Kloster St. Georg (Augsburg)

The origins of the collegiate church date back to around 1070, when Bishop Embrico of Augsburg founded a spiritual community near a chapel dedicated to Saint Georg. In 1135, Bishop Walter I of Dillingen and the Augsburg Cathedral Chapter established a collegiate church for Augustinian Canons here. A newly built church was consecrated as early as 1142. By the mid-12th century, the collegiate church gained the right to elect its own provost. The canons took over the pastoral care of the growing suburb west of the cathedral district, and in 1180, St. Georg received its own parish. According to a document from 1197, Pope Coelestin III is said to have personally founded the parish of St. Georg. In addition to the collegiate church reserved for the order, the Chapel of St. Michael was built for the parish community at the end of the 13th century. In the 14th century, the monastery was integrated into the city walls as part of the fortification expansion. During the Reformation, the city council handed over the Chapel of St. Michael to the Protestant community in 1525. After the prohibition of Catholic worship in 1534, the canons chose Guggenberg Castle as their exile from 1537 to 1548. The Protestant Chapel of St. Michael was devastated by the collegiate church after its regaining in 1630. In 1693, Provost Leopold Ilsung received the right of pontificals, entitling the superior to wear a staff and miter. Between 1680 and 1705, the provost commissioned master builder Johann Georg Mozart for a Baroque redesign and expansion of the monastery, including a new prelate's building from 1702 to 1705. The secularization in 1802 led to the dissolution of the monastery, with its complete evacuation in 1806. Subsequently, it served as a French and later Bavarian military hospital and barracks. The church became a city parish church, and in 1901, the monastery buildings also came into the possession of the parish. During the air raids on Augsburg in February 1944, the former monastery buildings, as well as the church, were severely damaged but have since been restored to their external form.

The former Collegiate Building of St. Georg is located in the city of Augsburg, a significant historical city in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the northern part of the Old Town, specifically within the Georgs- and Kreuzviertel.

The former collegiate buildings are now listed as historical monuments and have been restored to their external appearance after the destruction of World War II. They are part of Augsburg's historical heritage and bear witness to the former importance of the Augustinian Canons' collegiate church.

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• Dom Unserer Lieben Frau (Sacred building, approx. 487 m away)
• Stadtbefestigung Augsburg (City fortification, approx. 488 m away)
• Kloster St. Stephan (Sacred building, approx. 501 m away)