Kaufbeuren Abbey

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The Kaufbeuren Monastery , also known as the Crescentiak Monastery, is a monastery of the Terziarinnen of the Franciscan Observants in Kaufbeuren in Bavaria in the Diocese of Augsburg . Maria Crescentia Höss, who was later canonized, lived in this monastery from 1703 until her death in 1744 .

history

The age of the convent cannot be definitely determined. According to inconceivable traditions, the monastery was founded in the 9th century by a representative of the lords of the court, Anna vom Hof . This is an unspecified Kaufbeurer noble family that has known local tradition since the 15th century, whereby non-durable connections were created by mixing elements from the periods of the Franconian-Carolingian royal court and the Staufer presence in Kaufbeuren. A women's community in 1261, referred to as the Sisters of Maierhof ( “sorores in curia villicali” ), can be recorded in writing. Around 1315, this women's community in Kaufbeur took over the rule of St. Francis on church orders . The existing monastery church was consecrated in 1472, an altar consecration is already handed down for 1432. According to the monastery chronicle, however, a sacred building existed long before that, which fell victim to a major fire in the city. According to the chronicle, the living quarters of the monastery also suffered badly from the fire. More recent sources allow a possible dating of the fire to the years 1315, 1325 or 1389, for which major fires in Kaufbeuren have been handed down.

Maria Crescentia Höss , beatified in 1900 , was unanimously elected superior in 1741 and headed the community until her death in 1744. The monastery was dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization . From 1803 to 1806 the Teutonic Order used the monastery buildings.

The Franciscan convent was rebuilt in 1831. On November 25, 2001 Pope John Paul II made Crescentia Höss a saint. In 2005 a memorial was set up for them in the monastery.

The former supply garden of the monastery on the slope opposite the entrance to the monastery church was redesigned into a small park with numerous native and exotic plants and opened to the public in 2009. As a place of relaxation and contemplation with stations of St. Francis' song of the sun , the Klosterberggarten today represents a natural oasis in the middle of the city and offers delightful views over the city in the upper area.

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  1. ↑ See Helmut Lausser: Kaufbeurer history legends . Part 11: The Lords of Hof - founders of the city. In: Kaufbeurer history sheets. Vol. 16, ZDB -ID 897013-0 , 2002/2003, pp. 78-93, here p. 93.
  2. ↑ See Helmut Lausser: Kaufbeurer history legends . Part 12: Anna's dove from the farm. In: Kaufbeurer history sheets. Vol. 16, 2002/2004, pp. 122-137, here p. 130.
  3. ↑ See Helmut Lausser: Kaufbeurer history legends . Part 12: Anna's dove from the farm. In: Kaufbeurer history sheets. Vol. 16, 2002/2004, pp. 122-137, here p. 134.
  4. ↑ Cf. Anton Brenner, Tilmann Breuer : The urban tradition. Kaufbeurer monuments and their special features. In: Stefan Dieter, Jürgen Kraus (ed.): The city of Kaufbeuren. Volume 2: Art History, Citizen Culture, and Religious Life. Bauer, Thalhofen 2001, ISBN 3-930888-79-3 , pp. 20–63, here p. 33.
  5. ↑ Cf. Marcus Simm: The king's city at Buron. (Kaufbeuren - an urban archaeological study on genesis, early development and topography) (= Kaufbeurer series of publications. Vol. 11). Bauer, Thalhofen 2012, ISBN 978-3-934509-96-2 , p. 250f. (At the same time: Munich, university, dissertation).
  6. ^ Crescentia monastery with monastery mountain garden in Kaufbeuren. In: allgaeu.de. April 9, 2020, accessed August 15, 2020 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 52 '48.7 "  N , 10 ° 37' 5.9"  E