Wörishofen Abbey

The founding of Wörishofen Monastery dates back to a donation to the Dominican Order in 1243, which included a specific condition. It was not until approximately 500 years later, in 1718, that the first Dominican nuns from Augsburg arrived in Wörishofen to fulfill this condition. They initially resided in an official building of their order before the foundation stone for the monastery building was laid on August 4, 1719. The nuns moved into the monastery in 1721. In May 1800, French soldiers occupied the monastery, destroying sacred objects. The secularization in November 1802 led to the nationalization of its property, but the sisters were allowed to stay, though they could no longer accept novices. King Ludwig I of Bavaria enabled a new beginning in 1842, on the condition that the monastery took over the local girls' school and established an educational institution for difficult-to-educate girls. This changed the original monastic life.