Heiligkreuz Monastery (Saalburg)

The Cistercian convent Heilig Kreuz in the district of Kloster von Saalburg-Ebersdorf , Thuringia , was founded around 1310 and existed until 1544.

history

The Cistercian convent was a foundation of the House of Reuss . The conventual women came from the founding family and the regional nobility. Heiligkreuz owned 40 farms that were subject to tax. During the first Lutheran visitation on September 8, 1533, the convent included eleven nuns in addition to the abbess. Until 1544 the monastery buildings and the associated goods were sold in favor of the tax authorities .

Small remains of the towering masonry remain from the buildings.

literature

• Friedhelm Juergensmeier, Regina Elisabeth Schwerdtfeger: The monastic and nunnery monasteries of the Cistercians in Hesse and Thuringia. (Germania Benedictina 4) St. Ottilien 2011, pp. 1364-1390.
• Werner Ronneberger: The Cistercian nunnery of the Holy Cross near Saalburg ad Saale. Jena 1932

Web links

• Cistercian monastery Heilig Kreuz, Saalburg ( Germania Sacra , monastery database)
• There are still remains of the monastery in the monastery , Ostthüringer Zeitung , February 26, 2016

Coordinates: 50 ° 30 '53.9 "  N , 11 ° 43' 54.4"  E