List of monasteries and monasteries in Saxony-Anhalt
The list of monasteries and monasteries contains existing and former monasteries and monasteries in Saxony-Anhalt .
Existing monasteries
Roman Catholic monasteries and communities
Benedictine
- Huysburg Priory , since 1984
Franciscan
- Franciscan monastery in Halle , since 1920
Premonstratensians
- Magdeburg Priory , since 1991
Cistercian women
- Helfta Priory , since 1999
Evangelical communities and pens
Communities
- Dambeck Monastery , Lukas community, since 1991
- Petersberg Monastery , Community of Christ Brotherhood Selbitz, since 2014
Former monasteries and monasteries
Cathedral chapter
- Halberstadt Cathedral Chapter
- Havelberg Cathedral Chapter
- Cathedral Chapter Magdeburg
- Merseburg Cathedral Chapter
- Naumburg Cathedral Chapter
- Cathedral chapter Zeitz
Collegiate pens
- Collegiate Foundation Arneburg , Altmark
- Collegiate monastery Aken
- Abbey of St. John the Baptist Alsleben
- Collegiate Foundation Ballenstedt , Harz
- Collegiate Foundation Beuster , Altmark
- Collegiate Foundation St. Marien Coswig
- Collegiate Foundation St. Bonifatius Halberstadt
- Collegiate Foundation St. Maria Halberstadt
- Collegiate foundation St. Peter and Paul Halberstadt
- Kollegiatstift Halle
- Collegiate monastery St. Gangolf Magdeburg
- Marienstift Magdeburg
- Collegiate Foundation St. Nicolai Magdeburg
- Collegiate monastery St. Peter and Paul Magdeburg
- Collegiate Foundation St. Sebastian Magdeburg
- St. Georg Mansfeld Abbey
- Marienstift Naumburg
- Collegiate Foundation Nienburg
- Collegiate Foundation Sangerhausen (?)
- Collegiate Foundation Stendal , Altmark
- Collegiate Foundation St. Johannes Tangermünde
- Marienklause near Tangermünde
- Walbeck Abbey
- Collegiate Foundation St. Georg Wernigerode
- Allerheiligenstift Wittenberg
- Bartholomäistift Zerbst
- Zeitz Collegiate Foundation
Canonical pens
Augustinian Canons
- Abbenrode Abbey
- Ammensleben Monastery
- Ammendorf Monastery
- Augustinian Canons Monastery Diesdorf (?)
- Neuwerk Abbey near Halle
- Moritz monastery Naumburg
- Hamersleben monastery
- Petersberg Monastery
- Augustinian Canon Monastery in Salzwedel
Augustinian choir women
- Augustinian Choir Foundation Brehna
- Augustinian Choir Foundation Coswig , Anhalt
- Diesdorf Monastery , Altmark
- Marienborn Monastery
- Augustinian Choir Foundation Roßleben
- Augustiner Choir Women Monastery in Salzwedel , Altmark
- Augustinian Choir Women Monastery in Stendal
Augustinian Hermits
- Augustinian monastery St. Anna Eisleben, 1515–1525
- Himmelpforten Monastery (Harz) , 1253 – after 1525
- Augustinian monastery Magdeburg , before 1385–1524
- Augustinian monastery Sangerhausen
- Augustinian monastery Wittenberg , 1504–1524
- Augustinian monastery in Zerbst , before 1396–1525
Augustinian Hermits
Benedictine
- Ammensleben Monastery
- Ballenstedt Monastery
- Berge monastery , near Magdeburg
- Goseck Monastery
- Gröningen Monastery
- Huysburg Monastery
- Ilsenburg Monastery
- Konradsburg Monastery
- Moritz Monastery Magdeburg
- Memleben Monastery
- St. Georg Monastery (Naumburg)
- Hillersleben Monastery
- Posa Monastery (Bosau), near Zeitz
- Thankmarsfelde Monastery
- Wimmelburg Monastery
Benedictine women
- Arendsee Monastery
- Dambeck Monastery
- Drübeck Abbey
- Hadmersleben Monastery
- Kalbe Monastery , Altmark
- Krevese monastery
- St. Stephan Zeitz Monastery
Brothers of life together
Dominican
- Dominican monastery hall
- Dominican monastery Magdeburg
- St. Catherine's Monastery Halberstadt
- Dominican monastery Seehausen , Altmark
- Dominican monastery Tangermünde
Dominicans
Franciscan
- Franciscan monastery Aschersleben
- Barby Franciscan Monastery
- Franciscan monastery castle
- Franciscan monastery Halberstadt
- Franciscan monastery Halle
- Franciscan monastery Magdeburg
- Franciscan monastery Quedlinburg
- Franciscan monastery in Salzwedel
- Franciscan monastery Sangerhausen
- Franciscan monastery in Stendal
- Wittenberg Gray Monastery
- Franciscan monastery Zeitz
- Franciscan monastery Zerbst
Franciscan Sisters
Franciscans and Clarissos
- Sankt Claren Weissenfels Monastery
Jesuit
Carmelites
- Carmelite Monastery of Calbe
- Carmelite Monastery Hettstedt
- Carmelite Monastery Magdeburg
- Carmelite Monastery of Querfurt
Carthusian
Premonstratensians
- Divine grace monastery near Calbe
- Havelberg Premonstratensian Monastery
- Jerichow Monastery
- Leitzkau Monastery
- Monastery of Our Dear Women Magdeburg
Servites
Ursulines
Cistercians
- Michaelstein Monastery , Blankenburg / Harz (1139 / 1167–1543, 1629–1640)
- Pforta Monastery (Sancta Maria ad Portam) near Naumburg (1137–1540)
- Sittichenbach Monastery
- Volkmarskeller , Blankenburg (1146–1167)
Cistercian women
- Abbenrode Abbey (1243–1554), previously Augustinian Canons (since 1145)
- Adersleben Monastery (December 6, 1260–1809)
- Althaldensleben Monastery (around 1228–1810)
- Agnetenkloster in Neustadt-Magdeburg (1230-1810)
- Cistercian convent Ankuhn (1214–1298), then to Zerbst
- Aschersleben Cistercian Monastery (Gray Monastery) (around 1267 – around 1525)
- Beuditz Abbey near Weißenfels (1232–1544)
- Cistercian monastery Blankenburg (Harz) (1305–1532 / 1548), previously canons
- St. Burchardi Monastery (Halberstadt) (1208–1810)
- Halberstadt St. Jakob the Elder (1206–1208)
- Häseler Monastery in Klosterhäseler (before 1239–1540 / 60)
- Cistercian convent Hedersleben Selke (1253-1810)
- Helfta Monastery (1229–1542, newly founded since 1999)
- St. George Monastery (Kelbra) (around 1251–1551)
- Langendorf Abbey near Weißenfels (1230–1385), Benedictine nuns 1385–1540
- St. Lorenz Monastery in Neustadt-Magdeburg (1209 / 1220–)
- Marienkammer monastery in Glaucha (1231–1541 / 57)
- Marienstuhl Monastery near Egeln (1259–1809)
- Marienthal Abbey (Marienthal Castle) near Eckartsberga (1291–1531)
- Mehringen Abbey near Aschersleben (1222–1525)
- Meyendorf Monastery near Wanzleben (1267–1810)
- Cistercian monastery Naundorf near Allstedt (1250–1531)
- Neuendorf Abbey , near Gardelegen (1228–1578), ev. Women's monastery 1578–1810
- Nikolausrieth Monastery on the Rodeberg (1236–1525)
- Sankt-Maria-auf-dem-Georgenberg monastery in Plötzky (1248–1538)
- Rodersdorf Abbey near Wegeleben (13th century − 1648)
- Rohrbach Monastery near Sangerhausen (1220 / 30–1540)
- St. Ulrich Monastery in Sangerhausen (1265–1540)
- Cistercian convent Wasserleben (1300–1525)
- Cistercian convent Wolmirstedt (around 1225–1573)
- Zerbst Cistercian monastery (1298 - 16th century)
literature
- Stefan Beier: Monastery landscape Saxony-Anhalt . Publisher: Stekovics, 2011. 256 pp. ISBN 3-89923-247-X .
- Heinz-Dieter Heimann , Klaus Neitmann , Winfried Schich a . a. (Ed.): Brandenburg monastery book. Handbook of the monasteries, monasteries and the coming up to the middle of the 16th century (= Brandenburg historical studies, volume 14). 2 volumes. Be.bra-Wissenschaft-Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-937233-26-0 . All the monasteries in the Altmark.
- Gottfried Wentz , Fritz Bünger (arr.): The Diocese of Brandenburg. Part 2. (= Germania sacra. I. Department: The Dioceses of the Church Province of Magdeburg. 3. Volume) . Berlin and Leipzig 1941. ( Digitized , PDF ) Monasteries east of the Elbe.
- Hans-Joachim Krenzke: Churches and monasteries in Magdeburg , City Planning Office Magdeburg 2000 ( PDF ).
- Wulf Schadendorf: cathedrals, churches and monasteries in the province of Saxony and in Anhalt . Weidlich Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1966. 264 pp.
- Alfred Wendehorst , Stefan Benz: Directory of the monasteries of the Augustinian Canons and Choirs . In: Yearbook for Franconian State Research . Vol. 56 (1996), pp. 1–110 ( digitized version of the Bavarian State Library).
- Alfred Wendehorst, Stefan Benz: Directory of the secular canon pens of the Reichskirche (= publications of the Central Institute for Franconian Regional Studies and General Regional Research at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Vol. 35). Degener, Neustadt an der Aisch 1997, ISBN 3-7686-9146-2 .
Web links
- Monasteries and spiritual communities Diocese of Magdeburg
- Former monasteries and monasteries in the Archdiocese of Magdeburg Germania Sacra
- Former monasteries and monasteries in the Diocese of Halberstadt Germania Sacra
- Research project "Monastery Book of Saxony-Anhalt" 2018–2022