List of Christian monasteries in Brandenburg

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.

A

 * Alexanderdorf Abbey (Kloster Alexanderdorf or Abtei St. Gertrud), Alexanderdorf in Am Mellensee: Benedictine nuns (extant from 1934)
 * Altfriedland Abbey, see Friedland
 * Angermünde Friary (Kloster Angermünde), Angermünde: Franciscan friars (second half of the 13th century-1543)

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-c1540)
 * Franciscan or St. John's Friary (Franziskanerkloster, Brandenburg): Franciscan friars (moved here from Ziesar; 1237-1538x1544)

C

 * Chorin Abbey (Kloster Chorin), Chorin: Cistercian monks (1248–1542)
 * Cottbus Friary (Kloster Cottbus), Cottbus: Franciscan friars (1290x1300-1537)

D

 * Dobrilugk Abbey (Kloster Dobrilugk), Doberlug-Kirchhain: Cistercian monks (1165x1184-1541)

F

 * Frankfurt Charterhouse (Kartäuserkloster Frankfurt/Oder), Frankfurt an der Oder: Carthusian monks (1396–1540)
 * Franziskushof, see Zehdenick
 * Friedland Abbey (Kloster Friedland), Altfriedland, Neuhardenberg: Cistercian nuns (1230–1540)

G

 * Gramzow Abbey (Kloster Gramzow), Gramzow: Premonstratensian canons (c.1178-Reformation)

H

 * Heiligengrabe Abbey (Kloster Stift zum Heiligengrabe), Heiligengrabe: 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)

J

 * Jüterbog:
 * Jüterbog Friary (Franziskanerkloster Jüterbog): Franciscan friars (third quarter of the 15th century-c1560)
 * Jüterbog Priory (Kloster Jüterbog): Cistercian nuns (1282-c.1540)

K

 * Kyritz Friary (Franziskanerkloster Kyritz), Kyritz: Franciscan friars (c.1225[?]-1552)

L

 * Lehnin Abbey (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), Lindow: Cistercian nuns (c.1290-1542); Protestant women's collegiate foundation, or Damenstift (1542–1638)
 * Luise-Henrietten-Stift, see Lehnin

M

 * Marienfliess Abbey (Kloster Marienfliess), Stepenitz in Marienfliess, in the Prignitz: 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 Abbey (Kloster Marienstern, formerly also Kloster Güldenstern), Mühlberg: Cistercian nuns (1228–1539); Claretians (extant from 2000)
 * Marienwerder, see Seehausen

N

 * Neuzelle Abbey (Kloster Neuzelle), Neuzelle: Cistercian monks (1268–1817)

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), Seehausen: Cistercian nuns (c.1239 x 1250 - 1543/44)
 * Stepenitz, see Marienfliess

Z

 * Zehdenick:
 * Franziskushof: Franciscan friars (extant from 1993)
 * Zehdenick Abbey (Kloster Zehdenick), Zehdenick: Cistercian nuns (c.1250-1540); Protestant women's collegiate foundation (1540–1945)
 * Ziesar:
 * 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 Abbey (Kloster Zinna), Jüterbog: Cistercian monks (1170–1553)

Berlin

 * Berlin:
 * Greyfriars, Berlin (Graues Kloster, Berlin): Franciscan friars (probably 1249-Reformation)
 * Regina Martyrum Carmel (Karmel Regina Martyrum): Discalced Carmelite nuns (extant from 1982)

Sources and external links

 * Zisterzienser in Brandenburg