The Haslach Capuchin monastery (built between 1630 and 1632) is one of the few fully preserved Capuchin monasteries in the whole of southern Germany from the Baroque period. The monastery church, Loreto chapel, cloister and monks' choir, refectory, infirmary and an exemplary Capuchin cell illustrate the building and functional history of the former "poverty monastery". The baroque monastery church itself was built in accordance with the strict rules of the order and appears correspondingly "out of date"; the rococo altars in particular are in apparent conflict between the tastes of the time when they were built and the order's commandment of poverty. Finally, the high altarpiece is a rare masterpiece, painted in 1614 by Matthäus Gundelach, the most important German representative of Mannerism, it refers to quite independent concepts of a high altarpiece: the donor, Count Christoph II von Fürstenberg, dominates the centre of the picture, the actual altarpiece motif, a scene of the coronation of the Virgin Mary, is only given the upper half of the picture. The sovereign - kneeling in full armour - is surrounded by numerous saints who seem to emphasise his importance.
The Old Capuchin Monastery now houses the Tourist Information Centre (ground floor) and the Black Forest Museum of Traditional Costume (upper floor). The ground floor with anteroom, former monastery kitchen, refectory and cloister can be visited free of charge. A monk's cell can be visited in the Black Forest Costume Museum (admission) on the upper floor.
