Evangelical Lutheran Orphanage

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The Protestant orphanage in Kempten

The Evangelical Lutheran Orphanage is a listed eaves side building with a gable roof and a dwelling in Kempten . The counterpart to the Protestant orphanage is the Catholic orphanage .

History and description

There are two lower transverse wings on the courtyard side. The orphanage was built between 1708 and 1713 as a replacement for a building destroyed by the Thirty Years' War and is located directly at the city ​​fortifications of Kempten . The Kathreineloch dungeon is located in the cellar of the orphanage . In the Middle Ages , serious criminals were imprisoned here.

Today the former orphanage is used as an annex to the An der Sutt elementary school . In 2011 a bridge was built across the school yard from the new to the old school building. The rebuilt orphan gate is on the other side of the street.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Petzet : City and district of Kempten. (= Bavarian art monuments. Vol. 5), 1st edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1959, DNB 453751636 , p. 42.
  2. Alexander Duke of Württemberg, Wolfgang Haberl, Gerhard Weber, Michael Petzet (eds.): Monuments in Bavaria: City of Kempten. Volume VII.85. 1st edition. Schnell & Steiner publishing house, Munich - Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-7954-1003-7 , pp. 44 f .

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Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 27.5 ″  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 3.6 ″  E