Kloster Galiläa, Dominican monastery in Meschede, Germany
The monastery complex consisted of four wings arranged around a central courtyard, with one wing still standing as a residential building today.
Henneke von Berninghausen and Margaretha von Hückelheim established the monastery in 1483 by donating their village of Hückelheim to seven nuns.
The Dominican nuns at Kloster Galiläa provided education to young women, teaching them household management, needlework, and academic subjects until the 19th century.
The monastery bell, which once called nuns to prayer, now resides in the chapel of the southern cemetery of Meschede.
In 1810, officials had to break down the door and extinguish the hearth fire to force the resistant nuns to leave during secularization.
Location: Meschede
GPS coordinates: 51.35830,8.26333
Latest update: March 7, 2025 06:24
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