Magazin Berchtesgaden

FRANCISCAN
MONASTERY
The monastery was originally set up for
the Augustinian-Choirwomen as “Kloster
am Anger” in the 14th century and
extended between 1480 and 1519 to the
monastery church “Unser Lieben Frau am
Anger”. 1564 was the year, the women’s
monastery was dissolved because it stood
empty for 10 years.
In the year 1695, the whole complex
including the church was handed over to
the Franciscan reformers of the Bavarian
Franciscan province who used it until
1985. And since 1987 polish Franciscans
of the Upper Silesia Franciscan province
took over the pastoral care tasks of the
church and monastery.
Parts of the monastery complex have been used differently for a longer time: for example
from 1868 to 1975 for the district court of Berchtesgaden, from 1988 until 2013 for the
national park house of the National Park Berchtesgaden, and since 2015 as “Haus der
Begegnung” for the german Caritas association.
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