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Lukas-Kern Orphanage

Lukas-Kern Orphanage

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Lukas-Kern Orphanage

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Location: Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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Ride-Golden-Arrow

January 6, 2025

The previously civil or municipal orphanage was renamed the Lukas Kern Orphanage on January 1, 1971.

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Jens Dreißig

June 8, 2025

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September 21, 2025

In 1749, shipmaster and innkeeper Lukas Kern donated 72,400 guilders in his will to an orphanage in Passau. In his will, he stipulated that at least twelve boys and the same number of girls should inhabit the house at all times.

It was built between 1750 and 1762 as a four-wing complex according to the plans of the master builder Johann Michael Schneitmann at the confluence of the Danube and Inn rivers. The entrance to the orphanage chapel has its own facade, without interrupting the front line. It features a fresco framed in stucco. The paintings next to the gate depict the founder, Lukas Kern, and his wife, Anna Theresia. The interior of the chapel is also richly decorated with stucco work. The altar dates from the time of its construction.

The first children moved into the building in 1758. The Maria Ward Sisters still run the orphanage today.

[ Source and further information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCrgerliches_Waisenhaus_(Passau) ]

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