Stadtmuseum Schatzkammer Propstei Belecke

About the museum

The provostry on the Belecke Propsteiberg goes back to the Benedictine abbey of Grafschaft, founded in 1072 by Archbishop Anno II of Cologne. Around 1100 a branch monastery was established in Belecke, where up to seven monks lived and managed the monastery's extensive property in the northern Sauerland. The medieval town, founded in 1296, grew up around the provostry. With the secularization in 1804, the buildings passed to the parish of St. Pankratius.

The Baroque nave of the provostry church was built in 1749/50. In 1992 the provostry parish, together with the town of Warstein, set up the city museum in the former outbuildings. It connects the history of Belecke with the church and monastery history of the Sauerland and sets art-historical accents.

The tour begins with town history, featuring the town book, seals, guild chest and marksmen's silver. It leads to Archbishop Anno II and the Grafschaft monastery and shows Baroque figures of saints and the Virgin Mary. On the second floor, liturgical vestments are on view, including the fully preserved pontifical vestments of the Grafschaft abbots (Golden and Red Chapel). The actual treasury brings together chalices, ciboria and monstrances from the 15th to 18th centuries, among them the abbot's chalice of 1509.

Highlights

• Abbot's chalice of 1509 from the Grafschaft monastery
• Pontifical vestments of the Grafschaft abbots (Golden and Red Chapel)
• Chalices, ciboria and monstrances from the 15th to 18th centuries
• Belecke town book with the town charter of 1296
• Museum in a former outbuilding of the provostry

Permanent exhibitions

• Stadt- und Klostergeschichte Beleckes – Town book with the town charter of 1296, seals, guild chest and marksmen's silver, plus sections on Archbishop Anno II and the Grafschaft monastery.
• Liturgische Gewänder – Goldene und Rote Kapelle – Vestments from the 17th and 18th centuries, including the fully preserved pontifical vestments of the Grafschaft abbots.
• Schatzkammer – Liturgical vessels from the 15th to 18th centuries, with chalices, ciboria and monstrances, including the abbot's chalice of 1509.

Founded

1992

Operated by

Propsteigemeinde St. Pankratius (Pastoraler Raum Warstein) in Zusammenarbeit mit der Stadt Warstein

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Getting there & parking

Navigation address: Am Propsteiberg 1, 59581 Warstein-Belecke. The museum is located in the former outbuilding of the provostry next to the St. Pankratius provostry church.

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