Griesbach
Title
Griesbach
Also Known As
Bad Griesbach, Sankt Salvator
Dates
Founded ca. 1289; Premonstratensian from 1309; dissolved 1803
Dedication
Salvator
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Sankt Salvator was founded ca. 1289 as a hermitage by by Wernhard and Friedrich Pöringer. It became a Premonstratensian house from 1309, first as a priory dependent on Osterhofen and then from 1441 as an abbey.
Sankt Salvator suffered financial difficulties but expanded greatly in the mid-15th century through imperial patronage and an energetic prior. A fire destroyed much of the monastic complex in 1632. Its 17th-century church is now the parish church.
The abbey was secularized in 1803, and part of the monastery was turned into a brewery. From ca. 1900 the abbey church became the parish church of the town of Sankt Salvator.
Sankt Salvator suffered financial difficulties but expanded greatly in the mid-15th century through imperial patronage and an energetic prior. A fire destroyed much of the monastic complex in 1632. Its 17th-century church is now the parish church.
The abbey was secularized in 1803, and part of the monastery was turned into a brewery. From ca. 1900 the abbey church became the parish church of the town of Sankt Salvator.
Heads of Community
Priors
Heinrich I, 1309-1346
Wilhelm, 1346-1349
Petrus I, 1349-1363
Johann I Setzer, 1363-1365
Heinrich II Hosmund, 1365-1381
Georg I, 1381-1385
Nikolaus, 1385-1388
Johann II, 1388-1392
Heinrich III, 1392-1396
Johann III Kaufmann, 1396-1410
Wolfhart Hofreuter, 1411-1431
Abbots
Petrus II Zistler, 1431-1453
Georg II, 1453-1479
Erasmus Pächinger, 1480-1483
Johann IV, 1483-1494
Gregor Reiter, 1494-1520
Leonhard Möll, 1520-1535
Augustin I, 1535-1542
Heinrich I, 1309-1346
Wilhelm, 1346-1349
Petrus I, 1349-1363
Johann I Setzer, 1363-1365
Heinrich II Hosmund, 1365-1381
Georg I, 1381-1385
Nikolaus, 1385-1388
Johann II, 1388-1392
Heinrich III, 1392-1396
Johann III Kaufmann, 1396-1410
Wolfhart Hofreuter, 1411-1431
Abbots
Petrus II Zistler, 1431-1453
Georg II, 1453-1479
Erasmus Pächinger, 1480-1483
Johann IV, 1483-1494
Gregor Reiter, 1494-1520
Leonhard Möll, 1520-1535
Augustin I, 1535-1542
Status
Priory, then abbey
Archival Sources
Münich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Clm 1135. (1490; "Circulare ad rotulam monasterii Sancti Salvatoris")
Clm 1035. (15th-17th c.; martyrology/necrology)
KUPassauStSalvator (13th-18th c.; Finding Aid)
Clm 1135. (1490; "Circulare ad rotulam monasterii Sancti Salvatoris")
Clm 1035. (15th-17th c.; martyrology/necrology)
KUPassauStSalvator (13th-18th c.; Finding Aid)
Reference
Bibliography
Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, ed. “Monumenta coenobii S. Salvatoris.” In Monumenta Boica, 21:385–587. Münich: Verlag der Königlichen Akademie, 1813. https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb10721517?page=396,397.
Fastlinger, Maximilian. “Necrologium monasterii s. Salvatoris.” In Dioecesis Pataviensis (Regio Bavarica. Regio Austriaca nunc Lentiensis), 170–81. Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Necrologia Germaniae 4. Hannover: Weidmann, 1920. https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_necr_4/#page/(170)/mode/1up.
Huber, Markus T. Die mittelalterliche Klosteranlage von Sankt Salvator am Steinkart. Eine Spurensuche. Kultur im Landkreis Passau : Dokumente zur Kulturlandschaft im Landkreis 43. Salzweg: Landkreis Passau, Kulturreferat, 2015.
Nothaft, M. “Kurze Geschichte des ehemaliges Klosters St. Salvator.” Rottaler Bote: Pfarrkirchener Tag- und Anzeigeblatt, 1907.
Rutz, Oswin. St. Salvator : Pfarrkirche, ehemalige Prämonstratenserabteikirche. Bad Griesbach: Kath. Pfarramt St. Salvator, 2010.
Wagenhammer, Hans. St. Salvator bei Bad Griesbach im Rottal. Peda-Kunstführer 24. Passau: Passau Kunstverlag, 1988.
Image Credit
Michael Wening, "Closter S. Salvator" (1723). Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Griesbach,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/557.
Geolocation
Item Relations
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