Carmelite Monastery Magdeburg
The Monastery of St. Mary of Mount Carmel (also Monastery of the White Monks ) was a monastery of the Order of the Carmelites from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
location
The monastery was located in the St. Michael settlement south of Magdeburg's old town near the city wall. Today the location is west of the Breite Weg near the cultural history museum . No remains of the complex are known. The exact location is unknown.
history
In 1338 the convent with prior and reading master was first mentioned when he had to assure the old town of Magdeburg that the buildings to be constructed would be demolished again if the old town so requested. The monastery must have been formally founded shortly before this. The monastery housed a particular study. Dates are not known.
In 1545 the monks had to leave the monastery at the instigation of the old town council, who built a fortification of the defensive system on the city wall at this point.
literature
- Ralf Lusiardi: Magdeburg. In: Edeltraut Klueting, Stephan Panzer, Andreas H. Scholten (Ed.): Monasticon Carmelitanum. Monasteries of the Carmelite Order (O.Carm.) In Germany from the beginning to the present. Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2012, ISBN 9783402129548 . Pp. 459-463.