Eibingen Abbey
Eibingen Abbey Abtei St. Hildegard | ||
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Style Romanesque revival | | |
Groundbreaking | 1900 | s|
Administration | ||
Diocese | Diocese of Limburg | |
Europe and North America |
Eibingen Abbey (
History
The original community was founded in 1165 by
The community was reestablished by
The nuns work in the vineyard and in the craft workshops, besides undertaking the traditional duties of hospitality.
Abbesses
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), first abbess and founder of the community
From 1603 the abbesses held the title of "Abbess of Rupertsberg and Eibingen".
- Kunigunde Frey von Dehrn, abbess around 1600
- Anna Lerch von Dirmstein, abbess until 1666
- Kunigunde Schütz von Holtzhausen, abbess from 1666 to 1669
- Scholastica von Manteuffel, abbess from 1670
- Maria Antonetta Mühl zu Ulmen, abbess from 1711
- Philippine zu Guttenberg, last abbess from 1790 to 1804.
Since the re-establishment of the community in 1904:
- Regintrudis Sauter, abbess from 1908 to 1955
- Fortunata Fischer, abbess from 1955 to 1978
- Edeltraut Forster, abbess from 1978 to 1998
- Gisela Happ, prioress-administrator from 1998 to 2000
- Clementia Killewald, abbess from 2000 to 2016
- Dorothea Flandera, abbess from 2016 to 2023
- Katharina Drouvé; abbess from 2023
Heritage
The abbey is a Rhine Gorge World Heritage Site.[6] The church has been a venue for concerts of the Rheingau Musik Festival, such as a "BachTrompetenGala" with organist Edgar Krapp[7] and a concert with the New York Polyphony in 2014.[8] The sculptor Karlheinz Oswald made in 1998 a life-size bronze statue called Hildegard of Bingen, with one copy in the Bingen museum, another in the garden in front of the abbey church.
References
- ^ a b "Eibingen (Abtei St. Hildegard)" (in German). orden-online.de. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ISBN 9780814628027. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ Lewis, Uncle Dave. "Benedictine Nuns of St. Hildegard / Hildegard von Bingen: Vespers from the Abbey". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ISBN 9780814628027. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Hildegard von Bingen Vespers". Gramophone. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "The Abbey of St. Hildegard". World Heritage. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Abtei St. Hildegard, Eibingen". Rheingau Musik Festival. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Rheingau Musik Festival presents New York Polyphony". newyorkpolyphony.com. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Hildegardisvesper Vespers from Eibingen Abbey, YouTube, 20 September 2011
- The Hildegard of Bingen Trail in Germany spiritualtravels.info
- Sites › Rüdesheim › Abbey St. Hildegard landderhildegard.de
- Eibingen, Germany: Benedictine Abbey of Eibingen (Saint Hildegard of Bingen) thecatholictravelguide.com
- Gregor Kollmorgen: St. Hildegard Abbey newliturgicalmovement.org 11 November 2010