Summary Page:  Former House

Name: Brandenburg - Stift, St. Gotthardt

Circary at the Time: Saxonia

Years of Activity: 1147-1165

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Map:  Click Here (Source:  © MapQuest  http://www.mapquest.com)

URL:  http://www.praemonstratenser.de/57.html 

Monasticon Praemonstratense (no citation)

Approximate modern location:  In St. Gotthardt's plaza, near the river Havel, in the city of Brandenburg.    

Elm-Number [See below]: none

Other Comments: This community was started by eight canons from Leitzkau, and the community presided over the construction of the Cathedral in Brandenburg.  Following the completion of the Cathedral and the location of the community their, this church remained a dependency until 1506.   

* This listing (and the numbers, with a few adjustments after 1995) is based on the map contained in Kaspar Elm's Norbert von Xanten: Adliger, Ordensstifter, Kirchenfürst, Wienand Verlag, Köln, 1984, page 328-329.