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New Saxon Monastery Book: Focus on historical treasures!
On August 29, 2025, the Saxon Monastery Book, a comprehensive work about the monasteries of Saxony, will be presented in Kamenz.
New Saxon Monastery Book: Focus on historical treasures!
On August 29, 2025, a major event will be celebrated in the Kamenz monastery church: the presentation of the Saxon Monastery Book, a project that has taken the last decade and a half. Prof. Dr. Enno Bünz leads this project, in which well-known institutions such as the Professorship for Saxon and Comparative Regional History at the University of Leipzig and the Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (ISGV) in Dresden are involved. A first presentation to the public took place in May 2025, which was very well received kamenz.de reported.
The Saxon Monastery Book is considered a work of the century and offers a comprehensive representation of 80 monasteries, monasteries and monasteries in Saxony up to the Reformation. This first comprehensive presentation covers both existing and historical medieval foundations. The book is not just a reference work, but was designed as a manual that follows a uniform editing scheme univerlag-leipzig.de.
Content and focus of the work
What can readers expect from this magnificent work? The focus is on the history, architectural and art history as well as archeology and library history of the spiritual institutions. The wealth of information is underpinned by the expertise of 80 experts who wrote the monastery articles. Each article is richly equipped with historical and current photographs, site plans, floor plans and ownership maps. Comprehensive sources and bibliographies are also included to support future research isgv.de.
The monasteries, monasteries and monasteries not only shaped the local history, but also the regional development of Saxony and were part of an international network of religious life in the Middle Ages. Almost all of the important orders and religious communities of the time are represented in Saxony.
Partial volumes in detail
The Saxon Monastery Book is divided into several volumes:
- Teilband 1: Klöster, Stifte und Kommenden in Städten wie Adorf, Alten Dresden, Bautzen und Zwickau.
- Teilband 2: Behandelt Einrichtungen in Kamenz, Leipzig und Königstein.
- Teilband 3: Umfasst Klöster in Zittau, Wurzen und Pirna.
Overall, the monastic articles are designed in such a way that they enable a comparative view of the respective spiritual institutions. The Saxon Monastery Book thus creates an important foundation for the historical and cultural study of the development of Saxony and its monasteries.
The heart of our regional history is now brought together in a work that could appeal to both experts and interested laypeople. So be there when the gates to Saxony's history are thrown wide open on August 29th!