Buxheim Charterhouse

Imperial Charterhouse of Buxheim
Reichskartause Buxheim
1548–1802
Coat of arms of Buxheim Charterhouse
Coat of arms
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalBuxheim Charterhouse
GovernmentTheocracy
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Charterhouse founded
10th century
• Donated to Carthusians
1402 1548
• Looted and abandoned
    during German
    Peasants' War


1524–25
• Occupied by Memmingen
    during Schmalkaldic War

1546–47
• Granted immediacy from
    Charles V at Augsburg

1548
1802
• Ostein inherited by
    Bassenheim

1809
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Memmingen
County of Ostein
Today part ofGermany

Buxheim Charterhouse (‹See Tfd›German: Reichskartause Buxheim) was formerly a monastery of the Carthusians (the largest charterhouse in Germany[1]) and is now a monastery of the Salesians. It is situated in Buxheim near Memmingen in Bavaria.

  1. ^ Klöster in Bayern: Buxheim