Nütschau Priory (in German Kloster Nütschau or Priorat Sankt Ansgar ) is a house of the Benedictine Order located at Travenbrück near Bad Oldesloe , Stormarn , Schleswig-Holstein in Germany .
7-560: Nütschau is the northernmost Benedictine monastery in Germany. Around 830 a castle was built on the Trave, surrounded and secured with an earth wall: the Nütschauer Schanze, part of a Carolingian fortification. In 1577 Heinrich Rantzau built the small moated castle, the "Castrum Nutzkow". The turret was added to the center gable in 1792. The Benedictine house originated after World War II as
14-402: A Schleswig-Holstein building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Christian monastery , abbey , priory or other religious house is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Heinrich Rantzau Heinrich Rantzau or Ranzow ( Ranzovius ) (11 March 1526 – 31 December 1598) was a German humanist writer and statesman,
21-496: A prolific astrologer and an associate of Tycho Brahe . He was son of Johan Rantzau . He was Governor of the Danish royal share in the Duchy of Holstein , a rich man and celebrated book collector. Rantzau is perhaps best remembered as a patron of scholars. His own Tractatus astrologicus de genethliacorum thematum appeared in 1597, and went through five editions by 1615. In his own time, he
28-460: A refuge for displaced persons, particularly Catholics from the former German territories. The church acquired the former Nütschau manor house ( Herrenhaus Nütschau ) in 1951 and at the request of Hermann Wilhelm Berning , the Bishop of Osnabrück , it was developed by and staffed from Gerleve Abbey . St. Ansgar 's House ( Haus Sankt Ansgar ) opened in 1954, initially as a retreat house. In November 1960
35-530: The "Way of St. James" and on the "Monk's Path" shelter for the night. As of 2022, there were nineteen monks in residence. The priory is part of the Beuronese Congregation . Under direct control of the Abbot of Gerleve: Priory of Gerleve Abbey Independent priory 53°49′21″N 10°19′36″E / 53.82250°N 10.32667°E / 53.82250; 10.32667 This article about
42-486: The community was raised to the status of a priory under Gerleve. In 1965, Bishop Helmut Herrmann Wittler donated an Ansgar reliquary to the Nütschau monastery. The priory church of St. Ansgar was built in 1974, and in 1975 Nütschau became an independent monastery, which now includes a training house and a youth house. Guided tours through the grounds and the manor house are available by appointment. The monks offer pilgrims on
49-553: Was regarded as a generous supporter of artists and writers in Lübeck , many of whom he engaged to write memorials of his father. Rantzau was also a successful merchant with trading interests in the east-west trade through Husum and Lübeck. Rantzau was awarded the Danish Order of the Elephant in 1580 by King Frederick II of Denmark . His oldest son Breide Rantzau was a councillor of
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