Bischofsheim Monastery
The Bischofsheim Monastery is a former monastery of the Franciscan Observants in Bischofsheim in Bavaria (Diocese of Würzburg) .
history
The Kreuzberg (previously Aschberg) near Bischofsheim, so named since the 17th century, was a place where the cross of Jesus was venerated since the 7th century. After interruptions due to the Reformation , Peasant Wars and the Thirty Years' War , Prince Bishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn appointed the Franciscan Father Johannes Faber from the Dettelbach Monastery to be the first permanent pastor on the Kreuzberg. In 1646 a monastery with six brothers was built next to the rectory in Bischofsheim. It belonged to the Bavarian Custody of the Strasbourg Franciscan Province. Because of the flourishing pilgrimage, a dispute arose between two neighboring provinces about the monastery: In 1665 the Thuringian province reached that the prince-bishop forced the Strasbourg province to cede its monastery and pilgrimage, in 1676, under Prince-Bishop Peter Philipp von Dernbach , the settlement returned to the Strasbourg province.
In 1677, Prince-Bishop Dernbach gave the Franciscans the reason to build a monastery for twelve brothers on the Kreuzberg. With the opening of the new monastery there in 1692, the time of Bischofsheim as an independent branch of the Franciscans ended.
In 1807, the grand ducal district judge Sartorius acquired the old site from the Franciscans and converted it for judicial purposes. At that time the complex still had a refectory, six cells, a house chapel and a small courtyard. In 1844 the old building was finally demolished. In its place stands the police building , still popularly known today as "Klösterle".
Web links
- Bischofsheim Monastery , basic data and history: Bischofsheim - bone of contention between pious brothers in the database of monasteries in Bavaria in the House of Bavarian History
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 25.1 ″ N , 8 ° 21 ′ 13 ″ E