Michaelskloster
Title
Michaelskloster
Also Known As
Heiligenberg
Dates
Founded 9th century; Premonstratensian from ca. 1266; dissolved by 1537
Dedication
Michael
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
The Michaelskloster on the Heiligenberg was initially a Benedictine foundation, as a dependent house of Lorsch. The priory was a significant local landowner. It joined the Premonstratensian Order in the 1220s.
In the later Middle Ages, the house went into a decline and it was abandoned by the 1530s.
Not to be confused with Heiligenberg (Landkr. Diepholz)
In the later Middle Ages, the house went into a decline and it was abandoned by the 1530s.
Not to be confused with Heiligenberg (Landkr. Diepholz)
Status
Priory
Bibliography
Marzolff, Peter, and Uwe Gross. Der Heiligenberg bei Heidelberg. Führer zu Archäologischen Denkmälern in Baden-Württemberg 20. Stuttgart: Theiss, 1999.
Schleuning, Wilhelm. Die Michaels-Basilika auf dem heiligen Berg bei Heidelberg. Eine baugeschichtliche Studie. Heidelberg, 1887. https://books.google.com/books?id=PhlvSe0ajMEC.
Image Credit
Matthäus Merian, "Ansicht der Klosterruine St. Michael auf dem Heiligenberg mit Heidenloch", ca. 1645. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Michaelskloster,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/719.
Geolocation
Item Relations
| This Item | DependentOn | Item: Lorsch |