Gottesstadt

Title

Gottesstadt

Also Known As

Barsdin, Civitas Dei, Gotteswan, Paarstein, Varsdin

Dates

Founded 1231; dissolved by 1258

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Brandenburg

Medieval Diocese

Kamień

Circary

Saxony

History

Gottestadt was founded ca. 1231 by the Margraves Johann I and Otto III of Brandenburg. It initially had an attached hospital. The Premonstratensian community appears to have died out by 1258, when the Margrave Johann gave the property to the Cistercian Order.

Some ruins of Gottestadt's church could still be seen in the 1860s.

Not to be confused with Gottstatt (Switzerland).

Status

Priory, hospital

Archival Sources

Berlin, Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

VII. HA, Allg. Urkundensammlung, Nr. 783 (1233)

Potsdam, Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv

Rep. 10B Gottesstadt U (13th c.)

Bibliography

Abb, Gustav. “Das Prämonstratenserkloster Gottesstadt.” In Das Bistum Brandenburg, edited by Gustav Abb and Gottfried Wentz, 1:195–96. Germania sacra : historisch-statistische Beschreibung der Kirche des Alten Reiches 1. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1929.

Wegener, Wilhelm Anton. “Kloster Gottesstadt in Oderberg.” “Brandenburgia.”: Monatsblatt der Gesellschaft für heimatkunde der Provinz Brandenburg zu Berlin 15 (1907): 179–86. https://books.google.com/books?id=bAJAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA179.

Wilke, K. “Das ehemalige Prämonstratenserkloster Gottesstadt in Oderberg-Mark und die Dotation des Bischofs Konrad II. von Kammin im Lande Liepe a. D. 1233.” Mitteilungen des Touristenklubs für die Mark Brandenburg 13 (1904): 1–4, 13–15.

Files

Collection

Saxony

Citation

“Gottesstadt,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/365.

Geolocation