Kloster Strahlfeld, Monastery and architectural heritage monument in Bavaria, Germany

Kloster Strahlfeld is a Dominican convent in the village of Strahlfeld, part of Roding in Bavaria. Its core is a 17th-century castle rebuilt after 1703 and partly reconstructed after a fire post-1804. The complex, listed as a Bavarian monument, includes the convent church of St. Dominikus and a house of encounter.

Schloss Strahlfeld was built in the 17th century for the lords of Strahlfeld, altered and enlarged after 1703 and partly rebuilt after a fire after 1804. On 29 May 1917 Ignatia Hasslinger and Alacoque Moosmann moved into the decayed estate with three candidates to prepare young women for missionary service in Africa. The monastery was canonically erected with 26 candidates; in 1924 the first missionaries left for Rhodesia, and in 1971 the 493rd and last sister was sent abroad.

The monastery belongs to the Missionary Dominican Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, founded here in 1917. The sisters ran a housekeeping school for girls from 1923 to 1993 and still staff the Caritas retirement home in Roding. A Haus der Begegnung now hosts courses and retreats for adults, families and young people.

The site is located in a rural area of Bavaria and can be reached via regional roads. As an active monastic community, visitors should be aware that certain behavioral expectations apply when entering the grounds.

The monastery grounds are also recorded as an archaeological monument: medieval and early modern remains lie beneath the former Strahlfeld castle site (Bavarian list no. D-3-6741-0076). The standing complex itself is listed as monument D-3-72-153-64, so both the buildings and the ground beneath them are protected.