Capuchin monastery of Stühlingen

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View of Stühlingen and the Capuchin Monastery, above Hohenlupfen Castle (not in the picture)
Capuchin monastery of Stühlingen
View of Stühlingen with Loreto Hospital and Monastery from the castle tower of Hohenlupfen Castle

The Kapuzinerkloster Stühlingen is an active Capuchin monastery in Stühlingen in the Waldshut district . Next to the monastery, the Loreto hospital was built from a hospital . There was also cooperation with the former Capuchin monastery in Waldshut .

history

Joseph Wilhelm Ernst von Fürstenberg allowed the Capuchins to found a monastery in Stühlingen. In 1743 they started to build the monastery building. The original building plan with quadrum, cloister and inner courtyard could not be realized, the prince did not want a large convent, which initially consisted of only five priests. On December 24, 1802 the monastery was closed; the monks were allowed to stay, but not accept any new members. The monastery went out with the last priest on April 10, 1831. The inventory was auctioned. The monastery building was handed over to the community in 1829 for use as a school. In 1849 it was occupied by Prussian troops. From 1857 to 1927 it served as a hospital.

New beginning

In 1927 the monastery was revived as a novitiate of the Capuchins. After a year of probation, the first novices moved in on July 5, 1928. By the Second World War, 434 novices had been trained. 85 of them died in World War II.

For several decades the monastery has been run jointly by Capuchins and Sisters of the Franciscan Sisters of Reute as a "monastery to live with", i. H. the focus is on receiving guests who want to withdraw for a while or who want to get to know monastic life.

Monastery church

Maria Loreto monastery church in Stühlingen

1737, the monks decided to 1680/1681 built Lorettokapelle to have made. Abbot Romanus Vogler laid the foundation stone on April 8, 1680 . The pilgrimage church of Maria Loretto was then built around the chapel . The foundation stone was laid on June 1, 1738 by Prince Abbot Franz Schächtelin . The builder was Johannes Felder from Bezau . Franz Joseph Spiegler painted four altarpieces of the five altars , the fresco in the choir with the Annunciation does not come from his hand. From 1874 to 1927, the Old Catholics received the monastery church for use. Then they were replaced by the Sebastian Chapel.

Personalities who lived in the monastery

  • Franz Goebel (1881–1973), Capuchin, spiritual and theologian
  • Heribert Jone (1885–1967), Capuchin, moral theologian and canon lawyer

literature

  • Gustav Häusler: Stühlingen in the past and present . 1966.
  • Raimund Kolb: Franz Joseph Spiegler. 1691-1757. Baroque vision over the lake. Narrated life picture and scientific monograph . Bergatreute 1991. ISBN 3-89089-019-9

Web links

Commons : Kapuzinerkloster Stühlingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustav Häusler: Stühlingen in the past and present . 1966, p. 147 .
  2. ^ Website of the Stühlingen Monastery
  3. ^ Raimund Kolb: Franz Joseph Spiegler. 1691-1757. Baroque vision over the lake. Narrated life picture and scientific monograph .

Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 38.8 "  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 27.7"  E