Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Former Convent of the Franciscan Sisters Filzen

Former Convent of the Franciscan Sisters Filzen

Highlight • Religious Site

Former Convent of the Franciscan Sisters Filzen

Name: Former Convent of the Franciscan Sisters Filzen
Rating: 1.5

Recommended by 5 mountain bikers out of 10

Save

Location: Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Save

See rides here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Mountain Biking Routes to Former Convent of the Franciscan Sisters Filzen

4.8

(149)

651

riders

1. Bernkastel Old Town Square – Bernkastel-Kues Market Square loop from Neumagen

49.1km

02:40

250m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

4.8

(121)

539

riders

2. Bernkastel Old Town Square – Bernkastel-Kues Market Square loop from Bernkastel-Kues

49.6km

02:44

260m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

4.7

(24)

149

riders

3. View from Minheimer Hütte – Bernkastel Old Town Square loop from Hetzerath

123km

07:47

1,060m

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Hard

Tips

Arno

August 24, 2018

Historically, the Franciscan nunnery in felting had never gained much importance. In addition to a narrow data situation About the establishment of the institution, there is little meaningful literature. Also, it was perhaps too much in the shadow of the neighboring Protestant county Veldenz.
Relevant Moselle leaders, even special leaders on women's monasteries, mention - if at all - only marginally this monastic foundation. This is not justified, because the church with the former monastery complex and an early Romanesque bell tower forms an appealing and at the same time harmonious ensemble.
In 1455, Archbishop Jakob I von Sierck (1439-1456) transferred the Trier nunnery to the Third Rule of St. Francis of Assisi to "Viltzen" a hermitage. The so-called "gray sisters" also received the "Velenwingert". Other donors or endowments were not recorded in the first years after foundation and thereafter. The general misery in the convent did not change until more and more women from rural areas took the veil and, when entering the monastery with their inheritance, brought along land and / or vineyards.

The equipment of the church today comes mostly from the construction period from 1712 to 1721. To emphasize are: a large, newly formed Calvary group, probably a work of the Trierer Bildschnitzerschule from the second half of the 15th century, a pulpit with half-reliefs and the Organ brochure with carved wings and tendrils.
The church houses a barrel-vaulted burial place for 33 nuns, the northernmost probably this side of the Alps.

Translated by Google •

Arno

August 24, 2018

Name former monastery church of the Franciscan nuns, today cath. Parish Church of St. Joseph
Religious Order Order according to the 3rd Rule of St. Francis (Tertiaries)
Topographical location on the right bank of the Moselle, approx. 9 km west of Bernkastel-Kues and approx. 52 km northeast of Trier.
Ecclesiastical affiliation earlier to the parish Wintrich, 1803 parish with the branches Dusemond and Mülheim, 1808 as a branch to Dusemond, from 1827 episcopal parish, Archdiocese of Trier
Territorial / state affiliation Felting was incorporated into Brauneberg in the seventies of the last century. The wine village belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Bernkastel-Kues in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich.
Monastery administration Oberin ("moder")
Founding year 25th August 1455
Mother Parish Parish Wintrich
Patronal Feast of St. Joseph
repeal 1802
Later use parish church, private apartments, museum of local history and wine culture center

Translated by Google •

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 140 m

Weather

Friday 9 January

3°C

-5°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See rides here

Take Me There

Location: Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

View of the Mosel Bend from Rothlay

Durch's Hinterbachtal S0 bis S1

View of the Moselle River and Vineyards

View of Monzeler Katzen Vineyards

View of Brauneberg, Mülheim, and the Moselle Valley Vineyards

View of the Hochmosel Bridge from Grainskopfturm

Siebenborn Monastery Complex

View of Brauneberg

View of the Lieser Valley

View of the Moselle Valley Vineyards

Vineyard Path With Views of the Moselle River

Observation Tower Eifel

Former Convent of the Franciscan Sisters Filzen

1. Bernkastel Old Town Square – Bernkastel-Kues Market Square loop from Neumagen

2. Bernkastel Old Town Square – Bernkastel-Kues Market Square loop from Bernkastel-Kues

3. View from Minheimer Hütte – Bernkastel Old Town Square loop from Hetzerath

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️