Schäftersheim

Title

Schäftersheim

Also Known As

Cetreceim, Scheffterheim, Schefftershaym, Schefftersheim, Secreikem

Dates

Founded 1172; dissolved 1553; reestablished 1630; dissolved 1648

Dedication

Mary; Nicholas

Affiliation

Oberzell

Medieval Diocese

Würzburg

Circary

Ilfeld

History

Schäftersheim was founded by Friederich IV, duke of Rothenburg. In 1226, it was home to 10 sisters. The monastery was badly damaged during the Peasants' War of 1525. At the death of the last magistra in 1553 there were three sisters. The monastic complex was demolished in 1590.

There was an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to reestablish a Premonstratensian community at Schäftersheim in the 17th century.

Heads of Community

Magistrae

Elisabeth von Mergentheim, fl. 1367
Katharine Rebstöckerin, fl. 1404
Katharina von Berlichingen, fl. 1475

Status

Women's community.

Archival Sources

Neuenstein, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Abt. 5. Außenstelle Hohenlohe - Zentralarchiv Neuenstein

GA 10 Schubl. 24 (Finding Aid)

Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek

M. ch. f. 344

Bibliography

Kerler, Dietrich. “Urkundliches zur Geschichte des Prämonstratenserinnen-klosters Schäftersheim 1155-1437.” Württembergisch Franken: Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für Württembergisch Franken, 1894, 1–22. https://books.google.com/books?id=sJMtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1.

Main-Tauber-Post. “Adelige Klosterfrauen im Ziegenfell. Die Prämonstratenserinnen aus Schäftersheim.” 1967.

Sauer, Karl-Ernst. “Kloster Schäftersheim. Baugeschichtliche Untersuchungen über das ehemalige Prämonstratenserinnenkloster Schäftersheim bis zu seinem Niedergang im 16. Jahrhundert.” Württembergisch Franken 61 (1977): 70–78.

Schumm, Karl. “Das Obleibuch des Klosters Schäftersheim vom Jahre 1393.” Württembergisch Franken 41 (1957): 85–88.

Ulshöfer, Kuno. “Die Geschichte des Klosters Schäftersheim.” Dissertation, University of Tübingen, 1963.

Image Credit

A former outbuilding of the monastery, today an inn, 2013. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Ilfeld

Citation

“Schäftersheim,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/175.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Oberzell