Bamberg, Michelsberg
Community ID: 
 
2793
 
Alternate Names: 
 
Moenchsberg; Mons Monachorum; Mons St. Michaelis
 
Diocese: 
 
Bamberg
 
Modern Location: 
 
On the top of one of Bamberg's seven hills
 
Corporate Status: 
 
Double monastery
 
Dedication: 
 
Saint Michael
 
Date Founded: 
 
1017
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1802
 
Religious Order: 
 
Benedictine
 
Congregation: 
 
Hirsau
 
Foundation Information: 
 

Founded by emperor Heinrich II.

 
First Members: 
 

The monks of Michelsberg came initially from Amorbach and probably from Fulda.

 
Notable Heads: 
 

In 1782 Dominic Schram accepted the position of prior in the monastery of Michelsberg at Bamberg.

 
Dependent Communities: 
 

Benedictine Priory of St Jakob in Stettin

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Scriptorium und Bibliothek des Klosters Michelsberg in Bamberg
A Monument of Franconian Medieval Book Illumination: an 11th/12th Century Codex from the Abbey of Michelsberg at Bamberg Together with an Important 11th Century Text Manuscript from the Same Monastery
Das kloster Banz in seinen beziehungen zu den hochstiften Bamberg und Würzburg unter abt Johannes Burckhard: ein beitrag zur geschichte der fränkischen Benediktinerklöster
Der Michelsberg in Bamberg
Die hochbegnadigte Ordensschwester Columba im Kloster der Dominikanerinnen zum hl. Grabe in Bamberg
Markgräfin Dorothea von Brandenburg, Abtissen des St. Claraklosters zu Bamberg
Die Skulpturen der Klosterkirche in Trebnitz und ihre Beziehung zu Bamberg
German Art and Architecture

 
Miscellaneous Information: 
 

Double monastery

 
Contributors: 
 
Alison Beach
 
Date Started: 
 
1009
 
Date Finished: 
 
1802