to never have been exceeded. The recruitment of monks shows the very broad influence of the monastery. Only 31 of the 152 fathers who lived there during its two centuries of existence were Alsatians; the vast majority of the other monks came from the Rhine valley. As for the brothers, who were less numerous, they were slightly more from the region, with 13 Alsatians, mainly from Molsheim itself and the surrounding area, out of 47 brothers. The cells were generally allocated to the Carthusian fathers for life, and this custom was in any case viewed favourably by the community. However, for reasons of health or various grievances, it is possible that cell transfers took place. In Molsheim, Father Nicolas Scheckler moved several times before dying in cell L in 1695. Conversely, Nicolas Baustert did not leave cell H, which he entered in 1661, until he was very ill, shortly before his death in 1692. In the spring of 1683, the town of Molsheim, including the Charterhouse, was visited by Louis XIV and his wife Maria Theresa. Accompanied by a few princesses from her retinue, she received exceptional permission to enter the church, the cloister and even some of the monastic cells. Since Carthusian customs forbid women from entering a male monastery, these privileged few remained unique in the history of the Molsheim community.. Priors of the Charterhouse During the priorate of Conrad Odendal, the prior's house was built, which was later mistakenly called "Carthusian Priory". On 7 November 1684, the altar in the chapel of this building was consecrated in honour of the Trinity and the Holy Family. Shortly afterwards, in 1698, the original "Böcklerhof" building was demolished to create a large courtyard in front of the new house, known as the "Carthusian Courtyard" or "Cour d'Honneur", surrounded to the west by the temporal buildings and to the east by the church and the prior's house. Legacy of the monastery The first estates of the charterhouse consisted of properties given to it in compensation by the city of Strasbourg in 47 Catholic towns and villages: these properties were spread out from Sélestat to Wissembourg, i.e. over the area of the present-day Lower Rhine. In addition to these initial properties, there were numerous donations from nobles, burghers and clergymen. This property was in constant evolution due to exchanges and rearrangements. Although the state of the properties was never fixed, an estimate