List of Christian monasteries in Brandenburg explained

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

• 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

• 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

References

• Dehio, G., edited by Gerhard Vinken, et al., 2000: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler: Bd. Brandenburg. Deutscher Kunstverlag München/Berlin.
• Gooß, G., Jaqueline Hennig, J. (eds.), 1997: Alle Brandenburger Zisterzienserklöster. Marianne-Verlag.
• 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
• 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

Notes and References

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. http://www.klosterstift-heiligengrabe.de/ Kloster Stift zum Heiligengrabe website
4. http://www.edbtl.de/v1/cms/front_content.php Luise-Henrietten-Stift website
5. Web site: Friends of Stift Marienfliess website . 2009-02-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181444/http://www.marienfliess.de/home.html . 2007-09-28 . dead .
6. http://www.kloster-marienstern.de/ Kloster Marienstern: Claretians
7. http://www.stift-neuzelle.de/ Stift Neuzelle
8. a community of the Old Catholic Ökumenische Franziskanische Bruderschaft; Franziskushof website