Monastery of Helfta

In 1234, the nuns moved to Rossdorf and, in 1258, relocated a final time to Helfta [de], then just outside Eisleben.

During the conflicts of the reign of Bishop Albert II of Halberstadt (r. 1325–1358), the monastery was devastated and the 100 nuns of the community moved to Neuhelfta, a site closer to the city walls, in 1346.

When the Abbess Walburge Reuber died in 1545, the monastery was suppressed by the secular authorities.

[2] It was refounded by ten nuns from the abbey of Seligenthal [de] in 1999.

[1] During the abbacy of Gertrude of Hackeborn (r. 1251–1292), Helfta became the foremost centre of female mysticism [de] in Germany.