Monastery Law
The Prussian law for the dissolution of religious orders was called the monastery law . It was published in the Prussian Official Gazette in June 1875 and was part of the Kulturkampf . It was carried out on May 31, 1875 and announced on June 3, 1875.
With the law of April 29, 1887, all orders except the Jesuit order were re-admitted.
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The law stipulated that ecclesiastical orders of the Catholic Church and congregations similar to orders were excluded from Prussian territory. The establishment of new branches was prohibited and the admission of new members was prohibited from the day the law was promulgated (June 3, 1875). Existing branches should be dissolved within six months.
An exception was provided for pure nursing orders, which were devoted exclusively to charitable work for the sick. They played an important role in the hospital system in Prussia and were allowed to continue to exist. However, their repeal by royal decree was possible at any time.
Due to the monastery law, 296 religious branches were abolished in Prussia.
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- ↑ Otto Büsch, Wolfgang Neugebauer, Handbook of Prussian History, Volume 3: From the Empire to the 20th Century, Berlin 2000, p. 105
- ↑ Dieter Berg (Ed.): Traces of Franciscan History. Werl 1999, p. 492.