Carmelite Monastery Maria Magdalena (Würzburg)

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Würzburg, Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites, baroque painting
Street front 2011

The Carmelite Monastery Maria Magdalena , also wrongly called Reuererkloster , is a monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Würzburg in Bavaria in the Diocese of Würzburg .

At the site of today's Carmelite monastery there was a monastery of the Magdalenerinnen, the so-called Reuerinnen, since 1227 at the latest . In the course of the Reformation most of the houses of this order went under; the Würzburg monastery was abandoned in 1564. The empty monastery buildings were handed over to the Discalced Carmelites in 1627. On March 19, 1669, the Baroque monastery church of St. Joseph and St. Maria Magdalena, probably designed by the Ber-Italian architect Antonio Petrini , was consecrated by Auxiliary Bishop Johann Melchior Söllner . At the beginning of the 18th century the monastery served as a study convention.

In contrast to the monastery of St. Barbara the Shoed Carmelites in the Karmelitenstrasse, the monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in the Sanderstrasse (like the male monasteries of the other three mendicant orders in the city of Würzburg) was not abolished during the secularization . As a result, the monastery later became the starting point for the re-establishment of the Bavarian and now German order province. The central figure, characterized by an energetic will to persevere, was the prior Cajetan Beckert (1751–1827) responsible for the barefoot Carmelites who were particularly popular in Würzburg. In 1826 the continued existence of the monastery was officially approved by King Ludwig I , who resided in Würzburg as Crown Prince until 1825 and had a good relationship with the "reuerers".

In 1908 the monastery was rebuilt. Bombing raids on March 16, 1945 also destroyed the monastery with its church. The architecture was rebuilt until 1950. In 1958 the church was simply furnished on a provisional basis. Comprehensive refurbishment began in 1976. Today the monastery houses the International Edith Stein Institute , which is engaged in research into the work of the religious saint Edith Stein .

Roland "Elias" Haas (* 1962) has been the prior of the monastery since 2014.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Kummer : Architecture and fine arts from the beginnings of the Renaissance to the end of the Baroque. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes; Volume 2: From the Peasants' War in 1525 to the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814. Theiss, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8062-1477-8 , pp. 576–678 and 942–952, here: pp. 616–619.
  2. ↑ Lucia Longo: Antonio Petrini. A baroque architect in Franconia. (Schnell & Steiner artist library). Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-7954-0374-X , p. 28
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ^ Press office Ordinariat Würzburg: on Carmelite Father Elias Haas .

Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '17.1 "  N , 9 ° 55' 50.29"  E