- The term
Stift (German: [ˈʃtɪft] ; Dutch: sticht) is
derived from the verb
stiften (to donate) and
originally meant 'a donation'. Such
donations usually...
- Obermünster Abbey, Regensburg, was a
collegiate house of
canonesses (
Frauenstift) in Regensburg, Bavaria,
second only to Niedermünster in
wealth and power...
- or
Reichsstift Quedlinburg) is a
former abbey of
secular canonesses (
Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was
founded in 936 on the...
-
without rules and vows, for
either men ("Herrenstift") or for
women (
Frauenstift), has been left untranslated,
except when it
specifically refers to the...
- (German:
Stift Gandersheim) is a
former house of
secular canonesses (
Frauenstift) in the
present town of Bad
Gandersheim in
Lower Saxony, Germany. It...
-
Thomas Labusiak and
Hedwig Röckelein, Regensburg, 2009 (Studien zum
Frauenstift Gandersheim und
seinen Eigenklöstern, vol. 1). "Opening of the present...
- Princess-Abbess of the
Theresian Imperial and
Royal Convent for
Noble Ladies (
Frauenstift) in
Prague with the
promise of 80,000
florins per year.
Despite the opposition...
- Anfänge des
Frauenstifts Essen. Klartext-Verlag,
Essen 2000, ISBN 3-88474-907-2, pp. 135–153. Jan Gerschow. "Der
Schatz des
Essener Frauenstifts bis zum 15...
- 936, his
widow Saint Matilda founded a
religious community for
women (
Frauenstift) on the
castle hill,
where daughters of the
higher nobility were educated...
- (German:
Reichsstift Niedermünster), Regensburg, was a
house of
canonesses (
Frauenstift) in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. At the
height of its
power it was one...
