This is a list of Christian religious houses in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, including Hamburg and Lübeck,[1] extant and non-extant, and including houses of both men and women. All religious houses were suppressed during the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, with the exception of four former nunneries (Itzehoe, Preetz, Uetersen and St. John's, Schleswig), which became Protestant collegiate foundations for noblewomen, and still survive today.
| Religious house | Location | Dedication | Order | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahrensbök Charterhouse | Ahrensbök | Blessed Virgin Mary | Carthusians | 1397-1542 | |
| Béguinages | Hamburg, Lübeck,[2] Neumünster, Neustadt and Plön | Beguines | various | ||
| Bordesholm Priory | Bordesholm | Blessed Virgin Mary | Augustinian Canons | c.1326/30-1566; moved here from Neumünster | |
| Cismar Abbey | near Grömitz | Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist | Benedictine monks | 1231-1561; transferred from St. John's Abbey, Lübeck | |
| Flensburg Friary | Flensburg | Saint Catherine | Franciscan friars | 1232/33 or 1263-1528 | |
| Guldholm Abbey | Glücksburg | Benedictine monks | 1191/92-1209/10; transferred from St Michael's Abbey, Schleswig; transferred to Rüde Abbey | ||
| St. Mary Magdalene's Priory, Hamburg | Hamburg | Saint Mary Magdalene | Franciscan friars | 1236/39-1529 | |
| St. John's Priory, Hamburg | Hamburg | Saint John | Dominican friars | c.1236-1529 | |
| Harvestehude Priory | Harvestehude | Blessed Virgin Mary | Cistercian nuns until the Reformation; afterwards, Lutheran women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) | c.1250-1529 (Cistercian nuns); 1529-nk [after 1837] (Damenstift) | |
| Hemmingstedt Priory | Hemmingstedt | Blessed Virgin Mary | Benedictine nuns; Franciscan friars | 1503-17 (Benedictine nuns); 1517-18 (Franciscan friars) | |
| Franciscan Friary, Husum[3] | Husum | Franciscan friars | c.1494-after 1527 | ||
| Dominican Priory, Husum | Husum | Dominican friars | shortly before 1466-tbe | ||
| Itzehoe Abbey (extant) | Itzehoe | Blessed Virgin Mary | ?order; survived Reformation as a Lutheran women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) | founded in Ivenfleth in 1230, moved to Itzehoe 1256; 1256-1538, nuns; 1541 to present, Damenstift | |
| Kiel Friary | Kiel | Blessed Virgin Mary | Franciscan friars | c.1240-1530 | |
| Kuddewörde Friary | Kuddewörde | Wilhelmite friars | 1495/97-c.1525 | ||
| St. John's Abbey, Lübeck | Lübeck | Saint John the Evangelist | Benedictine double monastery, later Benedictine nuns; Cistercian nuns; women's collegiate foundation | 1177-1231: Benedictine double monastery, later Benedictine nuns; transferred to Cismar; 1246-1575: Cistercian nuns; 1575-1806: women's collegiate foundation[4] | |
| St. Catherine's Priory, Lübeck | Lübeck | Saint Catherine | Franciscan friars | 1225-1531 | |
| St. Mary Magdalene's Priory, Lübeck (or Burgkloster[5]) | Lübeck | Saint Mary Magdalene | Dominican friars | 1227/29-1532 | |
| St. Anne's Priory, Lübeck | Lübeck | Saint Anne | Augustinian canonesses | 1502/05-1532 | |
| St. Michael's Priory, Lübeck | Lübeck | Saint Michael | Sisters of the Common Life | before 1451-1557 | |
| Lunden Friary | Lunden | Franciscan friars | 1516-32 | ||
| Marienwohlde Abbey | near Mölln | Bridgettine double monastery | 1413-1558[6] | ||
| Meldorf Priory | Meldorf | Blessed Virgin Mary | Dominican friars | 1378-1540 | |
| Mohrkirchen Hospital | Mohrkirch | Saint Anthony | Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony | 1391-1535 at Mohrkirch[7] | |
| Neumünster Priory | Neumünster | Blessed Virgin Mary | Augustinian Canons | c.1125/27-c.1330 (transferred to Bordesholm) | |
| Priory of the Sisters of the Common Life, Neumünster | Neumünster | Sisters of the Common Life | 1498-1570 | ||
| Neustadt Priory | Neustadt | Saint Anne | Sisters of the Common Life | c.1245/50-1537 | |
| Nütschau Priory, or St. Ansgar's Priory (extant) | Saint Ansgar | Benedictine monks | founded 1951 as a dependent house of Gerleve Abbey; independent priory from 1975 | ||
| Plön Priory | Plön | Blessed Virgin Mary and the Ten Thousand Martyrs | Sisters of the Common Life | 1468-1578 | |
| Preetz Priory (extant) | Preetz | Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John | Benedictine nuns; Lutheran women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) | c.1210/12[8] -1542: Benedictine nuns; 1542 to the present: Damenstift | |
| St. George's Abbey on the Hill, Ratzeburg (Kloster St. Georg auf dem Berge)[9] | Ratzeburg | Saint George | Benedictine monks; became a hospital in the 13th century | early 11th century-1066; c. 1145-Reformation | |
| Abbey of St. Mary and St. John, Ratzeburg | Ratzeburg | Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist | Premonstratensian Canons; secular college | 1154-1504: Premonstratensian Canons; 1504-1566: secular college | |
| Reinbek Abbey | Reinbek | Saint Mary Magdalene | Cistercian nuns | 1226/29-1529 | |
| Reinfeld Abbey | Reinfeld | Blessed Virgin Mary | Cistercian monks | 1186/90-1582 | |
| Rüde Abbey | Glücksburg | Cistercian monks | 1209/10-after 1557 (demolished 1582); transferred from Guldholm Abbey | ||
| St. John's Priory, Schleswig (extant) (Schleswig St. Johannis) | Schleswig | Saint John the Baptist
| Benedictine nuns; Lutheran women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) | 1st half of the 13th century-1542: Benedictine nuns; 1542 to the present: Damenstift | |
| St. Michael's Abbey, Schleswig (Schleswig St. Michaelis) | Schleswig | Saint Michael | Benedictine monks | before 1140-1192 | |
| St. Paul's Priory, Schleswig (Schleswig St. Paul, also known as the Graukloster or "Greyfriars") | Schleswig | Saint Paul | Franciscan friars | 1234-1528/29 | |
| St. Mary Magdalene's Priory, Schleswig (Schleswig St. Maria Magdalena) | Schleswig | Saint Mary Magdalene | Dominican friars | 1235-1528/29 | |
| Segeberg Abbey | Bad Segeberg | Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist | Augustinian Canons | 1134 (re-settled in 1155)-1564/66 | |
| Uetersen Priory (extant) | Uetersen | Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Apostle, Saint Bartholomew and the Holy Cross | Cistercian nuns; Lutheran women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) | 1234/35-1555: Cistercian nuns; 1555 to the present: Damenstift |