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'''Freiburg Charterhouse''' (''Kartause Freiburg'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dreisamtal-online.eu/orte/gebaeude/kartaus/artikel_index.html?leer.html&orte.html&leer.html |title=Freiburger Kartause |access-date=2013-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185248/http://dreisamtal-online.eu/orte/gebaeude/kartaus/artikel_index.html?leer.html&orte.html&leer.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a former [[Carthusian]] monastery, or charterhouse, in [[Freiburg im Breisgau]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]].

== History ==
[[File:Kartause Freiburg Innenhof.jpg|thumb|Freiburg Charterhouse, inner courtyard]]
[[File:Kartause Freiburg Eingang.jpg|thumb|Charterhouse entrance]]
[[File:Kartause Freiburg 6595.jpg|thumb|Charterhouse garden]]
Freiburg Charterhouse was founded in 1345 or 1346 by Johannes Schnewlin (Snewelin, Snewlin), knight, ''[[Bürgermeister]]'' of Freiburg. It was dedicated to Saint [[John the Baptist]], in honour of the [[Grande Chartreuse]] near [[Grenoble]], and was known as ''Sankt Johannisberg'' or ''St. Johannes des Täufers Berg'' ("St John's Mount" or the "Mount of St. John the Baptist"). It was to begin with a very modest establishment of only two monks' cells, increased on the death of the founder in 1347 to five. The original endowment consisted of a piece of land on the Mussbach below [[Sankt Ottilien]]; later endowments made it possible to increase the number of cells to twelve.

In the early 16th century, the premises were extended by the addition of the refectory and the church, which was constructed in the [[Gothic architecture|Late Gothic]] style with ribbed vaulting and flying buttresses. It featured magnificent stained glass windows to designs by the [[Swabia]]n painter [[Hans Baldung|Hans Baldung Grien]].

At its height the charterhouse maintained close contact with the [[University of Freiburg]]. From 1502 to 1525 the prior was [[Gregor Reisch]], a significant representative of late [[Scholasticism]] and a professor at the university. The monastery supported impoverished students and in its turn received donations and novices from the circles round the university.

The monastery gradually built up a significant library, particularly through its contact with the university, mainly through the gifts of new entrants to the monastery, and also through legacies from university staff and local clergy. For example, in 1537 the monastery inherited the library (consisting of c. 390 books) and the estate of [[Otmar Nachtgall]].<ref>{{BBKL|n/nachtgall_o|band=23|autor= Siegfried Risse|artikel=Nachtgall, Otmar, latinisiert: Luscinius, Ottomarus (auch Philomela, Progneus, Aidos)|spalten=997-1012}}</ref>

The [[Thirty Years' War]] and the ravages of the [[Sweden|Swedish]] army caused a huge disruption. Like many other Carthusians the monks of Freiburg took refuge in [[Ittingen Charterhouse]] in [[Switzerland]]. Between 1753 and 1756 the buildings were enlarged by the addition, in front of the medieval cell range, of a grand [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] courtyard of three wings for the accommodation of prelates, plus a guest wing. The prior's attempt to attain the rank of prelate caused an internal revolt, which was put aside in 1781, after the monastery had suffered a serious fire the previous year.

[[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Joseph II]] commanded the dissolution of all Carthusian monasteries, including Freiburg, within five months of the decree dated 13 February 1782. Its buildings and lands became the property of the state and were sold to the Baron von Baden in 1783. The library was dispersed; only a few [[incunabula]] can now be traced, in the library of Freiburg University.

After the dissolution the buildings were converted for a country house of the nobility, with the prior's lodging as the main residence. The cloisters with the monks' cells were demolished to make way for a park, but the church was kept. The precious stained glass windows were sold off to various villages.

The charitable foundation of Freiburg acquired the property in 1894 and between 1895 and 1897 converted it into a nursing home, with places for 200 almspeople, as an extension to the Hospital of the Holy Ghost (''Heilig-Geist-Spital''). In 1897 Heinrich Hansjakob, the priest of Sankt Martin, was granted three rooms, by the intervention of the ''Bürgermeister'' and chairman of the charity committee, Otto Winterer. These rooms have been kept until today as a memorial.

In 1969, the nursing home moved to the newly built ''St. John's Home''<ref>[http://www.stiftungsverwaltung-freiburg.de/index.php?id=1005 Foundation Administration Freiburg:] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044212/http://www.stiftungsverwaltung-freiburg.de/index.php?id=1005 |date=2014-08-08 }} "St. John's Home was built in 1969 as a nursing home in a scenic location on the southern slope of Mount Hirzberg in Freiburg."</ref> next door.

Since 2014, the building and facilities have been the home of the [[Robert Bosch United World College]], a college of the [[United World Colleges|UWC]] movement founded in the 1960s by [[Kurt Hahn]].<ref>[http://www.uwc.de/presse/bilder/uwc-deutschland-schulinitiative UWC Robert Bosch College in Freiburg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424071717/http://www.uwc.de/presse/bilder/uwc-deutschland-schulinitiative/ |date=2013-04-24 }}</ref>

[[File:Kartause Freiburg Tafeln.jpg|thumb|The two tablets to either side of the main entrance, giving the history of the building, set up after its conversion to a nursing home in 1897<ref>'''Left''': Founded as Carthusian monastery "St. John the Baptist's Mountain" in 1346 by Knight J. Snewlin Gresserm, mayor of Freiburg, burned down on 13 January 1780, and rebuilt provisionally, dissolved on 14 May 1782 by emperor Joseph II, acquired by Anton Baron of Baden, 1830 passed by inheritance to Bruno Baron of Türkheim and 1879 by purchase to the private citizen h W. Lüps. '''Right''': On 30 April 1894 this former monastery with all buildings, fields and forest was purchased by the city council and foundation board of Freiburg city under Mayor Dr. O. Winterer and, after distribution to city, construction company and hospital, rebuilt to a second home for the occupants of the Holy-Spirit hospital 1895-1897.</ref>]]



==Notes==
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== Sources ==
{{Commons category|Kartause Freiburg|Freiburg Charterhouse}}
* Kalchtaler, Peter: ''Kartause mit bewegter Geschichte, Kloster, Gutshof und Altenheim.'' In: ''Badische Zeitung'' 17 June 2005 {{in lang|de}}
*Mertens, Dieter: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Q7Y5Z1RuOIgC&dq=Kartause+Freiburg&pg=PA65 Zum Buchbesitz der Kartause ''Mons Sancti Johannis'' bei Freiburg im Breisgau]''. In: ''Bücher, Bibliotheken und Schriften der Kartäuser''. Tübingen 2001 {{in lang|de}}

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[[Category:Carthusian monasteries in Germany]]
[[Category:1340s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire]]
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Freiburg im Breisgau]]
[[Category:United World Colleges]]
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