Gorheim Abbey

The origins of Gorheim Monastery date back to before 1347. Initially, it housed a community of sisters who joined the Franciscan Tertiaries in the 15th century. This community existed until the monastery's dissolution in 1782, which occurred as part of Habsburg policy under Emperor Joseph II. The property was subsequently confiscated, and its revenues were allocated to the Austrian religious fund. After secularization, Gorheim served as a refuge for nuns from other dissolved monasteries and temporarily housed a girls' educational institution, an armory, and a barracks. In 1852, the Jesuits took over the buildings, followed by the Franciscan Recollects in 1892. The latter established a theological college in 1894 for the training of new recruits and built a new monastery church in 1911. The Franciscans left the monastery in 2000.

Gorheim Monastery is situated in Sigmaringen, a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at an elevation of approximately 604 meters above sea level.

Today, the buildings of the former Gorheim Monastery house the Heart of Jesus Parish, the Religious Education Media Center of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, the Deanery of Sigmaringen-Meßkirch, a billing office for church communities, and an outpost of the Archdiocesan Archive. A educational center has also been located there since 1979, now run by the Archdiocese. The monastery church, the Heart of Jesus Church, contains an altar with a sculpture group from the Marmon workshop, as well as other altars and a sculpture of the Mater Dolorosa. Above the monastery, there is a Marian altar in the forest.

• Sigmaringen Castle (Castle, approx. 1215 m away)
• Franciscan Nuns' Monastery Laiz (Monastery, approx. 1219 m away)
• Prinzenbau (Castle, approx. 1443 m away)
• Franciscan Monastery Hedingen (Monastery, approx. 1940 m away)