Benediktinerinnenkloster St. Maria, Fulda
Monastery in Fulda, Germany, dating from 1626
St. Mary's Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery in Fulda, Hesse, Germany. St. Mary's Abbey was founded in 1626. The first decades were very troubled as a result of the Thirty Years' War: the sisters often had to flee from enemy troops and the abbey was looted several times. The nunnery was able to evade destruction during the secularization of 1802 by turning itself into a girls' school. During the Kulturkampf, the sisters went into exile in France from 1875 to 1887. In 1898, the nunnery was elevated to the status of abbey. In 1942, although most religious houses in Germany were commandeered by the
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- Type:
- Monastery
- Period:
- 1626
- Where:
- Fulda, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 50.55°N, 9.68°E
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