List of Christian monasteries in Saxony
# List of Christian monasteries 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. 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), Dörschnitz: Benedictines
* Dresden:
   * Sophienkirche, previously the Franziskanerkloster, Dresden
   * Augustinian priory, Dresden
   * Franciscan friary, Dresden

### E

* Antonine Hospital, Eicha

### F

* Frankenhausen Abbey, Frankenhausen in Crimmitschau: Cistercian nuns
* Freiberg:
   * Dominican priory, Freiberg
   * Franciscan friary, Freiberg
   * Magdalenes' priory, Freiberg
   * St. Mary's collegiate foundation, Freiberg (St. Marienstift)

### G

* St. Mary's Abbey, Geringswalde (Kloster St Marien, Geringswalde), Geringswalde: Benedictines
* Franciscan friary, Goerlitz (Klosterplatz)
* Grimma:
   * Grimma Priory: Augustinian canons
   * Grimma Abbey: Cistercians
   * see also Nimbschen
* Grossenhain:
   * Magdalenes' priory, Grossenhain
   * Servite priory, Grossenhain
   * collegiate foundation, Frohngässchen
* Grünhain Abbey (Kloster Grünhain): Cistercian monks (1230–1536)
* Güldenstern, see Marienstern

### K

* St. Anne's Priory, Kamenz: Franciscans
* Kitzen Abbey, Kitzen: Cistercians
* Königstein: Celestines

### L

* Leipzig:
   * Franciscan friary of the Holy Spirit, Leipzig (dates tbe)
   * St. George's Abbey, Leipzig (Kloster St. Georg, Leipzig): Cistercian nuns (before 1230–1541)
   * St. Paul's Priory, Leipzig: Dominicans (dates tbe)
   * St. Thomas' Abbey, Leipzig (Kloster St. Thomas, Leipzig): Augustinian Canons (1212–1541)
   * St. Albert's Priory, Wahren (Dominikanerkloster St. Albert, Wahren) (Wahren, Leipzig): Dominicans (from 1929)
* St. John's church collegiate foundation, Löbau (Stift Johanniskirche, Löbau), Löbau: collegiate foundation

### M

* Marienpforte, see Dörschnitz and Sitzenroda
* St. Marienstern Abbey (Kloster St. Marienstern), Panschwitz-Kuckau: Cistercian nuns (from 1248)
* Marienthal, see also St. Marienthal and Somzig
* Marienthron, see Nimbschen
* Martinstal Priory (Kloster Martinstal), later Martinstal Charterhouse (Kartause Martinstal), Crimmitschau, Neukirchen: Augustinian Canons (1228–1478), Carthusian (1478–1526)
* Meissen:
   * Abbey of the Holy Cross, Meissen (Kloster Heilig Kreuz, Meissen): Benedictine nuns (late 12th century - 1568)
   * Gymnasium Franziskaneum Meissen<!-–?= Sts Peter & Paul Friary––>
   * collegiate foundation, now the Evangelische Trinitätskirche
   * St. Afra's Priory, Meissen: Augustinian canons
   * Meissen Cathedral chapter
* Mühlberg, see Marienstern
* Mutzschen - Servites

### N

* Nimbschen Abbey (Kloster Nimbschen, Kloster Marienthron), near Grimma: Cistercian nuns (1243–1536/42)

### O

* Franciscan friary, Oschatz
* Ostritz, see St. Marienthal
* Oybin Abbey (Kloster Oybin) on Mount Oybin (Berg Oybin): Celestines (1369 – mid–16th century)

### P

* Pegau Abbey (Kloster Pegau or Kloster St Jakob, Pegau), Pegau: Benedictines
* St. Henry's Priory, Pirna: Dominicans
* Plauen:
   * Teutonic Knights
   * Dominican priory, Plauen

### R

* Radeburg:
   * Servite priory, Radeburg
   * Augustinian priory, Radeburg
* Reichenbach Commandery, Reichenbach: Teutonic Knights
* Remse Abbey, Remse: Benedictines
* Riesa Abbey (Kloster Riesa), Riesa: Benedictines

### S

* St. Marienthal Abbey (Kloster St. Marienthal), Ostritz, Oberlausitz: Cistercian nuns (from 1234– )
* Seusslitz Priory or St. Afra's Priory, Seusslitz (Kloster St. Afra, Seusslitz), Seusslitz in Nünchritz: Poor Clares (1268–1541)
* Sitzenroda Abbey or Marienpforte Abbey, Sitzenroda (Kloster Sitzenroda, Kloster Marienpforte), Sitzenroda: Benedictines
* Somzig Abbey or Marienthal Abbey (Kloster Somzig or Kloster Marienthal), Somzig: Benedictines
* Staucha Abbey (Kloster Staucha), Staucha: Benedictines

### T

* Torgau:
   * Franciscan friary, Torgau
   * Torgau Abbey: Cistercian monks

### W

* Wechselburg Priory, formerly Wechselburg Abbey (Kloster Wechselburg): Benedictine monks (Benedictine monks (1168–1278); Teutonic Knights (1278–1570); refounded 1993 as a priory of Ettal Abbey)
* Franciscan friary, Weinhübel (Zittauer Strasse)
* Wurzen Abbey (Stift Wurzen), Wurzen: collegiate foundation

### Z

* Zelle Priory (Klösterlein Zelle), Aue (Sachsen): Augustinian Canons (1173–1524/25)
* Franciscan friary, Zittau
* Zwickau:
   * Cistercian abbey, Zwickau
   * Benedictine abbey, Zwickau
   * Franciscan friary, Zwickau
