Frauenwald
Title
Frauenwald
Also Known As
Silva Dominarum, Silva Dominarum in Silva Thuringica, St. Nicolai in Nemore, zu den Frawen vf dem Doringer Wald
Dates
Founded ca. 1220; dissolved by 1500
Dedication
Nicholas
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Frauenwald was founded ca. 1218 on land donated to the Premonstratensian abbey of Veßra by Poppo, count of Henneberg. It was dissolved ca. 1500.
Nothing survives today of the monastic complex, but it is believed to have stood on the site of the present St-Nicolai-Kirche.
Nothing survives today of the monastic complex, but it is believed to have stood on the site of the present St-Nicolai-Kirche.
Heads of Community
Priors
Johann, fl. 1443
Johann, fl. 1443
Status
Women's community
Archival Sources
Meiningen, Staatsarchiv Meiningen
Hennebergica Gotha, Akten, MS 366, Vol. 3(1), Kap. 16, fols. 278v-281v. (1705)
Hennebergica Gotha, Akten, MS 366, Vol. 3(1), Kap. 16, fols. 278v-281v. (1705)
Reference
Bibliography
Starà, Albert. “Eine Urkunde für das Kloster Frauenwald. 1323.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 8 (1932): 353–57.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Frauenwald,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/536.