapter house was situated in the west, rather than the
east wing, near the founder’s grave in the crypt and the
monks choir above. The Integration of the Chapel of the
Holy Cross in the area of the enclosure, the location of St.
Martins church, the missingparts in the fourth wing of the
enclosure and the narrow dimensions of the east wing are
also atypical. The portals in the west wing, originating
around 1220/1230, prove the existence of a differentiated
structure with a chapter house and auditorium, and the west
and north wings were vaulted around the middle ofthe Cen-
tury. Building measures, begun in the 14th Century, on the
library and chapel of St. Philip and St. Jakob, as well as
work on the grave ofthe founder and former abbot, suggest
that monastic decline at St. Michael’s was not as strong as
reported. After joining the Bursfelder congregation in 1453,
St Lamberts was extended. A new infirmary over the eastern
cloister was built, and a monastery wall and Windows were
inserted into the aisle of the church. In 1543 the monastic
church was handed over to the Lutherans and St. Lambert’s
was desecrated.
Barbara Hentschel and Ursula Schädler-Saub
Architectural alterations in the monastery
during the Baroque period
The first building work in the Baroque Period was carried
out in 1625 in the crypt, on the grave site of Bernward, the
founder ofthe monastery. Towards the end ofthe 17th Cen-
tury the monastery complex underwent drastic remodelling.
The west wing, up to the cloister, was extensively rebuilt
from 1694 to 1709. The construction ofthe Ab bot’s living
quarters was undertaken after 1700. Judgingfrom the high
quality ofthe buildings constructed in the 1750’s, that is, the
domestic building with the figure of St. Michael crowning
the portal and the newly designed living quarters of the
Abbot in the Rococo style, it appears that they were probably
carried out by south German plasterers.
Volkmar Keil
The monastery buildings following secularisation
After the Benedictine monastery ofSt. Michael was dissolved
in 1803, the buildings feil into disrepair, until 1827, when
a hospice was moved into the deserted rooms. This was closed
in 1943 in Order to set up an SS-training facility called
“Haus Germanien”or “Germania House”, before the build-
ing feil victim to the extensive bombing of Hildesheim in