List of Christian religious houses in Brandenburg
Encyclopedia
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
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, including Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. Extant religious houses are marked in bold.
A
- Alexanderdorf Abbey (Kloster Alexanderdorf or Abtei St. Gertrud), Alexanderdorf in Am MellenseeAm MellenseeAm Mellensee is a municipality in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. The municipality, south of Berlin, is the home of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Gertrud. An Associated Press story appearing in the August 1, 2011 online version of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the...
: Benedictine nuns (extant from 1934) - Altfriedland Abbey (Kloster Altfriedland), Altfriedland near WriezenWriezenWriezen is a town in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 11 km southeast of Bad Freienwalde....
: Cistercian nuns (shortly after 1230 - 1540)
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-
- Franciscan or St. John's Friary (Franziskanerkloster, Brandenburg): Franciscan friars (moved here from Ziesar; 1237-1538x1544)
D
- Dobrilugk AbbeyDobrilugk AbbeyDobrilugk Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Lower Lusatia in the territory of the present town of Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg, Germany.-History:...
(Kloster Dobrilugk), Doberlug-KirchhainDoberlug-KirchhainDoberlug-Kirchhain is a town in the district of Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg, Germany. -History:937. The town of Kirchhain was built by Margrave Gero. A document written in 1005 mentions the town Doberlug for the first time. In 1165 the Cistercian Dobrilugk Abbey was founded by Margrave Dietrich of...
: Cistercian monks (1165x1184-1541)
F
- Frankfurt Charterhouse (Kartäuserkloster Frankfurt/Oder), Frankfurt an der Oder: Carthusian monks (1396–1540)
- Franziskushof, see Zehdenick
G
- Gramzow Abbey (Kloster Gramzow), GramzowGramzowGramzow is a municipality in the Uckermark district, in Brandenburg, Germany....
: Premonstratensian canons (c.1178-Reformation)
H
- Heiligengrabe Abbey (Kloster Stift zum Heiligengrabe), HeiligengrabeHeiligengrabeHeiligengrabe is a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Geography:The munciipality counts 13 villages : Blandikow, Blesendorf, Blumenthal, Grabow bei Blumenthal, Herzsprung, Jabel, Königsberg, Liebenthal, Maulbeerwalde, Papenbruch, Rosenwinkel, Wernikow and...
: 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) - Himmelpfort Abbey (Kloster Himmelpfort), Himmelpfort: Cistercian monks (1299–1541)
K
- Kyritz Friary (Franziskanerkloster Kyritz), KyritzKyritzKyritz is a town in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 28 km west of Neuruppin and 28 km southeast of Pritzwalk.There are 9,900 inhabitants .-Overview:...
: Franciscan friars (c.1225[?]-1552)
L
- Lehnin AbbeyLehnin AbbeyLehnin Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Lehnin in Brandenburg, Germany. Since 1911 it has accommodated the Luise-Henrietten-Stift, a Protestant women's community.-History:...
(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) - Lindow Abbey (Kloster Lindow), LindowLindowLindow in der Mark, short: Lindow , is a town in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located 14 km northeast of Neuruppin, and 29 km northwest of Oranienburg...
: Cistercian nuns (c.1290-1542); Protestant women's collegiate foundation, or Damenstift (1542–1638) - Luise-Henrietten-Stift, see Lehnin
M
- Marienfliess Abbey (Kloster Marienfliess), StepenitzStepenitzStepenitz refers to:*Stepenitz , river in Brandenburg, Germany*Stepenitz , river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany*Stepenitz , former village in Brandenburg, now part of Marienfließ...
in Marienfliess, in the PrignitzPrignitzPrignitz is a Kreis in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are the district Ludwigslust-Parchim in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the district Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg, the district Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt and the district Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower...
: Cistercian nuns (1231-1544); Protestant women's collegiate foundation, or Damenstift, later deaconesses (extant from 1544) - 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 AbbeyMarienstern AbbeyMarienstern Abbey was a Cistercian nunnery in Mühlberg in Brandenburg, Germany. Since 2000 a small community of the Claretian missionary brothers have lived in the former abbey premises....
(Kloster Marienstern, formerly also Kloster Güldenstern), Mühlberg: Cistercian nuns (1228-1539); Claretians (extant from 2000) - Marienwerder, see Seehausen
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), SeehausenSeehausenSeehausen may refer to:*Seehausen, Altmark, a town and a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany*Seehausen, Börde, part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Börde Wanzleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...
: Cistercian nuns (c.1239 x 1250 - 1543/44) - Stepenitz, see Marienfliess
Z
- ZehdenickZehdenickZehdenick is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Havel, 26 km southeast of Fürstenberg/Havel, and 51 km north of Berlin .-Subdivision:Zehdenick includes the following villages:...
:- Franziskushof: Franciscan friars (extant from 1993)
- Zehdenick Abbey (Kloster Zehdenick), ZehdenickZehdenickZehdenick is a town in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Havel, 26 km southeast of Fürstenberg/Havel, and 51 km north of Berlin .-Subdivision:Zehdenick includes the following villages:...
: Cistercian nuns (c.1250-1540); Protestant women's collegiate foundation (1540-1945)
- ZiesarZiesarZiesar is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km southwest of the town of Brandenburg....
:- 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 AbbeyZinna AbbeyZinna Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery, the site of which is now occupied by a village also called Kloster Zinna, today part of Jüterbog in Brandenburg, Germany, about south of Berlin.- Cistercians :...
(Kloster Zinna), JüterbogJüterbogJüterbog is a historic town in north-eastern Germany, located in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg. It is located on the Nuthe river at the northern slope of the Fläming hill range, about southwest of Berlin.-History:...
: Cistercian monks (1170-1553)
Berlin
- BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
:- 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 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
- List of Christian religious houses in Schleswig-Holstein