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, Nossen: Cistercian monks
Annaberg Friary, Annaberg-Buchholz: Franciscan friars

B

Bautzen:
*Franciscan friary, Grosse Brüdergasse
*St. Peter's collegiate foundation, Bautzen
Buch Abbey, Klosterbuch in Leisnig: Cistercian monks

C

Chemnitz:
*Schlossberg: Benedictines
*Franciscan friary, Chemnitz

D

Döbeln Abbey, Döbeln: Benedictines
Dommitzsch Commandery, Dommitzsch: Teutonic Knights
Dörschnitz Abbey, 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

G

St. Mary's Abbey, Geringswalde, Geringswalde: Benedictines
Franciscan friary, Goerlitz
Grimma:
*Grimma Priory: Augustinian canons
*Grimma Abbey: Cistercians
*see also Nimbschen
Grossenhain:
*Magdalenes' priory, Grossenhain
*Servite priory, Grossenhain
*collegiate foundation, Frohngässchen
Grünhain Abbey : Cistercian monks
''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
*St. George's Abbey, Leipzig : Cistercian nuns
*St. Paul's Priory, Leipzig: Dominicans
*St. Thomas' Abbey, Leipzig : Augustinian Canons
*St. Albert's Priory, Wahren : Dominicans
St. John's church collegiate foundation, Löbau, Löbau: collegiate foundation

M

Marienpforte, see Dörschnitz and Sitzenroda
St. Marienstern Abbey, Panschwitz-Kuckau: Cistercian nuns
Marienthal, see also St. Marienthal and Somzig
Marienthron, see Nimbschen
Martinstal Priory, later Martinstal Charterhouse, Crimmitschau, Neukirchen: Augustinian Canons, Carthusian
Meissen:
*Abbey of the Holy Cross, Meissen : Benedictine nuns
*Gymnasium Franziskaneum Meissen
*collegiate foundation, now the Evangelische Trinitätskirche
*St. Afra's Priory, Meissen: Augustinian canons
*Meissen Cathedral chapter
Mühlberg, see Marienstern
Mutzschen - Servites

N

Nimbschen Abbey, near Grimma: Cistercian nuns

O

Franciscan friary, Oschatz
Ostritz, see St. Marienthal
Oybin Abbey on Mount Oybin : Celestines

P

Pegau Abbey, 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, Riesa: Benedictines

S

St. Marienthal Abbey, Ostritz, Oberlausitz: Cistercian nuns
Seusslitz Priory or St. Afra's Priory, Seusslitz, Seusslitz in Nünchritz: Poor Clares
Sitzenroda Abbey or Marienpforte Abbey, Sitzenroda, Sitzenroda: Benedictines
Somzig Abbey or Marienthal Abbey, Somzig: Benedictines
Staucha Abbey, Staucha: Benedictines

T

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

W

Wechselburg Priory, formerly Wechselburg Abbey : Benedictine monks ; Teutonic Knights
Franciscan friary, Weinhübel
Wurzen Abbey, Wurzen: collegiate foundation

Z

Zelle Priory, Aue : Augustinian Canons
Franciscan friary, Zittau
Zwickau:
*Cistercian abbey, Zwickau
*Benedictine abbey, Zwickau
*Franciscan friary, Zwickau