carvings with them. The community dwindled in size and was forced to hand the hospital over to a charitable trust. The sisters decided to return the carvings to Buxheim, which finally took place in the early 1980s. The Reverend Mother of the Presentation Sisters attended a special repatriation ceremony, and was awarded the Freedom of the City of Buxheim, only the second person ever to receive that honour. References Further reading Das Buxheimer Chorgestühl. Beiträge zur Bau- und Kunstgeschichte der ehemaligen Reichskartause Buxheim und zur Restaurierung des Chorgestühls. In: Michael Petzet (ed.): Arbeitshefte des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege, 66. München 1994 Ulrich Faust: Buxheim, in: Monasticon Cartusiense, ed. Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, Band 2, Salzburg 2004, pp. 372–380 External links Haus der Bayerishen Geschichte: Klöster in Bayern: Buxheim Carthusian monasteries in Germany Salesian monasteries Monasteries in Bavaria 1100s establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Imperial abbeys disestablished in 1802–03 Christian monasteries established in the 11th century 1548 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire