Carmelite Monastery of St. Barbara (Würzburg)

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The Carmelite Monastery of St. Barbara was a monastery of the Shoed Carmelites (OCarm) in Würzburg in Bavaria in the Diocese of Würzburg .

history

The monastery in Karmelitenstrasse, consecrated to Saint Barbara and founded in 1252 by the Order of the Carmelites with the help of Bishop Iring , was dissolved in 1805 in the course of secularization . From 1805 to 1822 this monastery served as military accommodation , most recently as "hussar barracks". The church was closed and used as a salt store. In 1822 the monastery complex, the church of which was demolished in 1823, became the property of the city and was demolished in 1824/25 to expand the town hall.

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literature

  • 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: p. 435.

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Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 52.08 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 56.59 ″  E