Klösterle

The origins of the Klösterle date back to around 1400, when a 'Seelhaus' (house for pious women) existed on this site. The official foundation as a monastery took place on December 15, 1445, by the Gmünd widow Anna Hammerstätter. Soon after, by 1476 at the latest, the sisters adopted the rules of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi. In 1658, a renovation of the Klösterle was documented. From 1684 onwards, disputes arose with the city council, which considered the sisters' house to be too grand. The adjacent parish was also dissatisfied with the development, but in 1700, they signed an agreement allowing the sisters to build a chapel without a city-side entrance. Despite this agreement, the chapel, consecrated in 1701, had such an entrance and a roof turret with a bell. To prevent expansion, the monastery had to commit in 1756 not to convert a gifted barn adjacent to the monastery into living quarters. Just nine years later, in 1765, the foundation stone was laid for a new monastery building with a church, constructed by the city architect Johann Michael Keller. The sisters earned their livelihood through nursing the sick, educating girls, selling baked goods, fruits, and vegetables, and through banking, where citizens could invest their money for interest. In 1803, the monastery was closed during secularization, and valuables such as the church treasure were removed. However, the sisters were allowed to return shortly after, and the Klösterle became a girls' school. Between 1816 and 1820, the building gradually passed into the possession of the city. The church was converted into a gymnasium, and the upper floors became a Latin school. In 1825, the era of the sisters in the Klösterle definitively ended. In 1909, under Mayor Paul Möhler, the building was redesigned for purely school use and has since housed various types of schools; today, the premises are used by the Klösterle primary school and the Gmünd adult education center.

The Klösterle is situated in Schwäbisch Gmünd, a city in the Ostalb region of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Today, the historic Klösterle building is used as a school. It houses the Klösterle primary school and the Gmünd adult education center, thus continuing to serve educational purposes.

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• Kloster Gotteszell (Sacred building, approx. 1336 m away)
• Römerbad Kastell Schirenhof (Ancient buildings, approx. 2024 m away)