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Arkadenhotel in Bamberg |
| Posted by Gerhard Schoolmann on 2015-04-10 02:51:55 |
| The Karmelit monkeys are in Bamberg since 1273. 1589 they have changed their location to the church and buildings of St. Theodor at the Kaulberg, which has been before a female monastery. The account of the monks grew from 6 or 7 to near 30 (now they are 7?). 1802 the ownership has changed to the city of Bamberg ("Säkularisasation"; secularization) together with other buildings p.e. the monastery St. Michaelsberg): In the year 1902 the city of Bamberg have sold the buildings back to the monastery. In the bad years (inflation etc., world economic crisis around 1930) they have had a soup kitchen for poor people (around 100 meals per day). 1941 the nazis closed the monastery boarding school. After the second world war a school for priests was opened ("Theresanium"). 2008 they closed a part of the boarding school "Merianum" and leased it as a hotel. Actual the monastery have 17 monks. They work in the administration for other locations, help the local churchs or spend their twilight. Informations about the monastery (in German) http://www.karmeliten.de/orte/bamberg/konvent.ba/index.htm A panoram view. http://www.karmeliten.de/orte/bamberg/kloster.ba/index.html |