Abbey
MonasteryAltötting
Capuchin Abbey
The Capuchin Monastery Altötting is a former monastery of the Franciscan Reformists, now of the Capuchins in the pilgrimage town of Altötting in Bavaria in the Diocese of Passau.
The monastery, named after Saint Konrad of Parzham, was founded in 1654 by Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg, Prince-Bishop of Regensburg and Provost of the Collegiate Church of Altötting. The church was named after Saint Anna out of gratitude to the widowed Electress Maria Anna.
In May 1802, during the secularization, the Franciscans were expelled to Ingolstadt and Tölz, and the monastery was assigned to the Capuchin Order as a dying-out monastery. Around 150 Capuchins from other dissolved Bavarian Capuchin monasteries were accommodated here. Under the rule of King Ludwig I, the Bavarian Capuchin province of Altötting was re-established. Since then, the Capuchins have been in charge of the pilgrimage to the Holy Chapel with the miraculous image of Our Lady in Altötting.
On March 23, 1953, the Sacred Congregation of Rites permitted the renaming of the former St. Anna Church to the name of St. Brother Konrad of Parzham. In 1956/57, the church was accordingly redesigned by the Regensburg architect Beckers. In 1961, the former St. Anna Monastery was also renamed Brother Konrad Monastery.
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Nothing has been changed at the monastery gate since the time of Brother Konrad, not even during the renovation of the monastery in 1959/60. From the gate passage, a door on the left leads into the Alexius cell, where Brother Konrad liked to pray in between, because from there he had a clear view of the altar. In the Alexius cell, petitions and thank-you letters to the Saint are also deposited.
In the church, under the altar crowned by a baldachin, is the reliquary of the Saint. The bones rest in a silver figure, the head separately in an enclosure. The South Tyrolean sculptor Siegfried Moroder is the creator of the crucifixion group in the apse and the main altar. Opposite the main portal of the church, souvenirs of Brother Konrad are kept in a museum. Since 1965, the crypt where Brother Konrad was originally buried has also been accessible.
The church was built in 1657 in the early Baroque style. A simple building, typical for Franciscans/Capuchins. Thus, a tower was omitted, and instead a roof turret was executed. On the back, the polygonal choir stands out as a separate building. Light enters the choir and the single-nave longhouse with organ loft through long round-arched windows.
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