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Dominican monastery of St Paul in Leipzig

Dominican monastery of St Paul in Leipzig, Former Dominican monastery site in Leipzig, Germany

The Dominican monastery of St Paul in Leipzig stood south of the Grimma Gate, between Grimmaische Strasse, the old Neumarkt and the city wall. Its church, dedicated to the Apostle Paul in 1240, was a flat-roofed hall with a single-aisled vaulted choir; the convent buildings lay to the south, the farmyard to the southwest.

Dominicans from Erfurt settled in Leipzig in 1229 on land given by knight Heinrich von Wahren, south of the Grimmaische Tor. The founding charter was signed in 1231 by Margrave Heinrich of Meissen, then about 16, and the church was dedicated to the Apostle Paul in 1240. After the Reformation the monks had to leave in 1539; in 1543 Elector Moritz gave the monastery to the University of Leipzig, and Martin Luther consecrated the church as a Protestant church in 1545.

The monks were often wrongly called Pauliner after their church's patron, though they belonged to the Dominican Order. The church, consecrated by Martin Luther in 1545, became the university's assembly hall and place of worship. The monastery's most famous member was Johannes Tetzel, the indulgence preacher who entered in 1489 and died here in 1519.

The site no longer exists as a visible structure today, but its history can be traced at its former location in Leipzig. Visitors can find historical markers or information at the place that document the former monastery.

The monks were often wrongly called Pauliner after their church's patron, though they belonged to the Dominican Order. The best-known member was Johannes Tetzel, who entered the Leipzig convent in 1489, returned in 1518 and died there in 1519; his indulgence preaching provoked Luther.

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