Clariss Monastery in Hall in Tyrol
The Poor Clare Monastery in St. Sebastian stood on the site of the current mental hospital in Thurnfeldgasse in Hall in Tirol .
history
With the help of foundations from charitable citizens of Hall, the Poor Clares acquired the church, which was consecrated to the holy plague patrons Sebastian, Rochus, Pirmin and Christoph, and an adjoining house. In 1720, six sisters from the Brixen Clare Monastery came to Hall to move into the monastery. However, as the house turned out to be too small, a new monastery building was built, which was completed in 1723. The pastoral care of the Poor Clares was taken over by the Franciscans (OFM) of the Hall monastery , whereby from 1768 the confessor and preacher of the sisters lived in an adjoining house.
The Poor Clare Monastery developed very well, so that during the short period of its existence around ninety sisters lived in Hall. In 1759 the Haller Poor Clares acquired the Waldgries residence in St. Justina near Bozen . The abolition of the monastery under Emperor Josef II also affected the Haller Poor Clares. In 1782 the Poor Clares had to leave the monastery and all their possessions were confiscated by the state religious fund. Most of the sisters stayed in Hall, some found admission to other monasteries. In 1837 the last clarissess from Hall - Apollonia Mayr - died at the age of 87 in Pradl . In 1802 the bones of the deceased sisters were reburied from the crypt of the monastery church on the south side of the parish church in Hall, which is still remembered today by a small plaque on the church wall. The monastery and church were used as barracks for some time until the mental hospital was built there in 1830.
literature
- Florentin Nothegger: The Poor Clares in St. Sebastian , in: Haller Buch, Innsbruck: Wagner 1953
- Max Straganz: The Poor Clare Monastery of St. Sebastian in Hall , in: 100 Years of the State Sanatorium and Care Institution for the Mentally Ill and Nervous in Hall, 1931