List of Christian monasteries in Brandenburg
Appearance
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
- Dobrilugk Abbey (Kloster Dobrilugk), Doberlug-Kirchhain: Cistercian monks (1165x1184-1541)
F
- Frankfurt Charterhouse (Kartäuserkloster Frankfurt/Oder), Frankfurt an der Oder: Carthusian monks (1396–1540)
- Franziskushof, see Zehdenick
- Friedland Abbey (Kloster Friedland), Altfriedland, Neuhardenberg: Cistercian nuns (1230–1540)
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
- Kyritz Friary (Franziskanerkloster Kyritz), Kyritz: Franciscan friars (c.1225[?]-1552)
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
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
- List of Christian monasteries in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- List of Christian monasteries in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of Christian monasteries in Saxony
- List of Christian monasteries in Saxony-Anhalt
- List of Christian monasteries in Schleswig-Holstein
Notes
- ^ the only post-Reformation Benedictine nunnery founded in Brandenburg; Kloster Alexanderdorf website Archived 2009-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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
- ^ Kloster Stift zum Heiligengrabe website
- ^ Luise-Henrietten-Stift website Archived 2009-01-25 at the Wayback Machine; Klosterkirche Lehnin website
- ^ "Friends of Stift Marienfliess website". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ Kloster Marienstern: Claretians
- ^ Stift Neuzelle
- ^ a community of the Old Catholic Ökumenische Franziskanische Bruderschaft; Franziskushof website Archived 2009-04-12 at the Wayback Machine
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.
Sources and external links
- Zisterzienser in Brandenburg (in German)