Kloster Liebfrauenberg, Monastery in Bad Bergzabern, Germany.
Kloster Liebfrauenberg is a former monastery complex in Bad Bergzabern, about 300 metres above sea level. A three-sided farmyard with a large lime tree opens to the north; to the south stand two-storey monastery buildings in Heimatstil with mansard roofs, dormers and two round corner towers. The chapel has a five-bay nave with a roof turret and onion dome, and its 5/8 choir is ringed by loggias. A modern block of the St. Paulus-Stift retirement home occupies the south-west.
A farmstead called Frauenbergerhof stood on this site until 1899; the monastery buildings were then erected and the complex took the name Liebfrauenberg. The Sisters and Brothers of St. Paul cared for the elderly and the mentally ill there. The monastery was dissolved in the 2000s, sold to a private investor and renovated as a whole; today the St. Paulus-Stift retirement home occupies the former convent building and a new block.
The chapel's five-bay nave carries a small roof turret with an onion dome, not bell towers; a ring of loggias surrounds its 5/8 polygonal choir. The site's name comes from the Frauenbergerhof farm that stood here until 1899, and the nearby Pfalz vineyard district is also called "Kloster Liebfrauenberg" after the complex.
The former monastery buildings now house the St. Paulus-Stift retirement home, and the agricultural part of the estate is run as a riding stable with horse breeding. The Liebfrauenbergweg leads up from Bad Bergzabern's town centre on the east side; from the west, Kreisstraße 29 branches off the B 427 and reaches the property. The site lies at 300 metres, about 120 metres above the town centre, so the approach climbs.
The chapel's 5/8 choir is encircled by a ring of loggias, a feature rarely found on such a small monastic chapel. The nearby Pfalz wine-growing district is named "Kloster Liebfrauenberg" after the former monastery.
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