Franciscan monastery Sinsheim
The Franciscan monastery Sinsheim in Sinsheim ( Rhein-Neckar-Kreis ) dates back to 1714. It belonged to the Thuringian Province of the Franciscan Order .
The Franciscans settled in Sinsheim because the Thuringian province found a suitable place there to redeem a testamentary foundation of 10,000 guilders that Andreas Hartmann, cantor of the Haug monastery , had made in the province in 1711, with which they set up a monastery in the diaspora should. Elector Johann Wilhelm limited the size of the settlement to twelve people, because the Friars Minor lived from collecting alms and should not be too burdensome for the residents. The Capuchins of the neighboring monasteries in Bad Mergentheim and Neckarsulm, also a mendicant order , feared competition and protested against the founding of the monastery, the secular priests denied them the right to take up a pastorate .
The Franciscans moved into an empty house in 1714 and held the first Holy Mass in April 1715 in a makeshift chapel . In 1716 they laid the foundation stone for a monastery, which was completed in 1720. In 1725 the convent had 13 brothers, at the end of the 18th century there were 26. It was not until 1726 that the foundation stone for the monastery church was laid; it was consecrated in 1729 and received the patronage of St. Andrew the Apostle after the founder of the monastery . The church had a main and two side altars as well as a way of the cross with 14 stations and ten other large pictures.
A belt brotherhood had existed at the monastery since 1719 . The Franciscans were active as pastors and, at the request of the citizens, ran a Latin school from 1786 to around 1802 . The monastery served as a military hospital during the Revolutionary Wars .
In 1802 the Electoral Palatinate fell to Bavaria , which secularized all monasteries . In 1801, 13 fathers and three lay brothers lived in Sinsheim . Their monastery was declared dissolved and placed under the Catholic school fund, although the Sinsheim citizens had spoken out in favor of the monastery, while the local priest and the chaplain supported the dissolution. Two fathers left the order and became secular priests, the other brothers went to other Franciscan monasteries.
From the end of 1802 to 1806, when the city belonged to the Principality of Leiningen , seven more priests and three lay brothers were temporarily active in Sinsheim. After Sinsheim became Baden in 1806 , it was finally dissolved in 1813. The furniture in the monastery was auctioned or given to the parishes. The property was leased after an auction resulted in insufficient bids. However, two brothers remained in the house until 1816.
The church was demolished in 1835. The convent buildings were rebuilt and served as an inn. In 1876 it was bought by the Heidelberg district and housed a “district nursing home”. When a new building was built for the facility in 1905, the monastery buildings were demolished. Today the GRN care center Sinsheim is located there .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 6.6 " N , 8 ° 53 ′ 12.8" E