List of Christian monasteries in Saxony-Anhalt

This is a list of Christian monasteries, both men's and women's, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Some were dissolved during the Reformation in the mid-16th century, but a number survived as Catholic institutions until the secularisation of the Napoleonic period, while others became Lutheran and continued either as schools or as establishments for the unmarried daughters and widows of the aristocracy (Damenstifte). The Communist period after World War II saw little activity in terms of religious houses, for obvious reasons: a conspicuous exception was the re-foundation of Huysburg Priory in 1972. A small number of religious communities, both Catholic and Lutheran, have opened after reunification. Extant religious houses are shown in bold.

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Notes

  1. ↑ preceded by St. Maurice's Abbey, Magdeburg
  2. ↑ the remains of the buildings were finally destroyed in 1636, but they may have been abandoned up to 70 years earlier
  3. ↑ sometimes Himmelpforte
  4. ↑ site previously occupied by a Williamite community
  5. ↑ the monks were driven out in 1525 during the German Peasants' War, when the buildings were badly damaged, but returned, although it is not clear how long they remained in occupation; the premises had fallen into complete disrepair by the early 18th century
  6. ↑ the only Benedictine monastery in the DDR; an independent priory until 2004, since then a priory of St. Matthias' Abbey, Trier
  7. ↑ briefly reoccupied by the Premonstratensians 1628-1632
  8. ↑ community re-settled to Berge Abbey
  9. ↑ communities of Cistercian monks returned briefly 1629-31 and 1636-40
  10. ↑ sometimes Bosau
  11. ↑ traditionally the site of the cell of Liutbirg, although it was shown in the 1930s that this was actually situated at Waldhusen
  12. ↑ occasionally occurs as Waldhausen

References

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