Events in Steinfeld |
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Events in the world |
Construction of a church in historical obscurity around 920 |
900 |
Otto the Great (* 912) |
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950 |
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (962-973) |
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1000 |
Leif Eriksson (975-1020) discovered North America in 1000 as the first |
First monastery founded in Steinfeld around 1070 |
1050 |
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Canons Regular come to Steinfeld in 1121 Around 1130 they take over the Rule of the Norbertines 1142 laying of the foundation stone of the basilica in Steinfeld |
1100 |
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1184 Steinfeld is raised to a status of an abbey |
1150 |
From 1095 to 1291 the Crusades take place - the goal is the liberation of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the "nonbelievers" King Richard (the Lionheart) ruled England from 1157 to 1199 |
St. Hermann Josef died in 1240 |
1200 |
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1250 |
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1300 |
The plague shocks Europe in the 14th century |
Under the rule of Abbot Gottfried Bongenberg (1381-1388), the monastery is attacked by the Bretons, the abbot is murdered cruelly. |
1350 |
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End of the 15th Century: re-erection of the cloister in Gothic style |
1400 |
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1450 |
Gutenberg printed the first Bible 1450-1456 Reformation in Germany: Martin Luther, theologian and reformer (1483-1546) |
After many difficult years (including plague) from about 1500: Start of a new heyday for Steinfeld. 1522 to 1557 glazing the cloister with artful stained glass |
1500 |
1534 Copernicus discovered the heliocentric view |
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1550 |
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1600 |
Very difficult times for Europe: the Thirty Years' War (1618-1848) |
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1650 |
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1700 |
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Abbot Evermodus Claessen from Gangelt (1767-1784) gives the monastery its current shape, including the surrounding monastery wall with the large entrance gate. |
1750 |
The French Revolution (1789-1799) Napoleon Bonaparte (1799-1815)
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1802: Abolition of the abbey by Napoleon, Monastery Church becomes Parish Church, St. Andrew's Church is demolished, monastery buildings are sold and art objects are squandered. In 1844 the monastery comes in the possession of the Prussian state and becomes a reformatory |
1800 |
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1850 |
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1923 Take-over of the monastery by the Salvatorians, foundation of a school and a boarding school. |
1900 |
1914-1918 World War I
1939-1945 World War II
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Hermann Josef is allowed to be venerated as a saint (1958). 1960 The Church of Steinfeld becomes a Papal basilica (basilica minor) 850 years of Basilica Steinfeld (1992) |
1950 |
1969 Neil Armstrong landed on the moon for America 1990, Germany is reunited |
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2000 |
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