List of Capuchin monasteries

This list contains former and existing monasteries of the Order of the Capuchins (OFMCap).

Capuchin monasteries

Germany

• Capuchin Monastery Aachen (1614–1802)
• Affaltrach (1735–1810) Old Catholic rectory (Affaltrach)
• Aldenhoven (1661–1802) Vaahsen house
• Altenstadt an der Waldnaab (? -?)
• Capuchin monastery Altötting (since 1802, before 1654–1802 Franciscans)
• Altötting, St. Magdalena (1874, consisting)
• Alzey (1703-1812)
• Aschaffenburg St. Elisabeth Monastery (1622, consisting of) St. Elisabeth Capuchin Church (Aschaffenburg)
• Augsburg St. Sebastian (1601–1809 and 1843–26 October 2008) St. Sebastian Monastery
• Bacharach (1685–1802)
• Baden-Baden (1624 / 31–1807) Hotel Badischer Hof (Baden-Baden)
• Capuchin Monastery Bamberg (1636–1802, secularized and broken up)
• Bartenstein Capuchin Hospice (1706 / 14–1810)
• Bebra (1952–1992), consecrated monastery in 1954, last capuchin in 1998, Huenfeld oblates
• Benrath (July 11, 1677-1803)
• Bensheim Monastery (1628–1802 and 1919–1939 and 1947–1982), since 1985 Upper Silesian Franciscan Province
• Berching (1722–1738), then Franciscans , St. Trinitatis monastery church (profaned)
• Bergzabern (1724–1800?), Later synagogue
• Bernkastel (1619–1802)
• Biberach Capuchin Monastery (1615–1810), then Dt. medal
• Bingen (August 27, 1637-1802)
• Blieskastel Monastery (with pilgrimage pastoral care at the Holy Cross Chapel , 1924–10 July 2005, since then Polish Minorites)
• Capuchin monastery Bocholt (1912-2000)
• Bonn (1618–1802) 1897 demolished
• Barken St. Remigius (1629-1811) forbidden from 1633 to 1650,
• Borken St. Johannis (1658–1803) St. Johannes (Borken)
• Bornhofen von Wellmich Monastery approx. 1680–1813 Capuchin, since 1890 Franciscan
• Brakel (1645–1803 / 33)
• Braunsrath (? - 1982) Maria Lind
• Breisach (1624 / 26–1785 / 93)
• Bretten (1752–1802)
• Bronnbach (1931–1958) in the former Cistercian monastery Bronnbach
• Bruchsal (1669-1825 / 33)
• Brunnen Kloster Brunnen (1722–1804 / 1834)
• Burgau (1729–1782)
• Burghausen (1654–1994), Capuchin monastery St. Anna Burghausen, then youth hostel
• Burglengenfeld Monastery (1706–1802)
• Capuchin monastery Clemenswerth (1741, existing)
• Cochem (1622–1803), today the city's cultural center
• Coesfeld (1627-1649)
• Capuchin monastery Deggendorf (1625–1802, demolished)
• Deggingen Ave Maria (pilgrimage chapel) (1929, existing)
• Deidesheim (? -?)
• Dieburg (1650–1822 and 1860–2012)
• Dierdorf (1747 / 55–1787) St. Clemens (Dierdorf)
• Dillingen an der Donau (1692–1805 and 1830–1991)
• Capuchin monastery Dinkelsbühl (1622–1803, pilgrimage church since 1959)
• Capuchin monastery Donauwörth (1630–1802, church demolished in 1846)
• Capuchin monastery Düren (1642–1802)
• Dürnau (1681–1803)
• Düsseldorf (1617–1804) House "zum Kölnischer Hof" in Flinger Strasse
• Düsseldorf-Benrath (1682–1804)
• Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth (1654–1834 / 36)
• Ebersberg (1794–1801)
• Eichstätt (1623–1806 and 1826–2009)
• Ellwangen (1728 / 29-1829)
• Engelberg Monastery (1630–1828) then Franciscans
• Capuchin monastery Engen (1618–1802 / 20) Convent until 1820
• Erding Monastery (1692-27 November 1802)
• Capuchin Monastery Essen (1614–1834 / 36), 1843 "Sisters of Mercy from St. Elisabeth"
• Ettlingen (? -?)
• Euskirchen (1639 / 40–1802)
• Frankenthal / Pfalz (1685–1802), then a sanatorium and nursing home
• Frankfurt am Main, Liebfrauenkirche (Frankfurt am Main) (1923, existing)
• Frankfurt am Main (1628–1635 and 1723–1803) Antoniterkirche (Frankfurt am Main)
• Frankfurt am Main (1899–1917) Antoniuskirche (Westend)
• Freiburg (1599–1805), convent 1821 to Staufen
• Freudenstadt (? -?)
• Fulda (? -1803)
• Geldern (1619–1802)
• Gera / Th. (1992-2006)
• Germershausen (after 1815 – before 1864), then Augustinian hermits
• Gernsbach (1689–1694)
• Giengen (after 1546–1567)
• Gößweinstein Monastery (1723–1825, since then Franciscan)
• Grünstadt (1699–1803) St. Peter and Paul
• Capuchin monastery Günzburg (1616–1806, demolished)
• Hadamar (1646-1813)
• Hanover (1668–1680) in the Leineschloss
• Capuchin monastery Haslach (1630–1823), since 1806 only right to stay
• Heidelberg (1629–1802)
• Heidenheim (? -?)
• Helenenberg (1640-1648)
• Hemsbach (1630-1650)
• Heppenheim (1631-1649)
• Herretsheim (1609–?), Herrgottsruh Chapel of Our Lords Ruh (Herretshofen)
• Hildesheim (1630–1812) Hildesheim seminary
• Höchstadt an der Aisch Monastery (1703–1810, demolished)
• Höchstädt on the Danube (1741–1802)
• Hohenstadt (1764–1819) castle chaplain
• Capuchin monastery in Immenstadt in the Allgäu (1650–1980)
• Capuchin Monastery Ingolstadt (2005 – existing) Monastery of the Assumption of Mary
• Capuchin monastery Jülich (1622–1802)
• Karlsruhe (1730–1804 and 1936–1992)
• Karlstadt Monastery (1647–1804, 1808–1976)
• Kaub (1685-1700)
• Kettwig (approx. 1615–1834), previously beguines since the 13th century, 1843 "Sisters of Charity from St. Elisabeth"
• Kevelaer (1641–?) Start of pilgrimage
• St. Anton (Kempten) Kapuzinerkloster Kempten (1912–1 September 2001), then "Order of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary"
• Kapuzinerkloster Kitzingen (1630–1828, then hospital, today retirement home)
• Klein-Komburg (1682–1803)
• Kleve (1627–1802 and 1865–1978)
• Kleve-Schenkenschanz (1629-1636)
• Cologne Makkabäerstr. (1611–1802)
• Königshofen Monastery in Grabfeld (1647–1973)
• Koblenz Ehrenbreitstein (1627–1803 / 1813, 1861–1875 and 1887–2008)
• Capuchin monastery Königstein (1646-1813)
• Constance, Stadelhofen (1603-1819)
• Krefeld, Inrath (1892–1993)
• Kreuzberg, Schwandorf (1732–1802)
• Ladenburg (1624–1693)
• Laichingen (? -?)
• Laiz (1696-1810)
• Landau in the Palatinate (1740–1790)
• Landshut Capuchin Monastery (1610–1802)
• Langenargen Capuchin Monastery (1694–1811)
• Laudenbach (1630-1650)
• Laufen / Salzach (1655–1993)
• Laufenburg (1660-1805)
• Linz on the Rhine (1626–1803 / 1813)
• Lohr am Main (1650–1803)
• Lorch / Rheingau (1652–1685)
• Mahlberg (1672–1803)
• Mainburg Monastery (1918–1978), since 1981 Pauliner from Czestochowa
• Mainz (1618–1802)
• Mainz, Himmelgasse (1853–1993)
• Mainz St. Bonifaz (Mainz) (1969–1993)
• Mannheim (1685–1801) Kapuzinerplanken
• Maria Birnbaum Monastery (1867–1998), Ger. Order since 1998
• Mariabuchen Abbey near Lohr am Main (1726–1802, 1849–2002), since then Polish Minorites
• Markdorf (1659-1817)
• Capuchin monastery Marsberg (1744–1812), then clinic
• Mergentheim (1628–1809 and 1933, consisting)
• Merzig St. Gangolf (1901–1971)
• Meßkirch (1661–1802 / 26) Convent until 1826, Messkirch Forestry Office
• Michaelsberg (Cleebronn) (1739–1806 / 23, convent continued until 1823)
• Michaelsberg near Karlsruhe (1754–1777)
• Mindelheim (? -?)
• Mönchengladbach (1655–1802)
• Moosburg Monastery (1699–1802, before that Benedictine (750–1027), collegiate (1027–1598))
• Mühldorf am Inn (1643 - January 9, 1803)
• Capuchin monastery Munich St. Anton (1600–1802 and 1826 - existing)
• Munich St. Joseph (1896 - existing)
• Munich-Nymphenburg (1912 - existing)
• Münster Capuchin monastery Münster (1615-1812 and 1857 - existing)
• Münstereifel (1616 / 19–1802)
• Mussenhausen (1858–1984) pilgrimage church
• Monastery church (Neckarsulm) (1661-1811)
• Neuenburg am Rhein (1612–1675)
• Neufraunhofen (1716–?)
• Neuleiningen (1673–1705) pilgrimage
• Capuchin monastery (Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz) (1620–1802)
• Neunkirchen St. Dionysius (1663–1671) 1671 to Weiden
• Neuötting (1845–?)
• Neustadt an der Waldnaab (1709–1803) St. Felix monastery church
• Neustadt-Titisee (1700–1802 / 28) Convent until 1828 Titisee-Neustadt
• Niedermarsberg (1750–1802)
• Nothgottes (1621-1813)
• Oberkirch (1697–1803)
• Capuchin Monastery Ochsenfurt (1644–1828)
• Offenburg (1637 / 45–1820 and 1927–2002)
• Oppenau (1668–1803)
• Ottbergen (Schellerten) (1853–1868), then until 2013 Franciscans, Kreuzbergkapelle (pilgrimage)
• Ottersweier (1936–1994) Maria Linden
• Paderborn Liborianum (1612–1811/34) convent until 1834
• Parkstein (1658–1802 / 23) convent until 1823
• Passau Innstadtkloster (1616–1803)
• Passau pilgrimage church Mariahilf (Passau) (1631–1803, 1890–2002) from 2002 Pauline monastery
• Peine (1669–1823) Holy Angel (Peine)
• Pfedelbach (1737–1810) Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Pfedelbach)
• Pforzheim (March 18, 1636-1648)
• Philippsburg (1619–?)
• Radolfzell (1625-1826)
• Ravengiersburg (? -?), Aug. Canon Monastery 1074
• Ravensburg (1629–1649 and 1660–1806)
• Capuchin monastery in Regensburg (1613–1810), then Poor Clares, today the Eastern Church Institute
• Regensburg ( St. Fidelis Monastery ) (1916–1994)
• Tail (? - existing)
• Riedlingen (1645-1832)
• Rheinberg "Barbaragarten" (1631–1802), previously August women choirs since 1462, before that Franciscan tertiary women
• Rheinberg "Capuchin Monastery" (1685–1802)
• Cattle / Kleve (1866–1875 and 1887–?) 1875–1887 Kulturkampf
• Capuchin monastery Rosenheim (1606–1803, 1854, consisting)
• Rottenburg am Neckar (1625–1806)
• Rottweil (1623-1805)
• Capuchin monastery Rüthen (1654–1804)
• Saarburg (1614-1811)
• Saarlouis (? -?)
• St. Ulrich (Schwäbisch Gmünd) (1644–1810, repealed, broken off)
• Schwandorf Monastery (1680–1802)
• Simmern / Hunsrück (1686–?)
• Sinzig "Kloster auf dem Helenenberg" (1640–1648) then Minorites until 1794/1802
• Soden im Taunus (1640–1999)
• Capuchin monastery Speyer (was previously a parish church) (1623–1803)
• Staufen (1683 / 85-1834)
• Sterkrade "Capuchin monastery Liebfrauen on the black heath" (1900-2004) Black heath (Oberhausen)
• Stockach (1718 / 20–1806 / 9)
• Stolberg / Rhineland (1737–1806) St. Lucia (Stolberg)
• Capuchin monastery Straubing (1614–1802)
• St. Ingbert (1902–16 August 1966), then Sacred Heart Missionaries
• Sankt Goar (1780–1788)
• Kapuzinerkloster Stühlingen (1737–1802 / 31) Convent until 1831, new from 1927 onwards
• Stuttgart (? -?)
• Sulzbach (1732–1802)
• Sulzburg (1750–?) St. Cyriakus monastery church
• Thalehrenbreitstein (1658–1803)
• Thyrnau Monastery (1689–1802)
• Traben-Trarbach (? -?)
• Capuchin monastery in Traunstein (1656–1802, then until 1895 school of the Congregatio Jesu, now an exhibition room)
• Trier (1615–1794 / 1802)
• Türkheim Monastery (1685–1972)
• Überlingen (1619–1806)
• Villingen (1635-1815)
• Vilsbiburg (1704–1803 and 1886–1999) Redemptorists 1846–1873 Pilgrimage Church of Maria Hilf (Vilsbiburg)
• Vilseck (1725-1803)
• Capuchin monastery Vilshofen (1638 / 42–1802) Convent to Wasserburg am Inn
• Vohenstrauss (February 22, 1657 - August 18, 1802)
• Wadern "Capuchin monastery on Christianenberg" (1767-after 1793)
• Waghäusel (1616 / 39–1819 / 27 and 1920–1999), since 1st Advent 1999 "Brothers of Life Together" Marien's pilgrimage church (Waghäusel)
• Waldshut (1654-1821) to Staufen
• Walldürn (1628 / 55–1830), Augustinian monastery in 1938, now Minorites
• Catfish catching (? -?)
• Wangen im Allgäu (1641–1829)
• Warburg (1628-1630)
• Wassenberg (1654–1802)
• Capuchin Monastery Wasserburg (1624–1806, monastery demolished)
• Willows (1658–1803)
• Wellmich (1657–1679) 1679 moved to Bornhofen
• Because the city (1640-1810)
• Weissenhorn Capuchin Monastery (1667–1806)
• Wemding (1664–1991), Carmelites since 2000
• Capuchin monastery Werl (1645–1834, Franciscan since 1848)
• Capuchin monastery Werne an der Lippe (1659–1803 / 43 and 1851, consisting of)
• Wertheim (1631–1649 and 1682–1836)
• Wesel (1625-1629)
• Wetzlar (? -?)
• Wimpfen (1635–1641)
• Wolnzach Monastery (1726–1802) Convent to Wasserburg am Inn
• Franciscan monastery Wipperfürth (1657-1818, repealed)
• Worms (1630–1802), winery, "Liebfrauenmilch" Liebfrauenkirche (Worms)
• Käppele (Würzburg) (existing since 1748)
• Capuchin monastery Würzburg (1615–1803)
• Wurmlingen (1764–1809)
• Xanten (1629–1802)
• Zell am Harmersbach (around 1600–1803 and 1920 - existing) pilgrimage church "Maria zu den Ketten"
• Zülpich (1635–1802)

France

• Strasbourg , Fraternité des Capucins, rue Mgr Hoch

Italy

• Monastery of San Pietro di Paliano , Paliano (~ 1585–?, Previously nuns (1243–1340), Cistercians (1340–1379))
• St. Felix Monastery , Klausen, South Tyrol (1699–1972)

Austria

• Salzburg (since 1599/1602 - existing)
• Leibnitz Monastery (existing since 1639)
• Vienna I (with Capuchin crypt, existing since 1622/1632)
• Monastery Vienna XII
• Wiener Neustadt Monastery (existing since 1623/1628)
• Gmunden Monastery
• Klagenfurt Monastery (existing since 1646/1649)
• Hartberg Monastery (existing since 1654/1658)
• Irdning Monastery (existing since 1711)
• Scheibbs Monastery (closed)
• Linz monastery
• Kloster Und (in Krems , closed)
• Schwechat Monastery (closed)
• St. Pölten Monastery (closed)
• Tamsweg Monastery (closed)
• Ried im Innkreis monastery (1644 / 1651–1785, repopulated in 1865)
• Kitzbühel Monastery (since 2002 Monastery of the Frati Francescani dell'Immacolata)
• Fügen Abbey (school)
• Innsbruck Monastery (existing since 1593/1594)
• Imst Monastery (existing since 1679)
• Ried Abbey in Oberinntal (closed in 2003)
• Tarasp Monastery (since 1623/1717 looked after by Capuchins from South Tyrol)
• Landeck Monastery
• Gauenstein Monastery (existing since 1851)
• Feldkirch Monastery (1602/1605, consisting)
• Dornbirn Monastery (handed over to the Franciscans of the Polish province of Posen in 2004)
• Bregenz Monastery (rented to the sisters of St. Clare since 2001)
• Maria Fieberbründl (existing since 1879)

Switzerland

• Capuchin monastery Altdorf (1581–2009)
• Andermatt Hospice (since 1688)
• Capuchin monastery Mariä Candlemas, Appenzell (since 1587, existing)
• Convento Sacro Cuore Bellinzona (existed since 1939?)
• Convento Sta. Maria Bigorio (existed since 1535?)
• Brig monastery
• Bremgarten (1621–1841, children's home since 1889 in the care of the Ingenbohl Cross Sisters, Capuchins since 1988)
• Delemont Monastery (since 1626–1793 (?), Existing?)
• Convento dei Cappuccini di San Francesco, Faido (existed since 1607?)
• Freiburg Monastery (1609 - existing)
• Capuchin Hospice Heiligkreuz (since 1753)
• Locarno Monastery (1602-1852)
• Convento dei Cappuccini Lugano (existed since 1646?)
• Mels Monastery (existing since 1654)
• Mendrisio Monastery (1621-1853)
• Olten Monastery (existing since 1646)
• Convento Madonna del Sasso Orselina (existing since 1848)
• Rapperswil Abbey (since 1606)
• Rigi Klösterli
• Couvent des capucins Saint-Maurice VS (1610 – consisting)
• Couvent des capucins Sion (1631 - consisting)
• Sorengo Monastery (1565–1653 (to Lugano))
• Schwyz Monastery (existing since 1585)
• Wil monastery (existing since 1657)
• Wesemlin Monastery Lucerne (since 1583, currently the seat of the Swiss provincial government)
• Zurich (since 1939)

Capuchin convents

Germany

• Capuchin monastery Bonn (1629–1802, Capuchin tertiary)
• Bethlehem Monastery Koblenz (since 1904, Capuchin Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
• Capuchin convent St. Anna am Kreuzberg , Cologne (before 1629)
• Maria Loreto Monastery (Landshut) (until 1802, then Franciscans (1835–2002), since then Romanian Orthodox community)
• Reutberg Monastery (1618–1651, then Franciscan Sisters (1651–1803, 1835, existing))

Switzerland

• Capuchin convent Altdorf (1677-2004)
• Capuchin convent on the Bisemberg, Freiburg (1621–?)
• St. Anna Monastery , Lucerne
• Gubel Monastery (Menzingen, 1851, consisting)
• Notkersegg Abbey near St. Gallen (since 1381, until 1602 Franciscan nuns)

See also

• List of Capuchin monasteries in Central and Southern Europe

Individual evidence

1. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
2. ↑ Fraternité Friborg Capucins.ch (Memento)