Mariatal

Title

Mariatal

Also Known As

Maisental, Maisenthal, Marienwal, Meysenthall, Vallis Virginum

Dates

Founded 1156; dissolved aft. 1349

Dedication

Mary; Nicholas

Affiliation

Weißenau

Medieval Diocese

Constance

Circary

Swabia

History

Mariatal was a community of sisters dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Weissenau, and lay about half a kilometre from it. Mariatal's church was dedicated in 1166. At the turn of the 13th century it was home to some 90 sisters. However, the community shrank in size over the course of the 14th century and it is last attested in 1349.

From the 1660s, the sisters' church served a parish church, and is now a chapel associated with the cemetery of Weissenau. Until the early 20th century the former monastic complex housed a brickworks.

Status

Women's community

Bibliography

Mayer, Herbert. Kirche St. Maria und St. Nikolaus Maisenthal - Mariental - Mariatal. Weißenau: Kath. Kirchengemeinde, 2002.

Wieland, Georg. “Prämonstratenserinnen in Maisental. Über 200 Jahre Frauenkonvent bei Weißenau.” In 850 Jahre Prämonstratenserabtei Weißenau 1145-1995, edited by Helmut Binder, 73–97. Sigmaringen: J. Thorbecke, 1995.

Image Credit

The former monastic church of Mariatal, 2013. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Swabia

Citation

“Mariatal,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/556.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Weißenau