Nunnery Tübingen
The nunnery in Tübingen ( Baden-Württemberg ) is one of the best preserved beguinages in Germany. Presumably in 1488 Dominican women first lived in the half-timbered house , then Beguines , the "nuns". With a length of 30 meters, it is one of the largest half-timbered houses in Tübingen's old town.
During the Reformation, after the abolition of the monasteries, the house came into the possession of the medicine professor and botanist Leonhart Fuchs in 1534 . He cultivated numerous medicinal plants in the adjacent garden, which formed the origin of the Tübingen Botanical Garden .
Until May 2008 the late medieval building was renovated true to history for twelve months and today offers over 800 m² of space for apartments and two shops. A violin workshop is accessible from the external staircase to the "Language House", the house porch, which formerly as abortion served for Ammer channel .
In the bookstore on the ground floor there is a window in the floor in front of the counter , which allows a view of the historic brick floor from the year of construction in 1488; Today's flooring is based on this historic brick floor.
The Tübingen nunnery was named " Monument of the Month April 2008" by the Baden-Württemberg Monument Foundation. In 2008, the owners were awarded the Baden-Württemberg Monument Preservation Prize of the Swabian Heimatbund for the exemplary restoration of the building in line with historical requirements. In May 2012, the nunnery was also awarded the KfW Construction and Living Award, which is presented annually by the KfW banking group .
Individual evidence
- ^ City of Tübingen ( Memento from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://de.nachrichten.yahoo.com/kfw-hat-bauherren-preis-vergabe-tübinger-nonnenhaus-ist-000000696.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically defective marked. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 48 ° 31 ′ 19 ″ N , 9 ° 3 ′ 21 ″ E