Franziskaner, Franciscan monastery in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.

Franziskaner is a monastery complex in Schwäbisch Gmünd featuring a Gothic church with later Baroque modifications. The interior displays frescoes depicting Saint Francis's life and showcases artwork spanning multiple artistic periods.

The Franciscan convent was probably founded before 1250, though the first documentary evidence dates from 1281; the 1222 founding year was adopted for the 2022 jubilee. The Gothic buildings were replaced after a fire in 1689, with the foundation stone of the new convent laid on 19 April 1718. The monastery was dissolved in the secularisation of 1803, and the last friars left in 1822. From 1825 it was converted into a Catholic teacher-training seminary, and between 1974 and 1985 it became a Catholic parish and administrative centre.

The former monastery church, dedicated to Saint Louis of Toulouse, was raised to the status of the second town parish church of St. Francis in 1908 by Bishop Paul Wilhelm von Keppler, with St. Louis as secondary patron. The building mixes Romanesque parts with a Gothic structure later given Baroque form. The name Franziskaner is still used for the whole complex, today called Haus der kirchlichen Dienste.

The complex is entered from the old town; the former convent buildings now hold offices, meeting rooms and several halls, so parts are closed to casual visitors. The church of St. Franziskus serves as the second town parish church. Look for the 1718 foundation stone of the convent rebuild and the reduced height of one storey, a concession to neighbours.

In 1736 the monastery founded a school that eventually became the Gymnasium Schmalzgrube and shaped regional education. This founding reveals how the monastery influenced learning beyond its purely religious role.