Beginenhaus Kempten, Medieval architectural ensemble in Kempten, Germany.

Beginenhaus Kempten is a medieval architectural complex in Bavaria featuring a four-meter-high gate hall that opens onto an inner courtyard. The ensemble sits adjacent to the Nonnenturm tower, which is built into the historic city wall.

The complex was built in 1357 atop earlier foundations and gained an additional floor with a Renaissance roof during an expansion in 1585. These modifications reveal how the structure adapted to changing needs across two centuries.

The house once sheltered Beguines, women who lived in the city and devoted themselves to religious work without becoming nuns. Their presence shaped urban life and shows how women created their own communities.

The ensemble stands directly at the Iller bridge below the Burghalde, beside the newly built Illertor. The sandstone arch with the blessing hand and Lamb of God, moved here in 1943 on the initiative of Otto Merkt, faces the southeast side of the Nonnenturm. The buildings were empty from 1984 and their renovation has been debated in city politics for over a decade.

The sandstone arch on the southeast side of the Nonnenturm was originally the main entrance from Burgstraße into the gate hall. It was removed in 1936 and reinserted into the city wall in 1943 at the initiative of mayor and local historian Otto Merkt. Its carved blessing hand and Lamb of God are the only surviving examples of medieval architectural sculpture in Kempten.