Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Tübingen District
Landkreis Sigmaringen
Bad Saulgau
Sießen Monastery
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Tübingen District
Landkreis Sigmaringen
Bad Saulgau
Sießen Monastery
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 131 out of 141 hikers
Location: Bad Saulgau, Landkreis Sigmaringen, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Since 1860, the buildings have been used as a monastery of the Franciscan sisters of Sießen.
Between 1935 and 1938, the Nazi regime ordered the closure of the monastery and the expulsion of the nuns. From 1940 to 1945, the monastery was "confiscated by order of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle [...], along with the agricultural land and all living and dead inventory for the accommodation of Germans abroad."
Today (as of Nov. 2022), around 70 Franciscan sisters live in the mother house of Sießen Monastery.
Source:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_Sie%C3%9Fen
April 21, 2024
A detour to Siessen Abbey is always worthwhile.
Both the baroque monastery and the herb garden in the monastery and the Franciscan garden are worth seeing.
There is also a cafe in the monastery klostersiessen.de/kunst-und-kultur/cafe-im-klosterhof
August 20, 2021
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