Barfüßerkloster Osnabrück

The monastery was founded by the Franciscan order, a mendicant order, in the 13th century, with construction continuing into the 14th century. During the Reformation in the 16th century, the monastery was dissolved. After the monks departed, an evangelical council school, considered a precursor to today's Ratsgymnasium, was established in the former monastery buildings around 1543. However, this school existed for only a few years, closing again in 1548. Between 1628 and 1634, Franciscan Observants used the complex once more. In 1681, the entire monastery complex, including the church, was demolished. A fragment of the southern enclosure wall, made of quarry stone and featuring a Gothic portal, survived and is now a protected monument. During demolition work in 2023, the monastery's foundations were rediscovered and documented.

The former Barfüßerkloster was located in the city of Osnabrück, in the federal state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It was situated on the southern edge of the historic old town.

Today, only a protected section of the southern enclosure wall, which includes a Gothic portal, remains from the original monastery buildings. The foundations unearthed in 2023 will be integrated into a new residential and commercial building constructed on this site.

• Adelshof Ledenhof (manor house, approx. 157 m away)
• Osnabrück Castle (castle, approx. 237 m away)
• St. Peter's Cathedral (sacred building, approx. 422 m away)
• Gertrudenberg Monastery (sacred building, approx. 1144 m away)