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17-696: Hersfeld was founded by Saint Sturm , a disciple of Saint Boniface , before 744. Because its location rendered it vulnerable to attacks from the Saxons , however, he transferred it to Fulda . Some years later, in or about 769 after the defeat of the Saxons by the Franks , Lullus , archbishop of Mainz , re-founded the monastery at Hersfeld. Charlemagne (who had recently succeeded to the Frankish royal crown) and other benefactors provided endowments, and in 775 gave it

34-483: A state of ruin and decay, many precious volumes had altogether disappeared, and manuscripts containing the archives and records of the house were used in the kennels as litter for the dogs. This forced union between Hersfeld and Fulda lasted little more than two years, after which a new abbot of Hersfeld was chosen. Abbot Krato, who held office in 1517, was however in sympathy with Lutheranism . ( Martin Luther stopped at

51-554: Is the Lullusglocke , Germany's oldest cast bell dated to 1038. The annals of the abbey, the "Annales Hersfeldienses", are a significant source of medieval German history. 50°51′59″N 9°42′10″E  /  50.86639°N 9.70278°E  / 50.86639; 9.70278 Saint Sturm Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

68-628: The Reichstag . The abbey church, in the Romanesque style , was built in the early part of the 12th century, but was used as a powder magazine and then destroyed by the French in 1761 during the Seven Years' War . The ruins are now a well-known venue for concerts and public events, and are the site of the annual Bad Hersfelder Festspiele . The Katharinenturm (tower) still stands. Within it

85-537: The abbey on his return from the Diet of Worms in 1521 and gave a sermon). Krato swore allegiance to the Lutheran Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse , in 1525. The abbey church was consequently closed to Roman Catholic worship, Mass being said only in a chapel inside the monastery. For the rest of the century the abbey continued as a Protestant establishment under the close supervision of the rulers of Hesse, and on

102-711: The business of government. In 1617, he suffered from the German measles . He had a fever and from his sickbed, he tried to shoot a barking dog, which annoyed him. He missed so badly that he hit himself in the chest and died. He was buried in the Lutheran St. Mary's church in Marburg . In Kassel on 24 August 1613 Otto married firstly princess Catherine Ursula of Baden-Durlach (b. Schloss Karlsburg, 19 June 1593 - d. Marburg, 15 February 1615), daughter of George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach . She died after giving birth

119-515: The death of the last abbot (Joachim Röll) in 1606, Otto, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel , was elected lay administrator. The pope made a vain attempt, after Otto's death, to bring the abbey back under Catholic administration. It continued in the hands of the princely family until after the conclusion of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Hersfeld, as an imperial fief, was united to Hesse as the secularised Principality of Hersfeld which maintained its seat in

136-580: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 541021861 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:33:05 GMT Otto, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel Hereditary Prince Otto of Hesse-Kassel (24 December 1594 in Kassel – 7 August 1617 in Hersfeld ), was hereditary prince of Hesse-Kassel and administrator of Hersfeld Abbey . He predeceased his father and never reigned. Otto

153-602: The general decline of the age, and monastic discipline became relaxed. In 1005, the observance was reformed by Saint Gotthard (afterwards Bishop of Hildesheim ), and members of the community were sent out to other houses of the order to carry out in them the work of religious revival. During the Investiture Controversy , Hersfeld took the side of the imperial cause against the papacy. Emperor Henry IV himself visited it quite often, sometimes accompanied by his wife; and his son and successor son Conrad of Italy

170-610: The new basilica. During this ceremony Lullus' canonisation was formally announced by Rabanus Maurus . (The "Lullusfest", or "Feast of Saint Lullus", has been celebrated in Hersfeld since then, on 16 October and is the longest-established local festival in the German-speaking world). During the abbacy of Abbott Druogo (875–892) the first known Hersfeld Tithe Register was written from 881 onwards. An additional tithe register

187-528: The protection of the Landgraves of Hesse . As time went on the state of the monastery again deteriorated, and in 1513 it had reached such a low point that abbot Volpert Riedesel resigned his office into the hands of Pope Leo X , and the abbot of Fulda was authorized by the Emperor Maximilian to incorporate the house into his own abbey. According to a contemporary account, the library was in

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204-456: The status of a Reichsabtei "imperial abbey" (i.e., territorially independent prince-abbacy within the Empire). Pope Stephen III granted it exemption from episcopal jurisdiction. It soon possessed 1050 hides of land and a community of 150 monks. Lullus was buried in the church at his death in 786. The abbey buildings were extended between 831 and 850, and in 852 Lullus' grave was moved to

221-516: Was among the potential suitors of Princess Elizabeth . (She later married Otto's second cousin Frederick V of the Palatinate .) As Otto's father was known as a skilled composer, music played a large part of the entertainment. John Milton , the poet 's father, composed a song in four parts, for which the landgrave presented him with a gold medal. When he returned, his father involved him in

238-419: Was born and baptized within the precincts of the abbey. In the last decade of the 11th century the abbey seems to have been fully restored to papal favour, and it continued to prosper for a long subsequent period. The town of Hersfeld, now Bad Hersfeld , grew up outside the abbey, and flourished, to the extent that it found itself strong enough to assert its independence, and in 1371 formally placed itself under

255-408: Was prepared before 899 during the abbacy of Abbott Harderat. The abbey had already become a place of pilgrimage after 780, because of the relics of Saint Wigbert which were brought here at that time. A valuable library was collected, the annals of the monastery were regularly kept, and it became well known as a seat of piety and learning. Towards the close of the 10th century, Hersfeld suffered from

272-471: Was the eldest son of Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (1572-1632) from his marriage to Agnes (1578-1602), the daughter of Count John George of Solms-Laubach (1546–1600) and his wife, Margaret of Schönburg-Glauchau (1554–1606). Poet Hermann Kirchner, later professor of rhetoric at the University of Marburg , wrote a poem to mark Otto's birthday. The Ottoneum , built in Kassel by Maurice in 1603,

289-582: Was the first theater building constructed in Germany. Maurice named it after his son. Otto and his siblings were educated by his father. In 1606 he became the lay administrator of Hersfeld Abbey , which by then was a Lutheran institution. After completing his studies at the University of Marburg, Otto made a Grand Tour . He was in England from 23 June to 7 August 1611, with a retinue of about thirty, and

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