Tiefenthal

Title

Tiefenthal

Also Known As

Dyfendal, Dyfendale, Sta. Maria in Valle, Vallis Profunda

Dates

Founded 1151; Cistercian from 1238; dissolved 1803

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Selbold

Medieval Diocese

Mainz

Circary

Wadgassen

History

The Premonstratensian sisters of Martinsthal appear to have moved to Tiefenthal in the mid-12th century. From 1237, it was a Cistercian community. Much of the monastic complex was rebuilt in the mid-16th century. Tiefenthal was suppressed in 1803.

Heads of Community

Magistrae

Edelindis, fl. 1227

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Darmstadt, Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv

A 14, 4790 (1183)

Wiesbaden, Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv

22, U 93 (1227)

Bibliography

Dahl, C. “Kurze Geschichte des vormaligen Klosters Tiefenthal im Rheingau.” Nassauische Annalen: Jahrbuch des Vereins für Nassauische Altertumskunde und Geschichtsforschung 3, no. 2 (1842): 71–94. https://books.google.ie/books?id=Ez8jAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA71.

Vogt, Monika. “Eine wechselvolle Geschichte. Das ehemalige Nonnenkloster Tiefenthal.” In ......weil wir wie das Schilfrohr im Flusse sind: Begegnungen mit der Heiligen Elisabeth in Hessen und Thüringen, edited by Monika Vogt and Christine Krienke, 162–63. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 2006.

Image Credit

Aerial view of Tiefenthal, 2021. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Wadgassen

Citation

“Tiefenthal,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/246.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Selbold