Jesuit College Friedberg

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Former main building of the Jesuit College on Marienplatz in Friedberg

The former main building of the Jesuit College at Marienplatz 5 in Friedberg is a monument and is now a municipal administration building.

history

The Fugger intended at the time of the Reformation, the establishment of a Jesuit college in Augsburg , but could not enforce their project. The Bavarian Duke Wilhelm V finally allowed a settlement with a church, college and school in Friedberg. First, in 1587, two houses, today Marienplatz 5 and 7, were acquired for the order by Octavian Secundus and Philipp Eduard Fugger . A year later a chapel was dedicated. In 1590 the Jesuit property was extended by two houses and in 1594 by two more buildings and gardens. The Jesuit building at Marianplatz 5 formed the main building. From 1590 to the Thirty Years War , catechetical lessons for children took place with the Jesuits. Until 1806 the order also owned a farm in Wiffertshausen and Rederzhausen . After the Thirty Years' War the Jesuits withdrew from Friedberg. The Jesuit building on Marienplatz later served as a district judge's house, royal district office and official building of the then Friedberg district . In 1798/99 it was the headquarters of the Habsburg Archduke Karl during the coalition wars . Today it is an administrative building for the city and serves as the mayor's office.

building

The former main building of the Jesuit College is a three-storey hipped roof building , the core of which dates from the 17th century. The original structure of the gable ends with ribbons and windows is no longer preserved. In an engraving by Michael Wening from 1701 can be seen that the roof once chalice fireplaces and drag dormers wore. The hanging bay window above both storeys was originally in the center of the facade: the building was later extended to the east, as can be seen from the hipped roof. An arched corridor on the ground floor and stucco ornaments in the stairwell date from the time of the Jesuits . The Jesuit chapel still exists on the second floor .

See also

Web links

Commons : Jesuitenkolleg Friedberg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Manfred Strehle: The Jesuits found a refuge in Friedberg during the Reformation . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed April 14, 2018]).
  2. ↑ a b c d Raab, Hubert: Friedberg experience: [with all parts of the city] . Kulturverlag Holzheu, Mering 2010, ISBN 978-3-938330-10-4 .
  3. ^ Architectural monuments Friedberg. (PDF) Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, April 14, 2018, accessed on April 14, 2018 .
  4. ^ Stadt Friedberg (Ed.): Stadtbuch Friedberg . tape 2 . Friedberg 1991, ISBN 3-9802818-0-9 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′ 19.9 ″  N , 10 ° 58 ′ 41.3 ″  E