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Welden Abbey

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Welden Monastery, once a home for the Tertiary Sisters of the Franciscan Observants, is located in the Bavarian market town of Welden. Founded in the 16th century, it was marked by looting and secularization. Today, it is once again used as a monastery.

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The founding of Welden Monastery took place in 1571 by Konrad von Welden. He settled Tertiary Sisters of the Franciscan Order here, who had been expelled from Weiler near Blaubeuren in 1570. The monastery, dedicated to Saint Mary, was plundered by Swedish soldiers in 1632, but the first Tertiary Sisters returned to Welden as early as 1636. In 1782, the monastery, which at that time belonged to Further Austria, was secularized by an edict of Emperor Joseph II.

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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kloster_Welden.jpg

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