Ursuline Convent Wroclaw
The Ursuline Monastery (Polish Klasztor Sióstr Urszulanek ) is a branch of the Ursulines in Breslau (Wrocław) in Silesia . It goes back to a tradition since 1686.
history
German monastery 1686–1945
In 1686 the first Ursulines came to Breslau from Preßburg (Bratislava). In 1687 they founded a monastery there. Initially there was some skepticism from the Protestant city council towards the sisters. They opened a primary school for girls. Most of the Ursulines in the following centuries were Germans, some Polish and Silesian. In 1707 a new location was moved.
In 1811 the sisters received the monastery and the church of the Poor Clares, the branch of which had been closed by the Prussian authorities the previous year. During this time the Ursulines maintained several schools, in 1834 with a total of 624 and in 1857 with 596 students. In 1854 sisters from Breslau founded a new monastery in Berlin , in 1857 in Posen and in 1863 in Ratibor (Racibórz).
In 1878 the monastery was closed during the Kulturkampf . The sisters went to Marseille , France, where they set up a new branch. When their school was nationalized three years later, some went to the Bohemian Freiwaldau , others stayed in France.
In 1887, the monastery in Wroclaw could be repossessed and school operations were resumed. In a major fire in 1907, the roof of the church and the 65 m high tower burned out.
Polish Ursulines since 1945
In 1945/46 the monastery was given to Polish sisters expelled from Lviv (Lemberg), Kolymyja and Stanisławów (Ivano- Frankiwsk ). The monastery buildings were largely undamaged, while the church was significantly destroyed. They opened a school in 1946, which still exists today as a general education liceum .
Web links
- History of the Urszulanki Archidiecezja Monastery , detailed description (Polish, Memento, Polish)
- Literature about the Ursuline monastery WorldCat (German, Polish)