Hachborn

Title

Hachborn

Also Known As

Habechburn, Habeleburgum, Habetheburg, Hacborn, Hacinborn, Hakeburnen, Havecheburnen, Hazbruna

Dates

Founded 1186; dissolved 1527

Dedication

Cosmas, Damien, John the Baptist

Affiliation

Ilbenstadt; Spieskappel from 1493

Medieval Diocese

Mainz

Circary

Wadgassen

History

Hachborn was founded in 1186 by Giso and Hartrad von Merenberg. Until the late 13th century it was likely a double house; from then until the community's dissolution, it was a house solely of Premonstratensian sisters.

Hachborn was suppressed in 1527. The community's former church is now a parish church.

Heads of Community

Priors

Werner, ca. 1337-ca. 1348
Heinrich Furer, 1381-1386
Dietmar, fl. 1417
Konrad Houbethreiff, bef. 1458-1461
Reinhard Gnyp, 1473-1482
Heinrich Imhof, fl. 1492
Johann Muser, fl. 1514
Johann Faber, fl. 1525
Hermann Becker, fl. 1527

Status

Priory; women's community

Archival Sources

Darmstadt, Hessisches Staatsarchiv

Fonds E 5 B No E 5 B 3 Nr. 456/5

Marburg, Hessisches Staatsarchiv

Urk. 25 (12th-16th c.; Finding Aid)

Bibliography

Lampel, Helene E., ed. Festschrift zur 800-Jahrfeier des Prämonstratenserklosters Hachborn. Hachborn: Stift Hachborn, 1987.

Unglaube, Peter. “Das Haus Hachborn.” Zeitschrift des Vereins für hessische Geschichte und Landeskunde 106 (2001): 59–85. http://www.vhghessen.de/inhalt/zhg/ZHG_106/06_Unglaube_Hachborn.pdf.

Vanja, Christina. Besitz- und Sozialgeschichte der Zisterzienserinnenklöster Caldern und Georgenberg und des Prämonstratenserinnenstiftes Hachborn in Hessen im späten Mittelalter. Quellen und Forschungen zur hessischen Geschichte 45. Darmstadt: Selbstverlag der Hessischen Historischen Kommission, 1984.

Image Credit

The former monastery church of Hachborn, with the cloister wall in the background. 2012. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Wadgassen

Citation

“Hachborn,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/541.

Geolocation