Wülfersberg

Title

Wülfersberg

Also Known As

Cella in Monte Sti. Michaelis, Ulfeberc, Vlseberc, Wulffersberg, Wulferesberch

Dates

Founded ca. 1140; dissolved 1802

Dedication

Mary, Michael, Peter

Affiliation

Rommersdorf

Medieval Diocese

Trier

Circary

Westphalia

History

Wülfersberg was founded ca. 1135 as a dependent community on Rommersdorf. In 1521, the community of sisters was dissolved in 1521. However, Wülfersberg remained a priory dependent on Rommersdorf until that house was secularised in 1802.

In the 19th century, the chapel was used as a cattle shed. It was renovated in the 20th century and today is again a consecrated church.

Heads of Community

Magistrae

Mechtild, fl. 1276
Else von Winningen (or Wynengin), fl. 1393

Prioresses

Catherine, fl. 1429
Lisa (or Elisabeth) von Holzweiler, fl. 1499-1505
Elisabeth von Kaldenborn, fl. 1516

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Koblenz, Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz

Best. 224 (13th-16th c.)

Bibliography

Hardt, Albert. Das Kloster Rommersdorf (bei Neuwied) und dessen Tochterklöster Altenberg (bei Wetzlar), Dorlar (bei Wetzlar), Mariaroth (bei Waldesch), Retters (bei Königstein), Steinebach (bei Puderbach), Wülfersberg (bei Neuwied-Gladbach). Second Edition. Wiesbaden: A. Hardt, 2001.

Krings, Bruno. “Das Prämonstratenserinnenkloster Wülfersberg.” In Gladbach früher und heute Festschrift aus Anlaß der 900-Jahr-Feier des Ortes, edited by Friedrich Felgenheier, 27–54. Neuwied-Gladbach: s.n., 1998.

Seuser, F. “Das untergegangene Nonnenkloster Wulfersberg bei Gladbach.” Heimatblatt und Geschichtschronik für die ehemaligen Wiedschen und Nassauischen Lande, August 20, 1936. https://www.dilibri.de/rlb/periodical/pageview/445322.

Winnen, August. “Kapelle, Kloster und Hof zu Wülfersberg.” Heimatjahrbuch des Landkreises Neuwied, 1971, 87–91.

Image Credit

The chapel of Wülfersberg, 2009. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Westphalia

Citation

“Wülfersberg,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/588.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Rommersdorf