Sulz
Title
Sulz
Also Known As
Sulze, Sulzen
Dates
Founded in 12th c.; dissolved 1539
Dedication
Mary
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Sulz was founded ca. 1200. Much of its early history is obscure because of the loss of its archives in a fire ca. 1260, but it appears to have been a small but prosperous house. The community's leader bore the titles magistra et abbatissa. The monastery was burned down during the Peasants’ War in 1525.
Sulz was suppressed in the 1530s by the Margrave of Ansbach. The monastic church was rebuilt in 1573, from which time it became a Protestant parish church. Today what remains of the monastic complex houses a kindergarten.
Sulz was suppressed in the 1530s by the Margrave of Ansbach. The monastic church was rebuilt in 1573, from which time it became a Protestant parish church. Today what remains of the monastic complex houses a kindergarten.
Heads of Community
Abbesses
Gotthildis, fl. 1303
Odtelinda, fl. 1315
Anna von Brucberg, 1324-1330s
Sophie von Rotenburg, 1343-1347
Peterse von Stopfenheim, fl. 1351
Agnes von Avernhofen, fl. 1360
Christina Bonaderin, fl. 1367
Anna von Stetin, fl. 1376
Catharina von Dedendorf, fl. 1382
Elsbeth von Wallenhausen, fl. 1392
Helena Plestin, 1397-1407
Margaretha von Finsterloch (or Vinsterloe), 1413-1425
Dorotha von Sedendorf, 1428-1454
Kunigunda von Crailsheim, 1454-1470
Catharina von Sedendorf, fl. 1479
Barbara von Crailsheim, 1480-1498
Brigitta von Aufseß, 1500-1524
Barbara von Seckendorf (or Sedendorf), 1532-1556
Gotthildis, fl. 1303
Odtelinda, fl. 1315
Anna von Brucberg, 1324-1330s
Sophie von Rotenburg, 1343-1347
Peterse von Stopfenheim, fl. 1351
Agnes von Avernhofen, fl. 1360
Christina Bonaderin, fl. 1367
Anna von Stetin, fl. 1376
Catharina von Dedendorf, fl. 1382
Elsbeth von Wallenhausen, fl. 1392
Helena Plestin, 1397-1407
Margaretha von Finsterloch (or Vinsterloe), 1413-1425
Dorotha von Sedendorf, 1428-1454
Kunigunda von Crailsheim, 1454-1470
Catharina von Sedendorf, fl. 1479
Barbara von Crailsheim, 1480-1498
Brigitta von Aufseß, 1500-1524
Barbara von Seckendorf (or Sedendorf), 1532-1556
Status
Women's community
Archival Sources
Ludwigsburg, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg
B 249 U 255 (1487)
Nürnberg, Staatsarchiv Nürnberg
Fürstentum Ansbach, Geheimes Archiv: Kloster Sulz, Urkunden
B 249 U 255 (1487)
Nürnberg, Staatsarchiv Nürnberg
Fürstentum Ansbach, Geheimes Archiv: Kloster Sulz, Urkunden
Reference
Bibliography
Büttner, Heinrich Christoph. “Geschichte des alten adelichen Frauenklosters Sulz.” In Franconia: Beiträge zur Geschichte, Topographie u. Litteratur von Franken, 2:123–35. Ansbach, 1813. https://books.google.ie/books?id=BGsAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA123.
“Das ehemalige adelige Prämonstratenserinnen-Kloster Sulz.” Kalender für katholische Christen 74 (1914): 87–93.
Fröhlich, F. “Die Säkularisation des Klosters Sulz.” Der Bergfried; Rothenburger Blätter für Heimatforschung 8 (1956): 27ff.
Schaudig, Paul. “Beiträge zur Geschichte des Klosters Sulz.” Phil. Diss., University of Erlangen, 1913. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t4zh43h7m.
Schumacher, Karl. “Notizen zur Geschichte des Klosters Sulz.” Jahresbericht des Historischen Vereins für Mittelfranken 15 (1846): 64–90. https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb10333453?page=104,105.
Image Credit
The former monastery church of Sulz, 2009. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Sulz,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/312.
Geolocation
Item Relations
| This Item | DependentOn | Item: Oberzell |