Carmelite Monastery

Carmelite Monastery

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Carmelite Monastery

Karmeliterkloster
Institute for Municipal History in the Carmelite Monastery in the city centre © Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Photo: Stefan Maurer

The Carmelite Monastery (Karmeliterkloster) of 1246 is located on Karmelitengasse. Today, the Institute for Municipal History is located here. The former church contains the Archaeological Museum. In the cellar, “Die Schmiere” offers satirical theatre. 

  •  Late Gothic monastery from approx. 1460 – 1520 around rectangular arcade cloister north of the single-vessel hall church, to which the Carmelites added a chapel and continued to expand in the 13th to 14th century.
  •  refectory as 2-aisle hall in the north wing
  •  here and in the cloister large cycles of late medieval murals and the history of the order and of saints by Jörg Ratgeb (1514-19)
  •  changed in 1955-57 due to damage from the war

Year of construction: ca. 1460 – 1520

Karmeliterkloster

Münzgasse 9
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Phone
+49 69 212 36276
Fax
+49 69 212 30753
E-Mail
Internet
http://www.stadtgeschichte-ffm.de

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