List of Christian monasteries in Brandenburg

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This is a list of Christian religious houses, both dissolved and extant, in Brandenburg in Germany, including Berlin. Extant religious houses are marked in bold.

Brandenburg

A

  • Alexanderdorf Abbey (Kloster Alexanderdorf or Abtei St. Gertrud), Alexanderdorf in Am Mellensee: Benedictine nuns (extant from 1934)[1]
  • Altfriedland Abbey, see Friedland
  • Angermünde Friary (Kloster Angermünde), Angermünde: Franciscan friars (second half of the 13th century-1543)

B

  • Boitzenburg Abbey (Kloster Boitzenburg), Boitzenburg: Cistercian nuns (1271–1538; the former Benedictine nunnery Marienpforte was merged into the new foundation by 1281)
  • Brandenburg an der Havel:
    • Dominican or St. Paul's Friary (Paulikloster): Dominican friars (1286-c1540)
    • Franciscan or St. John's Friary (Franziskanerkloster, Brandenburg): Franciscan friars (moved here from Ziesar; 1237-1538x1544)[2]

C

  • Chorin Abbey (Kloster Chorin), Chorin: Cistercian monks (1248–1542)
  • Cottbus Friary (Kloster Cottbus), Cottbus: Franciscan friars (1290x1300-1537)

D

F

G

  • Gramzow Abbey (Kloster Gramzow), Gramzow: Premonstratensian canons (c.1178-Reformation)

H

  • Heiligengrabe Abbey (Kloster Stift zum Heiligengrabe), Heiligengrabe: Cistercian nuns (1287–1548); women's collegiate foundation, or Damenstift, and school (1549–1945); community of deaconesses (1946–1995); re-establishment of Stift under a new abbess (extant from 1996)[3]
  • Himmelpfort Abbey (Kloster Himmelpfort), Himmelpfort: Cistercian monks (1299–1541)

J

  • Jüterbog:
    • Jüterbog Friary (Franziskanerkloster Jüterbog): Franciscan friars (third quarter of the 15th century-c1560)
    • Jüterbog Priory (Kloster Jüterbog): Cistercian nuns (1282-c.1540)

K

L

  • Lehnin Abbey (Kloster Lehnin), Kloster Lehnin: Cistercian monks (1180–1542); premises used for the establishment of the Luise-Henrietten-Stift for Protestant deaconesses (1911–1942; re-founded 2004)[4]
  • Lindow Abbey (Kloster Lindow), Lindow: Cistercian nuns (c.1290-1542); Protestant women's collegiate foundation, or Damenstift (1542–1638)
  • Luise-Henrietten-Stift, see Lehnin

M

  • Marienfliess Abbey (Kloster Marienfliess), Stepenitz in Marienfliess, in the Prignitz: Cistercian nuns (1231–1544); Protestant women's collegiate foundation, or Damenstift, later deaconesses (extant from 1544)[5]
  • Marienpforte Priory or Abbey (Kloster Marienpforte), near Flieth and Stegelitz: Benedictine nuns (1269; by 1281 had been merged into the new Cistercian foundation at Boitzenburg)
  • Marienstern Abbey (Kloster Marienstern, formerly also Kloster Güldenstern), Mühlberg: Cistercian nuns (1228–1539); Claretians (extant from 2000)[6]
  • Marienwerder, see Seehausen

N

  • Neuzelle Abbey (Kloster Neuzelle), Neuzelle: Cistercian monks (1268–1817)[7]

S

  • St. John's, Brandenburg, see Brandenburg an der Havel
  • St. Paul's, Brandenburg, see Brandenburg an der Havel
  • Seehausen Priory or Abbey (Kloster Seehausen or Kloster Marienwerder), Seehausen: Cistercian nuns (c.1239 x 1250 - 1543/44)
  • Stepenitz, see Marienfliess

Z

  • Zehdenick:
    • Franziskushof: Franciscan friars[8] (extant from 1993)
    • Zehdenick Abbey (Kloster Zehdenick), Zehdenick: Cistercian nuns (c.1250-1540); Protestant women's collegiate foundation (1540–1945)
  • Ziesar:
    • Ziesar Friary (Franziskanerkloster Ziesar): Franciscan friars (c.1226-1271; moved to Brandenburg an der Havel)
    • Ziesar Priory (Zisterzierinnenkloster Ziesar): Cistercian nuns (c.1330-1540); Protestant women's collegiate foundation, or Damenstift (1540–1610)
  • Zinna Abbey (Kloster Zinna), Jüterbog: Cistercian monks (1170–1553)

Berlin

  • Berlin:
    • Greyfriars, Berlin (Graues Kloster, Berlin): Franciscan friars (probably 1249-Reformation)
    • Regina Martyrum Carmel (Karmel Regina Martyrum): Discalced Carmelite nuns (extant from 1982)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ the only post-Reformation Benedictine nunnery founded in Brandenburg; Kloster Alexanderdorf website
  2. ↑ The friary church, the St. Johanniskirche, or St. John's Church, although now in ruins, was in use until 1985 and is still a landmark of Brandenburg
  3. ↑ Kloster Stift zum Heiligengrabe website
  4. ↑ Luise-Henrietten-Stift website; Klosterkirche Lehnin website
  5. ↑ Friends of Stift Marienfliess website
  6. ↑ Kloster Marienstern: Claretians
  7. ↑ Stift Neuzelle
  8. ↑ a community of the Old Catholic Ökumenische Franziskanische Bruderschaft; Franziskushof website

References

  • Dehio, G., edited by Gerhard Vinken, et al., 2000: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler: Bd. Brandenburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag München/Berlin. ISBN 3-422-03054-9
  • Gooß, G., Jaqueline Hennig, J. (eds.), 1997: Alle Brandenburger Zisterzienserklöster. Marianne-Verlag. ISBN 3-932370-33-3
  • Heimann, H.-D., Neitmann, K., Schich, W., Bauch, M., Franke, E., Gahlbeck, Chr., Popp, Chr., Riedel, P. (eds.), 2007: Brandenburgisches Klosterbuch: Handbuch der Klöster, Stifte und Kommenden bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts (Brandenburgische Historische Studien). Be.Bra Wissenschaftsverlag ISBN 978-3-937233-26-0
  • Schumann, Dirk, 2006: Dorfkirchen zwischen Klosterarchitektur und Wallfahrtslandschaft, in: Offene Kirchen 2006. Förderkreis Alte Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg e.V., Berlin.

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