Brandenburg (St. Gotthardt)

Title

Brandenburg (St. Gotthardt)

Also Known As

Gotthardkirche

Dates

Founded 1147; dissolved 1506

Dedication

Gotthardt

Affiliation

Leitzkau

Medieval Diocese

Brandenburg

Circary

Saxony

History

At the invitation of Privislav-Heinrich, last prince of the Hevelli, a group of Premonstratensians from Leitzkau settled at the St Gotthardt church in what was then the separate merchant settlement of Pardwin and today is part of the old town of Brandenburg.

In 1165, most of the community moved to the cathedral of Brandeburg to function as its cathedral chapter. The church of St Gotthardt remained a dependent church on the cathedral until 1506.

Status

Abbey

Bibliography

Dihm, L. “Die Wiederherstellung der St. Gotthardkirche in Brandenburg a. d. Havel.” Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, May 25, 1912. https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/image/14688302_1912_0/288/.
———. “Die Wiederherstellung der St. Gotthardkirche in Brandenburg a. d. Havel (Fortsetzung).” Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, May 29, 1912. https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/image/14688302_1912_0/296/.
Gahlbeck, Christian, Wolfgang Schößler, and Joachim Müller. “Brandenburg/Havel. Prämonstratenserstift St. Gotthardt.” In Brandenburgisches Klosterbuch. Handbuch der Klöster, Stifte und Kommenden bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts, vol. 1, edited by Heinz-Dieter Heimann, Klaus Neitmann, and Winfried Schich, 274–77. Brandenburgische historische Studien 14. Berlin: Be.bra-Wissenschaft-Verlag, 2007.

Image Credit

Exterior of St. Gotthardt Church, 2018. Wikimedia.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Saxony

Citation

“Brandenburg (St. Gotthardt),” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/330.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Leitzkau