Karmeliten Abbey

The Carmelite Monastery of Maria Magdalena, also known as the Reuererkloster, is a monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Würzburg, Bavaria, in the Diocese of Würzburg. In addition, there was also a monastery of the Calced Carmelites dedicated to St. Barbara. It was founded in 1227 by Rudolf von Worms, and until 1564 it was a monastery of the Magdalenes, the so-called Reuerinnen. From 1627, it was re-founded as a monastery of the Discalced Carmelites by Julius Echter. On March 19, 1669, the Baroque church, allegedly designed by Antonio Petrini, was consecrated. At the beginning of the 18th century, the monastery served as a study convent.

The Carmelite monastery was not dissolved during the secularization, probably also because the monastery's assets were held in a Viennese bank and thus beyond the reach of the Bavarian state. This later made the monastery the starting point for the re-establishment of the Bavarian, or now German, monastic province. In 1908, the monastery was rebuilt and is now located on Sanderstraße. Bombing raids on March 16, 1945, also destroyed the Carmelite monastery with its church. The reconstruction of the architecture was completed by 1950. In 1958, the church was simply provisionally furnished. From 1976, a comprehensive refurnishing took place. Today, the monastery houses the International Edith Stein Institute, which is dedicated to researching the work of the order's saint, Edith Stein.