Former Franciscan Monastery Kyritz

The Franciscan monastery of St. Johannis in Kyritz was built in the second half of the 13th century. At the end of the Middle Ages, the monastery gained supra-regional importance within the convent. The monastery's supporters included margravial officials, but also wealthy citizens - and not only from Kyritz. After the monastery was dissolved in 1541, a country nobleman received the monastery grounds as a fief and transferred part of the complex to the city as a poorhouse. After these buildings fell into disrepair, they were demolished at the beginning of the 18th century. The monastery church served as a city church in the 17th century and then as a garrison church, and was demolished at the end of the 18th century except for the remaining part of the northern longitudinal wall. Only the cloister wing, which was used as a residential building and converted into a Baroque style, remained. In 2013/14, the remaining parts of the north wall, the nave with the gatehouse, the city and monastery walls and the garden pavilion were renovated.