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17-569: On its summit dome are the priory church of St. Remigius , the only surviving building of the old eponymous priory , and the ruins of Michelsburg Castle, which are close to one another and only separated by a shallow basin. The hill rises in the extreme northwest of the Palatinate region . It is the centre of the area known as the Remigiusland and extends west of the River Glan in the parish of

34-542: A piece of land in Burgundy. In 910 he founded Cluny Abbey and asked Abbot Berno of Baume Abbey to preside. The Abbot of Cluny retained authority over the daughter houses his order founded. By the twelfth century, the Congregation of Cluny included more than a thousand monasteries. Berno had established St. Peter's monastery at Gigny and Baume Abbey on the rule as interpreted by Benedict of Aniane, who had sought to restore

51-594: A predecessor castle from the 11th century had to give way in 1127 to the construction of an abbey. It was a branch of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Remi in Reims and was consecrated to Saint Remigius . Both the priory church and the local area were named after Remigius, even though the saint, who lived in the 5th and 6th centuries, had never visited the area Das Kloster bestand bis zum Jahr 1526, als es im Gefolge der Reformation aufgelöst wurde. The bones of 15 members of

68-426: A proprietary interest and expected to install their kinsmen as abbots. Local aristocrats often established churches, monasteries, and convents that they then considered as family property, taking revenues from them, and leaving the monks that remained subsisting in poverty. Some monasteries were established by feudal lords with the intention of retiring there at some point. The Benedictine Rule , in these monasteries,

85-986: Is also used to refer to the geographic headquarters of several commanderies of knights . Cluniac reforms The Cluniac Reforms (also called the Benedictine Reform ) were a series of changes within medieval monasticism in the Western Church focused on restoring the traditional monastic life, encouraging art, and caring for the poor. The movement began within the Benedictine order at Cluny Abbey , founded in 910 by William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875–918). The reforms were largely carried out by Saint Odo (c. 878 – 942) and spread throughout France ( Burgundy , Provence , Auvergne , Poitou ), into England (the English Benedictine Reform ), and through much of Italy , northern Portugal and Spain . In

102-741: The Catholic Church . Priories may be monastic houses of monks or nuns (such as the Benedictines , the Cistercians , or the Charterhouses ). Houses of canons & canonesses regular also use this term, the alternative being "canonry". Mendicant houses, of friars , nuns, or tertiary sisters (such as the Friars Preachers , Augustinian Hermits , and Carmelites ) also exclusively use this term. In pre-Reformation England , if an abbey church

119-740: The Cluniac reforms as smaller, lesser houses of Benedictines of Cluny. There were likewise many conventual priories in Germany and Italy during the Middle Ages , and in England all monasteries attached to cathedral churches were known as cathedral priories. The Benedictines and their offshoots ( Cistercians and Trappists among them), the Premonstratensians , and the military orders distinguish between conventual and simple or obedientiary priories. Priory

136-520: The Romanesque churches. In 1075 Robert de Molesme , a Benedictine monk from Cluny Abbey, had obtained the permission of Pope Gregory VII to found a monastery at Molesme in Burgundy . At Molesme , Robert tried to restore monastery practice to the simple and severe character of the original Rule of Saint Benedict, called "Strict Observance". Being only partly successful in this at Molesme, Robert in 1098 led

153-569: The Thirty Years' War and in the War of the Palatine Succession . After it had been finally laid to waste in the 1790s by French Revolutionary troops, in 1794 permission was granted to use it as a quarry. In 1973/74, restoration work was carried out. Priory church A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. They were created by

170-627: The Cluniac movement was one of the largest religious forces in Europe. At least as significantly as their political consequences, the reforms demanded greater religious devotion. The Cluniacs supported the Peace of God , and promoted pilgrimages to the Holy Lands. An increasingly rich liturgy stimulated demand for altar vessels of gold, fine tapestries and fabrics, stained glass , and polyphonic choral music to fill

187-583: The House of Palatinate-Veldenz ( County of Veldenz ) rest in the priory church. Michelsburg – In 1260, a second castle was built near the abbey which took its name from the patron saint of the castle chapel , St. Michael and which, today, is a ruin. The castle belonged initially to the County of Veldenz , later to the Wittelsbach Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken . The castle was badly damaged both during

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204-434: The early 10th century, Western monasticism, which had flourished several centuries earlier with St Benedict of Nursia , was experiencing a severe decline due to unstable political and social conditions resulting from the nearly continuous Viking raids , widespread poverty and, especially, the dependence of abbeys on the local nobles who controlled all that belonged to the territories under their jurisdiction. The impetus for

221-610: The primitive strictness of the monastic observance wherever it had been relaxed. The rule focused on prayer, silence, and solitude. Among the most notable supporters of the Cluniac reforms were Pope Urban II , Lambert of Hersfeld , and Richard of Verdun . The reforms encouraged the Church in the West to be more attentive to business and led the papacy to attempt to assert control over the Eastern Church . During its height ( c. 950–c.1130),

238-456: The reforms lay in abuses thought to be a result of secular interference in the monasteries and of the Church's tight integration with the feudal and manorial systems. Since a Benedictine monastery required land, it needed the patronage of a local lord . However, the lord would often demand rights and assert prerogatives that interfered with the operation of the monastery. Patrons normally retained

255-633: The village of Haschbach ; 3 kilometres east on the far side of the Glan is the 562-metre-high Potzberg . Access to the Remigiusberg is from the north via the Kreisstraße  69 , which branches off Kreisstraße 21 between Haschbach and Rammelsbach . South of the summit of the Remigiusberg, the Landesstraße  362 runs from west to east connecting Haschbach and Theisbergstegen . Priory church –

272-478: Was modified to schedule matins at a time when it would not interrupt sleep and to expand the vegetarian diet. Monks in these houses wore richer, warmer clothing and were free to disregard the rules pertaining to fasting. The Cluny reform was an attempt to remedy these practices in the hope that a more independent abbot would better enforce the Rule of Saint Benedict. William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875-918) had acquired

289-467: Was raised to cathedral status, the abbey became a cathedral priory. The bishop , in effect, took the place of the abbot, and the monastery itself was headed by a prior. Priories first came to existence as subsidiaries to the Abbey of Cluny . Many new houses were formed that were all subservient to the abbey of Cluny and called Priories. As such, the priory came to represent the Benedictine ideals espoused by

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