The St. Vincenzstift Aulhausen is a Catholic institution of the

Diocese of Limburg The Diocese of Limburg () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cologne, with metropolitan see being the Archdiocese of Cologne. Its territory encompasses parts of the States ...

Aulhausen Aulhausen was first mentioned in 1108 as Aulhausen im Rheingau. It lies in Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Fra ...

, Hesse, Germany, to take care of persons of all ages with physical and

mental disabilities Developmental disability is a diverse group of chronic conditions, comprising mental or physical impairments that arise before adulthood. Developmental disabilities cause individuals living with them many difficulties in certain areas of life, espe ...

all day. Founded in 1893, the

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is run as a . The facility offers residential places in almost 40 groups, and also schools, workshops and

assisted living An assisted living residence or assisted living facility (ALF) is a housing facility for people with disabilities or for adults who cannot or who choose not to live independently. The term is popular in the United States. Still, the setting i ...

facilities. It employs over 700 people. From 1991, the facility has included the Marienhausen children's and youth at the former , which now offers inpatient residential groups, day groups, youth residential groups and assisted living. The former monastery church, Marienkirche, was restored from 2010 to 2014; inhabitants of the institution were included for the design of artwork. Caspar Söling has been director of the St. Vincenzstift from June 2006. The parish of the foundation is part of

Heilig Kreuz, Geisenheim is the colloquial name for the Catholic parish church in Geisenheim, Germany. Officially (Holy Cross), the large church in the Rheingau region is called ''Dom'' although it was never a bishop's seat. The present building was begun in the 16th cen ...

Franz Kamphaus Franz Kamphaus (2 February 1932 – 28 October 2024) was a German Catholic prelate, bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Limburg. He was bishop of the diocese from 1982 after teaching pastoral theology and homiletics at the University of Münster. ...

, the former

bishop of Limburg The Diocese of Limburg () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cologne, with metropolitan see being the Archdiocese of Cologne. Its territory encompasses parts of the States ...

until February 2007, was priest at the foundation after his retirement until his death in 2024. From 2010 Dagmar Bickmann took care of spiritual needs, and in 2023 Benjamin Rinkart followed as priest.

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* {{official, https://st-vincenzstift.de
Aulhausen, St. Vincenzstift
(in German) lagis-hessen.de Rheingau Christian organizations established in 1893 Foundations based in Germany Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg

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