Sopron - Benedictine Convent

In the former Benedictine convent (near the Goat Church), now a student residence, the chapterhouse of the Franciscan abbey, built around 1330, is one of the most significant examples of High Gothic in Hungary (restored about 1950). It stands in the northeast corner of the building and access is from the cloisters. The ribbed vaulting of the triple-naved building rests on two octagonal columns. Somewhat unusual is the decoration which reflects the function of the room as a place where the monks took confession communally; the figures on the consoles and capitals symbolize the Seven Deadly Sins, those on the keystones the Redemption. Another feature is a stone coat of arms with the goat of the Geisler family which used to be on the church