Cazis

Title

Cazis

Also Known As

Caz, Cazia, Cazias, Cazis, Cazium, Chazes, Chazzes, Katzis, Tgazas

Dates

Founded ca. 700; Premonstratensian from 1156; dissolved 1570

Dedication

Paul; Peter

Affiliation

Chur (St. Luzi)

Medieval Diocese

Chur

Circary

Swabia

History

Cazis was founded ca. 700 by bishop Victor II of Chur as a house of canonesses. In 1156, on the initiative of bishop Adalgott of Chur, it became an Augustinian community and it was placed under the authority of the Premonstratensian abbey at Chur. The exact status and identity of Cazis during this period, and whether it should be understood as Premonstratensian or not, is disputed. Regardless by the end of the 13th century, the institutional link between Cazis and Chur was broken.

The community was suppressed in 1570, but it was refounded as a community of Dominican sisters in 1647.

Heads of Community

Magistrae

Helevida, fl. 1156

Abbesses

Judintha, fl. later 12th c.
Regula von Reichenbach, fl. later 12th c.
Ida, fl. 13th c.
Agnes von Ems, fl. early 14th c.
Anna von Schauenstein, fl. 1325
Guta von Schauenstein, 1359-aft. 1369
Verena Vaistlin, 1384-1396
Wandelberg, 1401-1411
Hiltgart von Reitnau, 1426-1439
Ursula von Altmanshofen, 1450-1486
Margaretha von Reitnau, 1486-1506
Clara von Reitnau, 1506-1525
Scholastica von Reitnau, 1525-1537
Katharina von Marmels, 1537-1549
Ursula von Sax, 1560-1562

Status

Women's community

Bibliography

“Die beiden Safien-Urbare des Klosters Cazis von 1495 und 1502 im Gemeindearchiv von Safien-Platz.” Bündner Monatsblatt: Zeitschrift für Bündner Geschichte, Landeskunde und Baukultur, nos. 9–10 (1959). https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=bmb-002%3A1959%3A0%3A%3A305.
Hitz, Florian. “Cazis (Kloster).” Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, 2012. https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011876/2012-04-19/.
Joos, L. “Die beiden Safien-Urbare des Klosters Cazis von 1495 und 1502 im Gemeindearchiv von Safien-Platz.” Bündner Monatsblatt : Zeitschrift für Bündner Geschichte, Landeskunde und Baukultur, nos. 9–10 (1959): 277–318. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-397856.
Lieb, Hans. “Die Gründer von Cazis.” In Churrätisches und St. Gallisches Mittelalter. Festschrift für Otto P. Clavadetscher zu seinem fünfundsechzigsten Geburtstag, edited by Helmut Maurer, 37–52. Sigmaringen: J. Thorbecke, 1984.
Poeschel, Erwin. “Die Wandbilder in der Pfarr- und Klosterkirche zu Cazis.” Bündnerisches Monatsblatt, 1940, 329–37. http://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=bmb-001:1940:0::381.
Schubert, W. “Studien zur Geschichte des Klosters Cazis.” Bündner Monatsblatt, no. 7/8 (July 1960): 198–225. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-397866.
Simonet, Jacob. Geschichte des Klosters Cazis. Raetica varia : Beiträge zur Bündner-Geschichte 4. Chur: Buchdruckerei Julius Lichtner, 1923.
Wanner, Kurt. “Das Frauenkloster Cazis und die Safier Walser.” In Das Werk der Klöster bei der Besiedlung der Alpen. Akten der VIII . Internationalen Walser-Studientagung in Brig, Naters und Simplon, 14.- 15. September 1990 = L’opera dei monasteri nella colonizzazione alpina. Atti dell’VIII Convegno internazionale di studi Walser, Briga, Naters e Sempione, 14. - 15. settembre 1990, edited by Enrico Rizzi, 113–27. Brig: Vereinigung für Walsertum, 1992.

Image Credit

Exterior of Kloster Cazis, 2009. Wikimedia.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Swabia

Citation

“Cazis,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/523.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Chur (St. Luzi)