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Tourist-Information
Hauptstraße 15
02797 Kurort Oybin
Phone.:
++49 35844 73311
Fax:
++49 35844 73323
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History
The tradition of procession of monks reaches back to the year 1851 when the Zittau singing group "Liederkranz" performed a musical event referring to the Cölestiner monks who erstwhile lived in the Oybin monastery.
The monk’s cloth consisted of a white undergarment, covered by a black gown and fixed by a white rope. They worn a black kerchief over their shoulders, a white cape on the head along with a black hood. On their feed they worn sandals.
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The German emperor Karl IV sponsored the building of the Oybin monastery in 1366. The monastery contains a church, which was designed by the famous architect Peter Parler. He became famous for the construction of the Cathedral in Prag, the capital of Czech Republic. The signs in the stones reference to the “Prager Dombauhütte”. The construction period took 18 years, before the Prag archbishop could state the opening. The church was sanctified to the holy spirit, the holy Maria, the holy Wenzel, and the holy Petrus (pope Cölestin V). Because of this the monastery church contains besides the main chapel three additional chapels for instance the Sacristy, sanctified to the holy Wenzel. The church hall is 30 m long and 22 m high. The Cölestiner monks have lived in the monastery until 1547. After the last Oybin monk died in 1568, the monastery was struck by lightening and burned down in 1577. The fire lasted at whole week and destroyed a lot.
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In the mid of the 19-century the gothic Oybin ruins were rediscovered trough the romantic movement. Members of the Zittau singing group "Liederkranz" celebrated the procession of monks at the Oybin mountain. Decades later the procession of monks was repeated frequently supported by candlelight.
As stated in an old newspaper article, a big procession of monks along with a concert of the Zittau city orchestra and big mystical lighting of the monastery ruins took place in 1907.
In the period after the first world war and the thirties a lot of processions of monks along with glorious ruin lightening took place. The event was that famous that additional railroads had to operate between Zittau and Oybin in order to transport the huge among of visitors.
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After the break during and after the second world war concert events started again, but know with the technology of stereophony. It was Dr. Illgen who started 1972 a new Oybin event period with his classical concerts. 1973 students and members of the village club arranged the set up of technical equipment necessary for performing concerts in the monastery ruin. To the opening the men choir "Männerchor Oberseifersdorf" gave a performance. In September 1981 regarding the 725. anniversary of Oybin the procession of monks was celebrated again. Since 1982 is has been celebrated frequently, which caused the foundation of the "Historische Mönchszüge Berg Oybin e. V." (society for procession of monks).
Event procession of monks
The event starts with an organ concert in the monastery ruin 90 min before the procession of monks begins. Ringing bells are introducing the singing monks coming from the Oybin mountain ready to continue their performance at the monastery graveyard. Then the group enters the monastery ruin, again along with ringing bells. Once the concert is finished, the monks leave the monastery ruin.
Further events between May and October are "Phonokonzerte in der Klosterruine", "Sagenumwobene und historische Bergführungen", "Ausflüge in die Romantik", and Rittertuniere (games of knights).
Please check out the calendar of events.
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