Lorenz Monastery (Magdeburg)
The St. Lorenz Monastery was a Cistercian monastery in Magdeburg . It existed from the early 13th century until 1577.
location
The monastery was located in the old new town on today's Lorenzweg in the area of houses 9 to 15. Nothing above ground has been preserved of the complex.
history
The monastery was founded in the early 13th century. The first nuns came from the Wöltingerode monastery near Goslar . The consecration of the monastery church is mentioned for 1209. In 1282 nuns of the St. Lorenz monastery formed the first convent of the new Cistercian monastery in Jüterbog .
Even after the Reformation, the Lorenz monastery initially remained and was only dissolved by the administrator Joachim Friedrich in 1577 . The remaining sisters moved to the Agnetenkloster .
literature
- Christa-Maria Jeitner, On textile handicraft in Cistercian monasteries in the Mark Brandenburg region , in: Dirk Schumann (Ed.), Sachkultur und religious practice , Berlin, Lukas Verlag, 2007, pp. 339–340.
- Hans-Joachim Krenzke, Churches and Monasteries in Magdeburg , Magdeburg 2000.
Monastery guide
- Gereon Christoph Maria Becking, Cistercian monasteries in Europe, map collection , Lukas Verlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , sheet 44D (Magdeburg St. Laurenz).
- Peter Pfister , monastery guide of all Cistercian monasteries in German-speaking countries , 2nd edition, Lindenberg, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 1998, p. 458.
Web links
- Cistercian Magdeburg St. Lorenz
- Entry "Magdeburg St. Lorenz" on the Certosa di Firenze website (localized in the "Lorenzweg")
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 34 " N , 11 ° 38 ′ 14.5" E