Ursuline Convent Duderstadt

The Ursuline Convent Duderstadt is a convent of Ursuline in Duderstadt in southern Lower Saxony in the diocese of Hildesheim .

Entrance area of ​​the Ursuline monastery in Duderstadt

history

In 1700 the monastery in Duderstadt was founded by Erfurt Ursulines. It should serve the upbringing and education of young girls in northern Eichsfeld .

Between 1735 and 1740 the monastery was expanded. The monastery today consists of several parts of the building: the convent building, the Liebfrauenkirche , newly built between 1889 and 1890 , a guest area and a garden. The monastery buildings connected to the church were built in half-timbered style.

During the last renovation of the Church of Our Lady in 2007, the bones of the founder and first superior of the Duderstadt convent, mother Clara-Eugenia von Ebelsbach, were found in the foundations of the apse . Now they have the relaxation room in the apse as a burial place .

In the guest area, guests can participate in the monastery life for a while, attend seminars and organize conferences . In addition, there are regular cultural readings , concerts and lectures .

In 2016, the convent converted the entire monastery into a foundation .

Matron

Sr. Barbara Vienna OSU

literature

• Festschrift on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the foundation of the Ursuline convent in Duderstadt. Publisher Mecke Duderstadt 1950.
• Liebfrauenkirche Duderstadt, Convent of the Ursulines , Mecke Printing and Publishing , Duderstadt 2008. ISBN 978-3-936617-96-2
• Justina Kaboth: It often turns out differently than you think: the effects of Bismarck's culture war laws on the Duderstadt Ursuline Convent. Hildesheim Chronicle, Volume 20, Verlag Bernward Hildesheim 2011

Web links

Commons : Ursulinenkloster (Duderstadt)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Ursuline monastery Duderstadt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ursuline Convent Duderstadt
• Ursuline Church of Our Lady with a convent of sisters

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ursuline monastery Duderstadt
2. ↑ Liebfrauenkirche Duderstadt
3. ↑ Sr. Justina Kaboth OSU: Church of Our Lady Duderstadt , 2008, page 9

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 32 "  N , 10 ° 15 ′ 22.7"  E