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MonasteryFeldkirch
Dominican Abbay Feldkirch
The Dominican Convent Feldkirch, also known as the Convent of the English Greeting, is located in the Altenstadt district of the city of Feldkirch at Klosterstraße 2.
The convent is connected by a connecting wing to the Dominican Church of the Annunciation, located further south, which is now the parish church.
The convent has been documented since the first half of the 15th century. Since 1551, the nuns have been Dominican Sisters of the Third Order, and since 1640, with enclosure, Dominican Sisters of the Second Order.
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The existing convent was built in 1634 and enlarged between 1679 and 1681. The front facing Klosterstraße shows several gables, two of which recede from the convent complex and continue south with a connecting wing to the church. Behind it are two rectangular courtyards formed by the convent wings. The sculptural design of the round-arched portal and the facade articulation with a wall niche containing a figure of St. Dominic were created around 1680. North of the convent are utility buildings.
In the inaccessible enclosure, there is a Pietà from Salzburg dating to around 1400.
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