List of Christian religious houses in Saxony
This is an incomplete list of Christian religious houses in Saxony in Germany, extant and non-extant, and including houses of both men and women. Most religious houses in Saxony were suppressed during the Reformation in the 16th century, but some survived. A small number also survived the Communist period of the DDR, including the Cistercian nunnery of St. Marienthal Abbey in Ostritz founded in 1243.[1] Since the reunification of Germany in 1990, a number of new religious communities have been established.
List[]
A[]
- Adorf: Teutonic Knights
- Altzella Abbey (Kloster Altzella), Nossen: Cistercian monks (1170–1540)
- Annaberg Friary (Franziskanerkloster Annaberg), Annaberg-Buchholz: Franciscan friars (1502–39)
B[]
- Bautzen:
- Franciscan friary, Grosse Brüdergasse
- St. Peter's collegiate foundation, Bautzen (Stift St. Petri)
- Buch Abbey (Kloster Buch), Klosterbuch in Leisnig: Cistercian monks (shortly before 1192–1525)
C[]
- Chemnitz:
- Schlossberg: Benedictines
- Franciscan friary, Chemnitz
D[]
- Döbeln Abbey (Kloster Döbeln), Döbeln: Benedictines
- Dommitzsch Commandery, Dommitzsch: Teutonic Knights
- Dörschnitz Abbey (Kloster Dörschnitz or Kloster Marienpforte), : Benedictines
- Dresden:
- Sophienkirche, previously the Franziskanerkloster, Dresden
- Zwickau:
- Cistercian abbey, Zwickau
- Benedictine abbey, Zwickau
- Franciscan friary, Zwickau
Notes[]
- ^ now believed to be the oldest Cistercian nunnery in existence
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-Anhalt
- List of Christian religious houses in Schleswig-Holstein
Sources[]
- Dresden-und-Sachsen.de (in German)
- Meinestadt.de:Sachsen (in German)
- HTW-Dresden.de: Klöster (with map) (in German)
Categories:
- Monasteries in Saxony
- Lists of Christian monasteries in Germany
- Saxony-related lists