Franciscan convent Dillingen on the Danube
The Dillingen Franciscan Monastery is the motherhouse of the Dillingen Franciscan Sisters in Dillingen on the Danube in Bavaria in the Diocese of Augsburg .
history
The origin of the congregation and the monastery is in the first half of the 13th century. In 1241 it is documented that Count Hartmann IV. Von Dillingen and his son Hartmann , who was bishop of Augsburg from 1250 to 1286, donated a piece of meadow and a herb garden to an existing beguinage community . The building was built directly on the city wall.
For centuries between 20 and 30 sisters lived in the monastery, which had a checkered history. The building burned down completely in 1438, and the subsequent reconstruction took almost 30 years. In the 18th century the monastery was renovated in the Baroque style and received its own monastery church . This was built by Johann Georg Fischer , who also planned the west wing of the monastery.
The monastery building fell to the Teutonic Order in 1803 after the sisters were expropriated. In 1805 it came to the Electorate of Bavaria and the community was to be dissolved in the course of secularization . The Franciscan Sisters were allowed to continue living in the monastery because they looked after the girls' school. In 1829 novices were accepted again. Since 1843 numerous branches have been established throughout southern Germany, the building in Dillingen remained the general motherhouse of the Congregation of the Dillingen Franciscan Sisters . Today the congregation is represented in southern Germany, the USA, Brazil and India and has about 950 members. The parent house was completely refurbished in 2005, as static problems arose due to the constant increase in storeys, especially since the medieval city wall has been integrated into the building since the reconstruction in 1438.
Web links
- Franciscan monastery in Dillingen on the Danube , basic data and history: From Dillingen into the world - Franciscan women and teachers in the database of monasteries in Bavaria in the House of Bavarian History
- Homepage of the Dillinger Franciscan Sisters with a presentation of the story
Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 40.4 ″ N , 10 ° 29 ′ 40.9 ″ E