Abbey of St. Märgen explained

Order:Augustinian canons
Established:c. 1118
Disestablished:1806
Dedication:St. Mary of the Assumption (church)
Coordinates:48.0062°N 8.0922°W

The Abbey of St. Märgen (German: Kloster St. Märgen) is a former Augustinian canons monastery in St. Märgen in the Black Forest in Germany, which was founded around 1118 under the name Cella Sanctae Mariae ("Chapel of St. Mary"). The German form of the name, Maria-Zell, changed over the centuries through Marienzell, Sante Merien and St. Mergen to the present name of the abbey and village, St. Märgen.[1] The Baroque abbey church of St. Mary of the Assumption (Mariä Himmelfahrt) is today the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Märgen and one of the most important Marian pilgrimage churches in the Archdiocese of Freiburg.[2]

The history of the abbey has been researched in depth, especially by church historian Wolfgang Müller (1905–1983), the priest and art historian Manfred Hermann, the teacher and historian, Elisabeth Irtenkauf (born 1931 in Rottweil) and St. Märgen's sexton and local historian, Klaus Hog (born 1966 in Freiburg im Breisgau).

The abbey was destroyed five times by fire, the first time in 1284 or shortly before and the last time in 1907. It was rebuilt or restored five times.

In art history it has a special significance because one of the most important rococo woodcarvers in southern Germany, Matthias Faller, lived and worked here for a while.

List of superiors of St. Märgen and All Saints

This list is extracted from the work by Wolfgang Müller (1969) and also contained in Irtenkauf and Hog (2010). It is divided into superiors before and after the union of 1370.

Abbots of St. Märgen before the Union

Provosts of All Saints before the Union

Abbots of St. Märgen and Provosts of All Saints

Administrators of All Saints

Provosts of All Saints

Abbots of St. Märgen

References and footnotes

  1. Internetseiten Klostermuseum und Landeskunde entdecken online Baden-Württemberg.
  2. http://www.erzbistum-freiburg.de/html/st_maergen316.html Die Kirche auf der Internetseite des Erzbistums Freiburg.

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