Kronach Monastery

Monastery and Church of the fortress Rosenberg seen

Chancel of the monastery church in Kronach

Monastery church in Kronach, view of the gallery

The Kronach Monastery is a former monastery of the Franciscan Observants and current monastery of the Order of the Oblates in Kronach in Bavaria in the Archdiocese of Bamberg .

Bells

The monastery church has a two-part ringing from bells b "and g". The bells are housed in a bell tower above the chancel.

history

The St. Peter of Alcantara consecrated monastery was founded in 1649 by the Strasbourg Observantenprovinz the Franciscans and was only hospice , starting in 1674 with the inauguration of the completed by builder Sixtus monastery church convent ; it was dissolved in 1829 . The church and monastery were preserved. The church and part of the former monastery buildings were later taken over by the Oblate Fathers , and a school was housed in other monastery buildings.

Web links

Commons : Kronach Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monasteries in Bavaria: Kronach - zealous brothers of St. Franziskus (House of Bavarian History)

Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 36.2 ″  N , 11 ° 19 ′ 19.2 ″  E