Höchstadt an der Aisch monastery

The monastery Höchstadt an der Aisch is a former monastery of the Capuchins in Höchstadt an der Aisch in Bavaria in the diocese of Würzburg .

history

The monastery, consecrated to St. Joseph, was founded in 1703 by Count Lothar Franz von Schönborn , it was dissolved in 1810 in the course of secularization and later demolished. The presence of the Capuchins was supposed to strengthen the faith of the Catholic population towards the evangelical citizens living in the surrounding area.

Web links

• Höchstadt an der Aisch monastery , basic data and history:  Capuchins in Höchstadt ad Aisch - Catholic mission in the Protestant environment in the database of monasteries in Bavaria in the House of Bavarian History

Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 20.5 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 17.3 ″  E