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The Essen Cathedral Treasury (German: Essener Domschatz) is one of the most significant collections of religious artworks in Germany. A great number of items of treasure are accessible to the public in the treasury chamber of Essen Minster. The cathedral chapter manages the treasury chamber, not as a museum as in some places, but as the place in which liturgical implements and objects are kept, which continued to be used to this day in the service of God, so far as their conservation requirements allow.〔(Website of the Treasury. )〕 == History == The Cathedral Treasury derives from the treasury of the former Canonesses of Essen, which passed to St Johann Baptist after the secularisation of the order in 1803. During the Ruhr Uprising in 1920, the entire treasury was smuggled out to Hildesheim in secret, from which it was returned in 1925.〔Lydia Konnegen, ''Verborgene Schätze. Der Essener Münsterschatz in Zeiten des Ruhrkampfes,'' in ''Das Münster am Hellweg'' 58, 2005, pp. 67–81.〕 During the Second World War the Treasury was taken first to Warstein, then to Albrechtsburg in Meissen and from there to Siegen, where it was sealed in Hain tunnel to protect it from aerial bombing. After the end of the war it was found there by American troops and brought to the State Museum in Marburg, and later to a collection of displaced artworks in Schloss Dyck, Rheydt. From April to October 1949, the Essen Cathedral Treasury was displayed in Brussels and Amsterdam and after that it was brought back to Essen. In 1953 the Treasure was displayed in an exhibition in the Villa Hügel.〔''Museum Folkwang Essen zeigt in Villa Hügel Kunstwerke aus Kirchen-, Museums- und Privatbesitz: Essener Münsterschatz; Wandteppiche der Sammlung Krupp; Gemälde, Skulpturen alter und neuer Meister; vom 10. Mai bis 30. September 1953.'' Essen 1953.〕 In 1957 the Treasure became the property of the then newly established Diocese of Essen. The Treasury Chamber was first made accessible to the public without charge in 1958 at the wish of the first Bishop of Essen, Franz Hengsbach. The Treasury had to be closed from 15 September 2008 until 15 May 2009 for a structural extension. The Treasure was displayed as the opening exhibit of the Ruhr Museum in the former coal washery of the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex from 20 October 2008 until 8 February 2009 with the tagline ''Gold vor Schwarz'' (“Gold in Black”). The new display of the Cathedral Treasure was opened on 15 May 2009, which was over seventy percent larger than the previous space and improved in line with the latest ideas in museum education. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Essen Cathedral Treasury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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