St. Maria Monastery (Volkach)
The St. Maria monastery in Volkach in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen is inhabited by the Dillingen Franciscan nuns and has existed in the medieval center of the city since 1856. The Dillinger Franziskanerinnen girls' secondary school , a private secondary school, is located in some of the premises .
History of the monastery
The monastery, like its counterparts in Neustadt am Main and Lohr , goes back to the lack of female teachers for the students. In the middle of the 19th century, the view was established that girls in rural areas should also benefit from further education. Most of the time the parish councils of the city became active and asked for some “ school sisters ” in Dillingen .
In Volkach the situation was different, because here a foundation was decisive for the request: Ms. Anna Justina Meisner left the city 1000 guilders , which were intended to pay the sisters who were to be employed. On October 19, 1856, three Franciscan Sisters from Dillingen an der Donau and Mödingen arrived in the city and immediately began teaching at the local city school.
On November 18, 1858, the Franciscan Sisters acquired the house of the former royal Bavarian forestry office right next to the parish church and established the nucleus of their monastery here. From 1860 the sisters also taught in these buildings. Due to the great popularity, the monastery grounds were expanded piece by piece in the following decades through the purchase of new land.
At the same time, the newly established convent also tried to become more independent from the mother monastery in Dillingen. On August 15, 1859, a new sister was dressed for the first time in the monastery buildings. It was not until the ordinariate's decision in 1874 that the desired autonomy ended and new clothing was forbidden. Today the monastery is a branch of the Dillinger Franciscan Sisters in the province of Bamberg.
Girls' secondary school of the Dillinger Franciscan Sisters
| Girls' secondary school of the Dillinger Franciscan Sisters | |
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| type of school | secondary school |
| founding | 1856 |
| address |
Klostergasse 1 |
| place | Volkach |
| country | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 '54 " N , 10 ° 13' 33" E |
| carrier | Dillinger Franciscan Sisters Province of Bamberg |
| student | 361 |
| management | Doris Roth |
| Website | www.mrsvo.de |
School history
In 1860, the Dillingen monastery sisters in Volkach received their own institute to train the students they were entrusted with in home economics . It was not until 1906 that some buildings were erected to accommodate the school and boarding school ; before that, the children were housed in the prince-bishop's official cellars . In 1913 this school received the official title of a girls' middle school, but in 1941 this institution, under Christian sponsorship, was closed again and a hospital was set up in the rooms instead .
Shortly after the Second World War , in 1945, the sisters reopened the school. In 1948 it was attended by 126 schoolgirls. In 1960 the school was converted into a four-class middle school before it was renamed Realschule in 1965. Twenty years later, in 1985, the new IT, multipurpose room, the library and the school gymnasium were inaugurated. In 2000 the school was reformed again. This time it was converted to a six-class secondary school.
deals
The following courses are offered in the school from year 7:
- Elective subject group II with an economic focus
- Elective subject group IIIa with a focus on language
- Elective subject group IIIb with a focus on home economics
The school provides the state-recognized secondary school leaving certificate.
There is also a registered association , the Friends of the Girls' Real School of the Franziskanerinnen Volkach e. V. , which on the one hand supports the school financially and on the other hand supplements the school offers with a course program.
The offer of the school is supplemented by an open all-day program ( open all-day school ).
Hoard
In addition, since 1987 the monastery has offered an after-school care center on the school premises, which enables children of all ages to have afternoon care. In addition, the after-school care center maintains homework supervision in small groups and offers all-day holiday care.
chapel
The Würzburg bishop Josef Stangl authorized a house chapel on May 16, 1962 in the monastery premises. Inside, a people's altar made of shell limestone was set up. The front was decorated with a relief of Agnus Dei . The altarpiece shows St. Mary as Queen of the Universe. A way of the cross runs through the room. It was created in 1962 by the Munich artist Matthias Bayer. In the gallery hangs an 18th century painting showing Christ on the cross. Max Walter from Vasbühl created the relief panels of the four cardinal virtues.
literature
- Gerhard Egert: The Volkacher monastery school in the Third Reich . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Volkach. 906-2006 . Volkach 2006. pp. 181-186. ISBN 3-00-017943-7
- Ute Feuerbach: The girls' education in Volkach . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Volkach. 906-2006 . Volkach 2006. pp. 167-175. ISBN 3-00-017943-7
- Jutta Müller: 125 years of St. Maria monastery in Volkach . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Volkach. 906-2006 . Volkach 2006. pp. 233-236. ISBN 3-00-017943-7
- Thomas Wehner: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg. Kitzingen Dean's Office . Wuerzburg 1997.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Müller, Jutta: 125 years of St. Maria monastery in Volkach . P. 283.
- ↑ Feuerbach, Ute: The girls' education in Volkach . P. 168.
- ↑ See: Egert, Gerhard: The Volkacher Klosterschule in the Third Reich .
- ↑ Girls' Realschule Volkach: School Chronicle , accessed on February 25, 2015.
- ↑ Girls' Realschule Volkach: Training directions , accessed on February 25, 2015.
- ^ Hort-Volkach: Homepage , accessed on February 25, 2015.
- ↑ Wehner, Thomas: Real Schematism of the Diocese of Würzburg . P. 201.