Capuchin monastery in Würzburg
| Pilgrimage church Käppele - Capuchin monastery Würzburg | |
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.jpg) Monastery church |
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| location | Spittelbergweg 21, 97082 Würzburg |
| Lies in the diocese | Diocese of Würzburg |
| Coordinates: | 49 ° 47 '3.5 " N , 9 ° 55' 18.5" E |
| Patronage | Visitation of the Virgin Mary |
| founding year | 1615 under Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn by Capuchins |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1803 with the secularization , in 2014 abolition due to a lack of new members |
The Capuchin Monastery of Würzburg is a former monastery of the Capuchins in Würzburg in Bavaria in the Diocese of Würzburg .
history
The monastery consecrated to St. Kilian and St. Franziskus in today's Kapuzinerstraße was founded in 1615 by Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , Bishop of Würzburg. It was dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization .
The Capuchin Convent in Würzburg last resided on Nikolausberg in the former hospice at the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary , which is generally known as Käppele and was built in 1748 in Baroque style by Balthasar Neumann . There he was in charge of the pilgrimage there from 1749 . In contrast to the monastery in the city center, which was dissolved in 1803, the Capuchins on the Käppele (as well as three other mendicant order monasteries in Würzburg) were spared from secularization. In March 2014 it became known that the Capuchins, after 260 years, would leave the Käppele in mid-October of the same year. On October 19, the three remaining Capuchins said goodbye to the Käppele with a festive service. . Since then, the diocese of Würzburg has been taking care of the monastery and the pilgrims and has also made it suitable for the disabled.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Weiss : The Catholic Church in the 19th Century. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 430–449 and 1303, here: pp. 430 and 435.
- ↑ Press release: Capuchins leave Käppele. Diocese of Würzburg , March 18, 2014, accessed on April 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Würzburger Käppele: Monks move out after 260 years. Br-online.de , October 20, 2014, archived from the original on March 21, 2014 ; accessed on November 16, 2014 .
- ↑ Kristian Lozina: Käppele becomes barrier-free. MainPost, September 6, 2018, accessed November 13, 2019 .