Marienstuhl
Community ID: 
 
2478
 
Alternate Names: 
 
Egeln; Sedes S. Mariae
 
Town: 
 
Staßfurt
 
Diocese: 
 
Halberstadt
 
Medieval Location: 
 
near Halberstadt
 
Modern Location: 
 
Staßfurt
 
Dedication: 
 
Blessed Virgin Mary
 
Date Founded: 
 
1259
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1809
 
Religious Order: 
 
Cistercian
 
Rule: 
 
Benedictine
 
Foundation Information: 
 

Further information about the foundation of this community of Cistercian nuns is needed.

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

The Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin contians a work by Otto von Passau (fifteenth century) from the convent, #Germ. 2o847, as well as a manuscript of Reflections on the Passion, owned by Anna Grawercz (16th c.), #Germ. 4o835. The Landesbibliothek in Hannover contains a Miscellany, from 1473, #I 84a, a copy of Jacques de Voragine's Golden Legend in Niederdeutsch, circa 1480, written by Joh. Neteler, #I 189a. It also contains the convent's copy of the Cistercian statutes, circa fifteenth century, #I 195a.

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Handschriftenerbe des Deutschen Mittelalters, vol. 1, p. 193.
Die ehemalige Zisterzienserinnenabtei Marienstuhl vor Egeln. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Zisterzienserinnen und der nachreformatorischen Restbände des Katholizismus um ehemaligen Herzogtum Magdeburg

 
Manuscripts Produced: 
 

Remaining works from the convent's library are a work by Otto von Passau, Jacques de Voragine's Golden Legend, a copy of the Cistercian statutes, Reflections on the Passion, and a Miscellany. (see manuscript sources)

 
Admin. Notes: 
 

Further research is necessary

 
Contributors: 
 
June Mecham
 
Date Started: 
 
1259
 
Date Finished: 
 
1809
 
Length: 
 
766