Former Monastery of the Ursulines
Romania /
Sibiu /
General Gheorghe Magheru Street, 34-36
World
/ Romania
/ Sibiu
/ Sibiu
World / Romania
Baroque (architecture), monastery, listed building / architectural heritage, 1730s construction, historical building, 18th century construction
At first, the church and monastery of the Ursulines was the halidom of the monastery of Dominican monks built in 1474.
In 1543, following the Reform, the German population switched to Lutheranism and the monastery closed down. During the Habsburg period, the church, known under the name of “The monastery church” (Klosterkirche in German) came in the property of the Roman-Catholic cult, being trusted to the Ursuline nuns in order for them to build a girls’ boarding school.
The construction works were finished in 1772. In 1789, the nuns opened the Catholic Elementary School which will become one of the elite schools of the city. The children coming from rich families studied here, their families seeking to educate them in a German environment, according to Jesuit customs.
The building hosted the renowned school for girls until 1949, when it was closed.
During the communist period and until 2012 the building hosted the Andrei Saguna Pedagogical College.
patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/magheru/303
In 1543, following the Reform, the German population switched to Lutheranism and the monastery closed down. During the Habsburg period, the church, known under the name of “The monastery church” (Klosterkirche in German) came in the property of the Roman-Catholic cult, being trusted to the Ursuline nuns in order for them to build a girls’ boarding school.
The construction works were finished in 1772. In 1789, the nuns opened the Catholic Elementary School which will become one of the elite schools of the city. The children coming from rich families studied here, their families seeking to educate them in a German environment, according to Jesuit customs.
The building hosted the renowned school for girls until 1949, when it was closed.
During the communist period and until 2012 the building hosted the Andrei Saguna Pedagogical College.
patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/cladiri_en/magheru/303
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°47'52"N 24°9'20"E
- Brukenthal Palace Museum - Art Gallery & Library 0.5 km
- Sibiu/Hermannstadt defensive sistem - South city walls 0.6 km
- City wall from the XIV century 0.7 km
- Soldisch Bastion 1 km
- Cisnădie fortified enclosure - external and internal curtain 9 km
- Brukenthal Palace - Summer Residence 19 km
- Royal Court 83 km
- The Corvins' Castle 99 km
- City defence wall 112 km
- Palace-fortress 294 km
- Lower Town 0.3 km
- Historic Center 0.4 km
- Railway Station Area 0.4 km
- Sibiu County Hospital 0.4 km
- Upper Town 0.5 km
- Central Area (outside the Historic Center) 0.9 km
- Trei Stejari 1.2 km
- Terezian 1.3 km
- Sibiu 1.6 km
- Sibiu County 14 km