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Kempen

Gatehouse of the St. Anna Convent

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Viersen

Kempen

Gatehouse of the St. Anna Convent

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Gatehouse of the St. Anna Convent

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Location: Kempen, Viersen, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Bucky

January 4, 2021

Formerly part of a monastery and now privately owned. But nice part of the old town.

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JakobusPilger

May 26, 2021

Saint Anna, patroness of this former monastery in Kempen, is the mother of Mary, the mother of God, who is not attested in the biblical texts, i.e. the grandmother of Jesus Christ. However, it is mentioned in apocryphal (that is, not included in the canon of the Bible) writings, for example in the so-called "Protoevangelium of James". There is no historically reliable knowledge about Anna's life, but there are numerous traditional stories that are summarized, for example, in the medieval "Legenda Aurea" by the Dominican monk Jacobus de Voragine. Among other things, she is the patroness of Anna's Church in Düren, where a piece of her skull is kept as a relic. Her memorial day is - together with her husband Joachim - on July 26th.

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Niklas 🥾🚲🛶🛼😀

October 9, 2020

The women's monastery of St. Anna only survives in this representative gatehouse from the 18th century, where the sisters parked their carts and equipment after working in the fields. The remaining buildings, which had become unsightly and dilapidated, were demolished in 1973 as part of the urban redevelopment.
Its origins go back to July 21, 1422, when Kempen women joined together to form a pious community - following the example of the Beghins from Flanders. By 1481 it had become a Franciscan monastery in the strict sense.

In the niche above the gate stood the statue of his patroness, Saint Anne, who, according to legend, was the mother of Saint Mary. She was also the patroness of the city of Kempen.

The people of Kempen called the monastery women, whose number was usually around fifty, Quiesels (from the Latin quietus = quiet). They earned their living by farming and raising livestock, by weaving, spinning and sewing clothes. They served their fellow human beings through nursing; A valuable library was created by copying numerous manuscripts.

In 1794 the left Lower Rhine was occupied by the troops of the French Revolution, which fought the influence of the clergy. Therefore the monastery was closed in 1802. Its buildings later served as a cotton mill and school, as a farm and apartments.

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Netreisetagebuch

January 19, 2022

"...There used to be two monasteries in Kempen. One of them was the women's monastery of St. Anna. In 1422, Kempen women joined together to form a pious community, similar to the Beghins in Flanders..."
Find out more about the sights of Kempen at:
netreisetagebuch.de/kempen-gehenswuerdigkeiten

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