Franziskaner-Klosterkirche

The Franziskaner-Klosterkirche was a church in the Klosterstraße in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, founded in 1250 and now in ruins.

It was founded in 1250 in the early Gothic style as a monastery church for a Franciscan house.

None of the monastic buildings survive, though some of them housed Berlin's first printing press from 1571 and the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster from 1574.

Work lasted until 1845, though the church was closed due to severe damp in its masonry in 1902 and in 1926 most of the 19th century changes were reversed.

The church was destroyed on 3 April 1945 in the bombing of Berlin in World War II.

Church ruins of the former monastery
Postcard of the monastery buildings and church around 1910
Location of the former Franciscan monastery and the Marienkirche and Nikolaikirche churches in Berlin