Hausen

Title

Hausen

Also Known As

House, Husen

Dates

Founded 1161; dissolved 1573

Dedication

Holy Cross

Affiliation

Oberzell; Veßra, from 13th c.

Medieval Diocese

Würzburg

Circary

Ilfeld

History

Hausen was founded in 1161 by Heinrich VII, count of Henneberg. The community's first sisters came from Oberzell. Hausen was badly damaged in the Peasants' War of 1525 and rebuilt. However, the community seems to have effectively died out by the 1550s. Prince-Bishop Julius Echter of Würzburg formally suppressed Hausen in 1573.

The monastery's church served as the parish church, while the monastic complex passed into the possession of the university of Würzburg and served as a hospital.

Heads of Community

Magistrae

Lukardis I von Bibra, 1356-1371
Else von Lulsfeld, fl. 1380
Margret von Bibra, 1395-1399
Anna I von der Kere, fl. 1460
Anna II Zollner, 1465-65

Prioresses

Katharina Dienstmann, fl. 1399
Anna III Haberkorn, fl. 1413
Anna IV Beier, 1464-1465
Leukhardis II von Habern, 1518-1537
Ottilie Forstmeister, fl. 1553

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Würzburg, Staatsarchiv Würzburg

Deutscher Orden Kommende Münnerstadt Urk. 7 (1272)

Deutscher Orden Kommende Münnerstadt Urk. 118 (1469)

Bibliography

Eberth, Werner. “850 Jahre Kloster Hausen.” In Beiträge zur Geschichte von Hausen und Kleinbrach, edited by Werner Eberth, Walter Mahr, and Heinrich Schießer, 3:14–30. Bad Kissingen: Theresienbrunnen-Verlag, 2011.

Mahr, Walter, and Heinrich Schiesser. “Geschichte des Klosters Hausen an der fränkischen Saale.” Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst 14 (1962): 101–53.

Petersen, Stefan. “Die Rechtsstellung des Prämonstratenserinnenstifts Hausen gegenüber Bischof, Vogt und Vaterabt.” Mainfränkisches Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst 66 (2014): 89–99.

Image Credit

Kloster Hausen, 2009. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Ilfeld

Citation

“Hausen,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/390.

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