Capuchin monastery Deggendorf

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Former monastery church, today used as an event room under the name Kapuzinerstadl

The Monastery Deggendorf is a former convent of the Capuchin on Mary Ward Place in the Lower Bavarian town of Deggendorf . It was founded in 1627 and abolished again in the course of secularization in 1802. Nothing is left of the former convent building with 37 cells , herb, fruit and flower garden, stable, wood shed , cellar and hermitage . In contrast, at least the nave of the former monastery church is still preserved, which is now used as an event room under the name Kapuzinerstadl .

history

After the first Capuchin monastery in Bavaria was founded in Munich in the course of the Counter-Reformation under the Bavarian dukes Wilhelm V and Maximilian I , the Capuchin order expanded rapidly. A new monastery was founded in Deggendorf in 1627. After four years of construction, the monastery and church were consecrated to Archangel Michael in 1629 . In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Capuchin Convent had up to thirty religious priests and lay brothers who were mainly active in pilgrimage pastoral care and nursing. Sacred theater and the passion play were also strongly promoted by the Capuchin monastery and experienced a strong boom in Deggendorf.

The numerous pilgrims who came to the city every year for Deggendorfer Gnad could often only be looked after with support from other Bavarian Capuchin monasteries. Capuchin fathers in Deggendorf are said to have made over two million confessions between 1668 and 1723 . This gave the monastery an excellent reputation, so that at times even the novitiate and the study seminar of the Capuchin Order were relocated to Deggendorf. Numerous citizens of the city also joined the Capuchin Order, for example the writer Albert Münchmair, who became known as Father Max von Deggendorf .

The monastery was dissolved in 1802 in the course of secularization regardless of the possible financial consequences for the city of Deggendorf and the pilgrimage. The convent was moved to the extinction monastery in Altötting . The monastery buildings and their inventory were auctioned a little later ; The gingerbread man Johann Michael Mühler was awarded the contract . Most of the buildings were later demolished; only the nave of the Capuchin Church was preserved. From its foundation, the volunteer fire brigade was housed here for around a hundred years , including the Bavarian Red Cross at times . The space above the intermediate ceiling was also used as a gym . After a renovation, a multifunctional event room for various cultural events opened in November 1990 under the name Kapuzinerstadl .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Christine Riedl-Valder: House of Bavarian History - Monasteries in Bavaria. In: hdbg.eu. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ deggendorf.de: Kapuzinerstadl. In: deggendorf.de. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ We introduce ourselves. In: Kulturviertel.deggendorf.de. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 54.8 ″  N , 12 ° 57 ′ 59 ″  E