Kapuziner Abbey

The Capuchin Monastery Kitzingen is a former monastery of the Capuchins in Kitzingen, Bavaria, in the Diocese of Würzburg.

The monastery was founded in 1630 by Philipp Adolf von Ehrenberg, Bishop of Würzburg, and the foundation stone for the monastery buildings was laid the following year. During the Thirty Years' War, when Kitzingen was briefly under Swedish administration, the Capuchins were expelled and could only return in 1649. In 1652, the simple church, typical for the mendicant order, was finally consecrated. The monastery was dissolved in 1828, and from 1831 to 1902 it served as a hospital. After the end of the Second World War, the Protestant community of Kitzingen temporarily held its services in the church, as the city church had been damaged by bombs. In 1983, most of the former monastery buildings were demolished and replaced by the Caritas senior citizens' home St. Elisabeth; only the church and part of the western wall remained. The church is now used by the Catholic parish of St. Johannes as a filial church, and services are held regularly.