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Listed Benedictine abbey in Kellenried for sale!
Listed Benedictine abbey in Kellenried is for sale. Ideal for investors with sustainable usage ideas.
Listed Benedictine abbey in Kellenried for sale!
The Benedictine abbey in Kellenried, located in the Ravensburg district, is for sale. According to information from Church and life The listed abbey is being offered for a price of 4.98 million euros. The monastery complex covers 11,600 square meters of living space and offers space for 130 rooms. The sale also includes a church, several monastery complexes and workshops as well as an extensive property totaling 136,000 square meters.
This sales advertisement describes the abbey as historically valuable and places a particular focus on the potential for creative ideas and sustainable usage concepts. The Benedictines see the settlement of social institutions, cultural businesses or investors with viable concepts as a promising opportunity for the future development of the place. Possible uses include a conference center, a seminar center, assisted living, an artist's residence or the headquarters of a foundation.
Overview of the current situation
In recent years the religious community's financial resources have decreased significantly. However, the sisters are open to the idea of continuing to live in part of the monastery complex in the future. A new owner would have to respect the Christian values of the Benedictine nuns and honor the historical significance of the site.
Historical significance and outlook
Kellenried Abbey was built in the 1920s in the striking baroque style and belongs to the Benedictine community of Beuron. About 80 Benedictine nuns originally lived here, but they were expelled during National Socialism and only returned after the war. In 2024 the abbey will celebrate its 100th anniversary.
This decision to sell is the first step in a new chapter, as it is the first sale of a monastic building on the open market within the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart. Experts from the real estate company Pro Secur, who have been working with religious communities and church institutions for over 35 years, are accompanying the sales process.
Overall, the situation at Kellenried Abbey shows a change within religious communities in Germany, which have similar challenges to the Steyler missionaries in Laupheim, who moved to a new retirement facility while their monastery church was preserved.