Grünau Charterhouse
Kartause Grünau with fish pond and main building (now a restaurant)
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 Location within Germany
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| Order | Carthusian |
| Established | 1328 |
| Disestablished | 1803 |
| Diocese | Würzburg |
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| Founder(s) | Elisabeth von Hohenlohe |
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| Heritage designation | listed monument |
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| Location | Schollbrunn, Bavaria, Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°49′04″N 9°28′28″E / 49.8178°N 9.4744°ECoordinates: 49°49′04″N 9°28′28″E / 49.8178°N 9.4744°E |
| Visible remains | prior's lodging, church, perimeter wall |
| Public access | yes (limited) |
Grünau Charterhouse (German: Kloster or Kartause Grünau) is a former Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, in Schollbrunn in Bavaria, Germany. It was the first Carthusian monastery in Franconia and in today's Bavaria.
The charterhouse is located in the valley of the Kropfbach, a tributary of the Haslochbach. It is surrounded by the wooded hills of the Spessart.
It lies in the municipal territory of Schollbrunn, part of the Main-Spessart district of Bavaria.
In 1216, a chapel was consecrated in the Kropfbachtal, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Lawrence and Saint Nicholas. In the early 14th century, this chapel became the destination of pilgrims. At the chapel's location, Elisabeth von Hohenlohe, daughter of the Count of Wertheim, donated a Kartause or charterhouse in 1328. In 1333, Carthusians from Mainz, led by the first prior Heinrich Spiegel, settled here, making this the order's first monastery in Franconia and in what is modern-day Bavaria.
The initial Kartause was replaced in the early 15th century by a larger building, housing up to 24 monks. In 1446, a new church for the monastery was consecrated. The Counts of Wertheim were the Vögte of the monastery and its church served as their burial place. It is possible that monks from Grünau settled in the 14th century at the charterhouses at Erfurt and Koblenz.
A Canonical visitation in 1523 discovered a state of affairs that led to the temporary dismissal of prior Michael Lemlein. During the German Peasants' War, the monastery was sacked by peasants in 1525. That year, Count Georg von Wertheim joined the Reformation, and thus the monastery's Vogt now was a Lutheran. In 1545, the Wertheim family took over administration of the monastery's lands. The last three monks left Grünau in 1557.
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