Georgenberg

Title

Georgenberg

Also Known As

Mons Sti. Georgii prope Rota, Sankt Jorgeberg

Dates

Founded 1135; dissolved 1530/40

Dedication

George

Affiliation

Veßra

Medieval Diocese

Würzburg

Circary

Ilfeld

History

Georgenberg was founded on land given by Agnes, widow of count Friedrich von Bottendorf, and her sister Adelheid von Horburg. It was initially planned as a Benedictine priory, but when this attempt failed Otto, bishop of Bamberg, gave the site to the Premonstratensian monastery of Vessra. The house's church was consecrated in 1149.

Never a large or prosperous community, from the 14th century onwards only one brother seems to have lived at Georgenberg at a time. The community was finally suppressed in 1540.

The former monastic complex was demolished ca. 1550. A memorial cross today marks the site of the monastery.

Heads of Community

Rector

Konrad von Aura, fl. 1321

Priors

Heinrich Zufraß, fl. 1364
Simon von Kohlhausen, fl. 1415
Berthold Schmuck, fl. 1437
Georg Silb, fl. 1470s-80s
Ahasver Breuning, 1504-1519
Martin Fritz, 1536-1541

Status

Priory

Archival Sources

Magdeburg, Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt

U 19, C 1 (15th c.)

Bibliography

Axmann, Rainer. “Zur Geschichte des St. Georgenbergs: aus Anlaß seiner ersten urkundlichen Erwähnung im Jahre 1135.” In Rodacher Almanach, 46–69. Schriften des Rodacher Rückert-Kreises 10. Rodach, 1986.

Kuschbert, Andreas. “Ein Wahrzeichen mit Geschichte: der Georgenberg oberhalb von Bad Rodach, einst Ort einer klösterlichen Niederlassung.” Heinrichskalender 86 (2010): 42–49.

Wölfing, Günther. “Der St. Georgenberg bei Rodach – eine Propstei des Klosters Veßra.” In Geschichtsmosaik 1100 Jahre Bad Rodach, 103–30. Der Rückert-Kreis, 1999.

Image Credit

View of the Georgenberg, 2024. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Ilfeld

Citation

“Georgenberg,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/348.

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