Franciscan monastery Thorn

The Franciscan Monastery was a convent of the Franciscan in Thorn , now Toruń, in Pomerania . It existed from the 13th to the 16th centuries.

location

The monastery was located in the northwest of the old town around the Marienkirche (today Church of the Assumption).

history

The monastery was founded in 1239, allegedly by the landmaster of the Teutonic Order Poppo von Osterna . It belonged to the Saxon Franciscan Province ( Saxonia ). A synod took place there in 1243 , in which Prussia, which had not yet been fully conquered, was divided into ecclesiastical administrative areas (dioceses). The high St. Mary's Church, which is still preserved today, was built in the 14th century.

In 1491 the Franciscans in Thorn adopted the " Martinian Constitutions " named after Pope Martin V , which represented a middle ground on the issue of monastic poverty . In 1557 the monastery was dissolved as a result of the Reformation . At that time there were still two friars living there. It was given to the Protestants. In 1568 a municipal high school was set up in the monastery wing .

In 1724, after the riots in Thorn , the facility was handed over to the Franciscans, now known as St. Bernard . In 1821 this monastery was dissolved by the new Prussian administration.

literature

Julius Emil Wernicke (Ed.): Karl Gotthelf Praetorius: Topographical-historical-statistical description of the city of Thorn. Volume 1. Thorn 1832. pp. 98-101
Frieder Monzer: Posen, Thorn Bromberg. With Greater Poland, Kuyavia and Southeast Pomerania. Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2012. pp. 227f.

Individual evidence

^ Dieter Berg: The Franciscans in Westphalia. In: ders .: Poverty and History. Studies on the history of the mendicant orders in the High and Late Middle Ages. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2001, ISBN 3-7666-2074-6 , pp. 307–334, here p. 37.
^ Dieter Berg: The Franciscans in Westphalia. In: ders .: Poverty and History. Studies on the history of the mendicant orders in the High and Late Middle Ages. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2001, ISBN 3-7666-2074-6 , pp. 307-334, here p. 209.

53.01097 18.60248Coordinates: 53 ° 0 ′ 39.5 ″ N , 18 ° 36 ′ 8.9 ″ E

[1] Dieter Berg: The Franciscans in Westphalia. In: ders .: Poverty and History. Studies on the history of the mendicant orders in the High and Late Middle Ages. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2001, ISBN 3-7666-2074-6 , pp. 307–334, here p. 37.

[2] Dieter Berg: The Franciscans in Westphalia. In: ders .: Poverty and History. Studies on the history of the mendicant orders in the High and Late Middle Ages. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2001, ISBN 3-7666-2074-6 , pp. 307-334, here p. 209.