List of Christian religious houses in Schleswig-Holstein
Religious house Location Dedication Order Notes
Ahrensbök Charterhouse Ahrensbök Blessed Virgin Mary Carthusians 1397-1542
Béguinages Hamburg , Lübeck , Neumünster , Neustadt and Plön Beguines various
Bordesholm Priory Bordesholm Blessed Virgin Mary Augustinian Canons c.1326/30-1566 ; moved here from Neumünster
Cismar Abbey near Grömitz Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist Benedictine monks 1231-1561 ; transferred from St. John 's Abbey , Lübeck
Flensburg Friary Flensburg Saint Catherine Franciscan friars 1232/33 or 1263-1528
Guldholm Abbey Glücksburg Benedictine monks 1191/92-1209/10 ; transferred from St Michael 's Abbey , Schleswig ; transferred to Rüde Abbey
St. Mary Magdalene 's Priory , Hamburg Hamburg Saint Mary Magdalene Franciscan friars 1236/39-1529
St. John 's Priory , Hamburg Hamburg Saint John Dominican friars c.1236-1529
Harvestehude Priory Harvestehude Blessed Virgin Mary Cistercian nuns until the Reformation ; afterwards , Lutheran women 's collegiate foundation ( Damenstift ) c.1250-1529 ( Cistercian nuns ) ; 1529-nk [ after 1837 ] ( Damenstift )
Hemmingstedt Priory Hemmingstedt Blessed Virgin Mary Benedictine nuns ; Franciscan friars 1503-17 ( Benedictine nuns ) ; 1517-18 ( Franciscan friars )
Franciscan Friary , Husum Husum Franciscan friars c.1494-after 1527
Dominican Priory , Husum Husum Dominican friars shortly before 1466-tbe
Itzehoe Abbey ( extant ) Itzehoe Blessed Virgin Mary ? order ; survived Reformation as a Lutheran women 's collegiate foundation ( Damenstift ) founded in Ivenfleth in 1230 , moved to Itzehoe 1256 ; 1256-1538 , nuns ; 1541 to present , Damenstift
Kiel Friary Kiel Blessed Virgin Mary Franciscan friars c.1240-1530
Kuddewörde Friary Kuddewörde Wilhelmite friars 1495/97-c.1525
St. John 's Abbey , Lübeck Lübeck Saint John the Evangelist Benedictine double monastery , later Benedictine nuns ; Cistercian nuns ; women 's collegiate foundation 1177-1231 : Benedictine double monastery , later Benedictine nuns ; transferred to Cismar ; 1246-1575 : Cistercian nuns ; 1575-1806 : women 's collegiate foundation
St. Catherine 's Priory , Lübeck Lübeck Saint Catherine Franciscan friars 1225-1531
St. Mary Magdalene 's Priory , Lübeck ( or Burgkloster ) Lübeck Saint Mary Magdalene Dominican friars 1227/29-1532
St. Anne 's Priory , Lübeck Lübeck Saint Anne Augustinian canonesses 1502/05-1532
St. Michael 's Priory , Lübeck Lübeck Saint Michael Sisters of the Common Life before 1451-1557
Cismar Abbey This is a list of Christian religious houses in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany , including Hamburg and Lübeck , [ 1 ] extant and non-extant , and including houses of both men and women . All religious houses were suppressed during the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century , with the exception of four former nunneries ( Itzehoe , Preetz , Uetersen and St. John 's , Schleswig ) , which became Protestant collegiate foundations for noblewomen , and still survive today .
This is a list of Christian religious houses in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, including Hamburg and Lübeck, extant and non-extant, and including houses of both men and women. All religious houses were suppressed during the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, with the exception of four former nunneries (Itzehoe, Preetz, Uetersen and St. John's, Schleswig), which became Protestant collegiate foundations for noblewomen, and still survive today.