List of Christian religious houses in Schleswig-Holstein
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Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
in Germany
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, including Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and Lübeck
Lübeck
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
, extant and non-extant, and including houses of both men and women. All religious houses were suppressed during the Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
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 Charterhouse Ahrensbök Charterhouse was a former Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, in Ahrensbök in Holstein, Germany.-Monastery:The charterhouse was established in 1397... |
Ahrensbök Ahrensbök Ahrensbök is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 17-km northwest of Lübeck, and 45-km southeast of Kiel.-History:... |
Blessed Virgin Mary | Carthusians | 1397-1542 |
| Béguinage Béguinage A béguinage or begijnhof is a collection of small buildings used by Beguines. These were various lay sisterhoods of the Roman Catholic Church, founded in the 13th century in the Low Countries, comprising religious women who sought to serve God without retiring from the world.-Description:A... s |
Hamburg, Lübeck, Neumünster, Neustadt Neustadt in Holstein Neustadt in Holstein is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck , approx... and Plön Plön Plön is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 13,000 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides... |
Beguines | various | |
| Bordesholm Priory | Bordesholm Bordesholm Bordesholm is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in the district Rendsburg-Eckernförde. Bordesholm is also the name of a former historical district of the Kingdom of Prussia and Weimar Republic for which it was the district capital... |
Blessed Virgin Mary | Augustinian Canons | c.1326/30-1566; moved here from Neumünster |
| Cismar Abbey Cismar Abbey Cismar Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located at Cismar near Grömitz, Schleswig-Holstein, in Germany.It was founded in 1238 by Count Adolf IV of Holstein as alternative accommodation for Benedictine monks from Lübeck. In the mid-15th century it was one of the six original members of the... |
near Grömitz Grömitz Grömitz is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck, approx. 35 km northeast of Lübeck, and 23 km east of Eutin.Grömitz is a settlement on the Baltic Sea... |
Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist | Benedictine monks | 1231-1561; transferred from St. John's Abbey, Lübeck |
| Flensburg Friary | Flensburg Flensburg Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig... |
Saint Catherine Catherine of Alexandria Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius... |
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 Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
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, Protestant women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) | c.1250-1529 (Cistercian nuns); 1529-nk [after 1837] (Damenstift) |
| Hemmingstedt Priory | Hemmingstedt Hemmingstedt Hemmingstedt is a German municipality in the district of Dithmarschen in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.-History:Hemmingstedt is the namesake of the Battle of Hemmingstedt, which took place south of the place in today's municipal area of Epenwöhrden... |
Blessed Virgin Mary | Benedictine nuns; Franciscan friars | 1503-17 (Benedictine nuns); 1517-18 (Franciscan friars) |
| Franciscan Friary, Husum | Husum | Franciscan friars | c.1494-after 1527 | |
| Dominican Priory, Husum | Husum | Dominican friars | shortly before 1466-tbe | |
| Itzehoe Abbey (extant) | Itzehoe Itzehoe Itzehoe is a town in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.As the capital of the district Steinburg, Itzehoe is located on the Stör, a navigable tributary of the Elbe, 51 km northwest of Hamburg and 24 km north of Glückstadt... |
Blessed Virgin Mary | ?order; survived Reformation as a Protestant women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) | founded in Ivenfleth in 1230, moved to Itzehoe 1256; 1256-1538, nuns; 1541 to present, Damenstift |
| Kiel Friary | Kiel Kiel Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the... |
Blessed Virgin Mary | Franciscan friars | c.1240-1530 |
| Kuddewörde Friary | Kuddewörde Kuddewörde Kuddewörde is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated at the river Bille.In 1230 Kuddewörde is mentioned in the records of the bishop of Ratzeburg.-Landmarks:... |
Wilhelmite friars | 1495/97-c.1525 | |
| St. John's Abbey, Lübeck | Lübeck Lübeck The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World... |
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 |
| St. Catherine's Priory, Lübeck | Lübeck Lübeck The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World... |
Saint Catherine Catherine of Alexandria Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius... |
Franciscan friars | 1225-1531 |
| St. Mary Magdalene's Priory, Lübeck (or Burgkloster) | Lübeck Lübeck The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World... |
Saint Mary Magdalene | Dominican friars | 1227/29-1532 |
| St. Anne's Priory, Lübeck | Lübeck Lübeck The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World... |
Saint Anne Saint Anne Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah... |
Augustinian canonesses | 1502/05-1532 |
| St. Michael's Priory, Lübeck | Lübeck | Saint Michael | Sisters of the Common Life | before 1451-1557 |
| Lunden Friary | Lunden Lunden Lunden is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Eider, approx. 16 km north of Heide.Lunden is part of the Amt Kirchspielslandgemeinde Eider.... |
Franciscan friars | 1516-32 | |
| Marienwohlde Abbey | near Mölln Molln Molln is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in Upper Austria, Austria.-References:... |
Bridgettine double monastery | 1413-1558 | |
| Meldorf Priory | Meldorf Meldorf Meldorf is a city in western Schleswig-Holstein, in the district of Dithmarschen, and straddling the Miele river. It was first mentioned in writing before 1250 ad, and it served as the capital of the Dithmarschen, a peasant republic with Allies in the Hanseatic league dating from 1468... |
Blessed Virgin Mary | Dominican friars | 1378-1540 |
| Mohrkirchen Hospital | Mohrkirch Mohrkirch Mohrkirch is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.... |
Saint Anthony Anthony the Great Anthony the Great or Antony the Great , , also known as Saint Anthony, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Abba Antonius , and Father of All Monks, was a Christian saint from Egypt, a prominent leader among the Desert Fathers... |
Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony The Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony, Order of St. Anthony or Canons Regular of St. Anthony of Vienne , also Antonines, were a Roman Catholic congregation founded in 1095 or so, with the purpose of caring for those suffering from the common medieval disease of St... |
1391-1544 at Mohrkirch Mohrkirch Mohrkirch is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.... |
| Neumünster Priory | Neumünster Neumünster Neumünster is an independent town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, which has a total of four independent towns.-Current Situation:Neumünster station is major railway junction with lines running in six directions, including the important Hamburg-Altona–Kiel and Neumünster–Flensburg lines.Near... |
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 Neustadt in Holstein Neustadt in Holstein is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck , approx... |
Saint Anne Saint Anne Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah... |
Sisters of the Common Life | c.1245/50-1537 |
| Nütschau Priory Nütschau Priory Nütschau Priory is a house of the Benedictine Order located at Travenbrück near Bad Oldesloe, Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany.-History:... , or St. Ansgar's Priory (extant) |
Travenbrück Travenbrück Travenbrück is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.It has a catholic monastery, the Nütschau Priory, which is a former manor of Heinrich Rantzau.... |
Saint Ansgar | Benedictine monks | founded 1951 as a dependent house of Gerleve Abbey Gerleve Abbey Gerleve Abbey is a monastery of the Benedictine Order situated between Coesfeld and Billerbeck in Westphalia , in Germany.-History:... ; independent priory from 1975 |
| Plön Priory | Plön Plön Plön is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 13,000 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides... |
Blessed Virgin Mary and the Ten Thousand Martyrs Ten thousand martyrs The ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat were, according to a medieval legend, Roman soldiers who, led by Saint Acacius, converted to Christianity and were crucified on Mount Ararat in Armenia by order of the Roman emperor... |
Sisters of the Common Life | 1468-1578 |
| Preetz Priory Preetz Priory Preetz Priory is an aristocratic nunnery belonging to the Schleswig-Holstein knighthood.Preetz Priory is an aristocratic nunnery belonging to the Schleswig-Holstein knighthood.... (extant) |
Preetz Preetz Preetz is a town in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany. In the town centre is a small lake, the Kirchsee.-History:... |
Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John | Benedictine nuns; Protestant women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) | c.1210/12-1542: Benedictine nuns; 1542 to the present: Damenstift |
| St. George's Abbey on the Hill, Ratzeburg (Kloster St. Georg auf dem Berge) | Ratzeburg Ratzeburg Ratzeburg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is surrounded by four lakes—the resulting isthmuses between the lakes form the access lanes to the town. Ratzeburg is the capital of the Kreis of Lauenburg.-History:... |
Saint George Saint George Saint George was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic , Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox... |
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 Reinbek Reinbek is a town located in Stormarn district in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein within the metropolitan region of Hamburg... |
Saint Mary Magdalene | Cistercian nuns | 1226/29-1529 |
| Reinfeld Abbey Reinfeld Abbey Reinfeld Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Reinfeld near Bad Oldesloe in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.-History:The monastery was founded in 1186 by monks from the Cistercian abbey of Loccum on a site given to them by Count Adolf III of Schauenburg... |
Reinfeld Reinfeld Reinfeld may refer to:*Reinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein, a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany*Reinfeld, Manitoba, a town in Canada*Reinfeld, a small village near Templin, Brandenburg, Germany-See also:*Fredrik Reinfeldt... |
Blessed Virgin Mary | Cistercian monks | 1186/90-1582 |
| Rüde Abbey | Glücksburg Glücksburg Glücksburg is a small town in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.It is situated on the south side of the Flensburg Fjord, an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approx. 10 km northeast of Flensburg... |
Cistercian monks | 1209/10-after 1557 (demolished 1582); transferred from Guldholm Abbey | |
| St. John's Priory, Schleswig (extant) (Schleswig St. Johannis) | Schleswig Schleswig Schleswig or South Jutland is a region covering the area about 60 km north and 70 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark; the territory has been divided between the two countries since 1920, with Northern Schleswig in Denmark and Southern Schleswig in Germany... |
Saint John the Baptist; later also Saint John the Evangelist | Benedictine nuns; Protestant 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 Bad Segeberg Bad Segeberg is a German town of 16,000 inhabitants, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district Segeberg. It is situated approximately northeast of Hamburg, and west of Lübeck.It is famous for its annual Karl-May-Festival... |
Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist | Augustinian Canons | 1134 (re-settled in 1155)-1564/66 |
| Uetersen Priory (extant) | Uetersen Uetersen Uetersen ) is a city in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. south of Elmshorn, and northwest of Hamburg at the small river Pinnau, close to the Elbe river... |
Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Apostle, Saint Bartholomew and the Holy Cross Christian cross The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, is the best-known religious symbol of Christianity... |
Cistercian nuns; Protestant women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift) | 1234/35-1555: Cistercian nuns; 1555 to the present: Damenstift |
See also
- List of Christian religious houses in Brandenburg
- List of Christian religious houses in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- List of Christian religious houses in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of Christian religious houses in Saxony
- List of Christian religious houses in Saxony-Anhalt