- List of Carthusian monasteries
This is a list of Carthusian monasteries or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the
Carthusian Order for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries.Since the establishment of the Carthusians in 1084 there have been more than 300 monastic foundations Fact|date=June 2008, so this list is not yet complete, although most of the more important monasteries are included. Dates of foundation and suppression are given where known. Extant charterhouses are indicated by bold type.
Charterhouses
Argentina
* Cartuja de San José,
Deán Funes (Cordoba) (extant since 1999)Austria
*
Aggsbach Charterhouse ("Kartause Aggsbach" or "Kartause Marienpforte") inAggsbach , Lower Austria (1380-1782)
*Gaming Charterhouse ("Kartause Gaming" or "Kartause Maria Thron") inGaming , Lower Austria (1330-1797)
*Mauerbach Charterhouse ("Kartause Mauerbach") inMauerbach nearVienna , Lower Austria (1313-1782)Belarus
*
Biaroza Charterhouse ,Biaroza-Kazionnaja , formerly Biaroza-Kartuskaja (1648-1831)Belgium
*
Antwerp :
** St. Sophia's Charterhouse, Antwerp ("Kartuize Sint-Sophia, Antwerpen") (1625-1783)
** St. Catherine's Charterhouse, Antwerp, also known as Kiel Charterhouse ("Kartuize t’Kiel" or "Kartuize Sint-Katharina-op-de-Berg-Sinai") (1324-1783; transferred to Lier 1543)
*Brussels Charterhouse ("Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Gratie") (transferred from Scheut 1588; dissolved 1783)
* Chercq Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sint-Andreasberg" or "Chartreuse Mont-Saint-André"),Chercq nearTournai (c. 1376/77-1783)
*Enghien Charterhouse (dissolved)
*Ghent Charterhouse ("Kartuize Koningsdal" or" 's-Koningsdale"; "Chartreuse Val-Royal") atRooigem (1328-1783; in Ghent from 1584)
* Herne Charterhouse ("Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-Kapelle") inEdingen , Herne (Flemish Brabant ) (1314-1783)
*Kortrijk Charterhouse ("Kartuizerkloster Kortrijk") (dissolved)
* Lier Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sint-Katharina-op-de-Berg-Sinai") in Lier (Antwerp) (transferred from Kiel, Antwerp, in 1543; dissolved 1783)
*Leuven or Louvain Charterhouse ("Kartuize Maria-Magdalena-onder-het-Kruis op de Calvarieberg" or "Chartreuse Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-sous-la-Croix") (c. 1489/91-1783)
*Liège Charterhouse, also known as Mont Cornillon Charterhouse ("Kartuize Twaalf Apostelen op de Mont Cornillon" or "Chartreuse des douze apôtres du Mont-Cornillon") (1357-1796)
*Nieuwpoort Charterhouse, also known as Sheen Anglorum ("Kartuize Nieuwpoort") (1626-1783; in other towns in Belgium from 1559)
*Oosterholt Charterhouse ("Kartuizerkloster Oosterholt") (1485-1581)
* Scheut Charterhouse ("Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Gratie") nearAnderlecht (1455-1783; transferred to Brussels 1588)
*Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse , successively at Bruges, Louvain, Malines and Nieuwpoort: English Carthusians in exile (1559-1783)
*Sint-Martens-Lierde Charterhouse,Geraardsbergen ("Kartuize Sint-Martens-Bosch"),Geraardsbergen (1329-1783)
* Zelem Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sint-Jansberg" or "Sint-Jansdal"), atZelem ,Diest (1328-1796)
* Zepperen Charterhouse ("Kartuizerkloster Zepperen"), atZepperen Castle,Sint-Truiden (1901-1905; exiled community from Glandier)Brazil
* Cartuxa Nossa Senhora Medianeira,
Ivora (Rio Grande do Sul ) (extant since 1984)Czech Republic
* Dolany Charterhouse ("Our Lady of the Valley of Jehosaphat"), at
Dolany nearOlomouc (1389-1437; moved here from Litomyšl; moved to Olomouc)
* Královo Pole Charterhouse, also known as Königsfeld (Holy Trinity) inBrno (1370-1782)
* Litomyšl Charterhouse , nearLitomyšl (Leutmeritz) (1378-1390; moved to Dolany)
* Olomouc or Olmütz Charterhouse atOlomouc (1437-nk)
* Poděbrady or Podiebrad Charterhouse, atPoděbrady nearPrague (1360-1369)
* Mariengarten Charterhouse atSmichow , Prague (1342-1419)
* Štípa Charterhouse, nearFryšták ,Zlín (Moravia) (1617-20; destroyed by Protestants during Thirty Years' War; refounded at Walditz)
* Tržek Charterhouse ("Mariae Dornbusch") (dissolved), atTržek inOkres Svitavy (1378, dissolved)
* Valdice or Karthaus-Walditz Charterhouse ("Kartause Marienfeld", later "Mariae Himmelfahrt"), atValdice nearJičín (Bohemia) (1627-1782)Denmark
* Asserbo Charterhouse, to the north of
Roskilde (1162 or 1163-c. 1169; site abandoned)
* Elvedgaard Charterhouse,Søndersø , island ofFyn (1475; not proceeded with because of insufficient endowment; founded instead as a hospital of theOrder of the Holy Ghost )
* Glenstrup Charterhouse, Glenstrup,Mariagerfjord (Benedictine monks to about 1428; then Carthusians to 1536)France
* Abbeville Charterhouse ("Chartreuse St. Honoré d'Abbeville") in
Abbeville (Somme) (1300-1791)
* Aillon Charterhouse ("Chartreuse Notre Dame d'Aillon") inAillon-le-Jeune (Savoie) (1178-1793) [ [http://www.lesaillons.com/hiver/chapitre17_fr_24.html Aillons-Margériaz website: Aillon Charterhouse] )]
* Aix Charterhouse ("Chartreuse Sainte-Marthe d'Aix") inAix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) (1623-1791)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Maillard inAmillis (1504-1509)
* Chartreuse de Pomier nearAnnecy (dissolved) [ [http://www.chartreuse-de-pomier.fr/index.htm Chartreuse de Pomier website] ]
*Bosserville Charterhouse ("Chartreuse de Imm. Conc. Bosserville") inArt-sur-Meurthe (1666-1792; priests' seminary 1835-1901)
* Chartreuse Val St. Hugon inArvillard (1178-1793; today a Buddhist centre)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonne-Espérance inAubevoye nearBourbon-lèz-Gaillon (Eure) (1563-1791) [ [http://lemercuredegaillon.net/gaillon27/chartreuse.htm Bourbon-lèz-Gaillon Charterhouse] ]
* Chartreuse de Vallon inBellevaux (1138-1628; moved toRipaille )
* Chartreuse Valprofonde inBéon (Yonne) (1301-1791)
* Chartreuse du Glandier inBeyssac (1219-1791, 1869-1901)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Fontenay inBeaune (1328-1637)
* Chartreuse de Portes inBénonces (Ain) (extant; 1115-1790, 1856-1905, 1971-today)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame de Bonlieu inBonlieu , Jura (1171-1792)
* Notre Dame de Miséricorde inBordeaux (1605-1790)
* Chartreuse du Val-Sainte-Marie inBouvantes (1144-1791, thereafter inRomans )
* Chartreuse du Val Saint-Pierre inBraye-en-Thiérache (1140-1791)
* Chartreuse de St. Michel du Champ inBrech (1364-1791)
* Chartreuse Le Puy inBrives Charensac (1628-1791)
* Chartreuse Port Ste Marie inChapdes (1219-1792)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame du Temple de Cahors inCahors (1329-1791)
* Chartreuse Carcassonne inCarcassonne (1319-1423)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonpas or Bompas inCaumont sur Durance (previously a hospital, 1318-1792)
* Chartreuse Mougères in Caux (1825-1901, 1936-1977; thereafter Dominicans)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame St. Jean Baptiste inChalais Voreppe (Benedictines 1170-1303, Carthusians 1303-1582, Dominicans 1640-1793 and 1844-1901, Dominican Sisters from 1961)
*Chartreuse de la Verne inCollobrières (1170-1791; from 1983 Congregation of Bethlehem)
* Chartreuse de la Sainte-Trinité de Champmol inDijon (1383-1791)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame de Bellary in Chateauneuf nearDonzy (1209-1791)
* Chartreuse St. Joseph et Morand inDouai (1662-1791)
* Chartreuse Val-Dieu inFeings (1170-1791)
* Chartreuse La Boutillerie inFleurbaix (1618-1792)
* Chartreuse Val St. Esprit inGosnay (1320-1791) (double monastery with Mt. Ste Marie in Gosnay)
* Grande Chartreuse,Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse nearGrenoble (Isère), mother house of the Carthusian Order (extant since 1084: 1084-1792, 1816-1903, 1940- ) [ [http://musee-grande-chartreuse.fr Musée de la Grande Chartreuse website] ]
* Chartreuse des Ecouges nearGrenoble (founded 1115, dissolved)
* Chartreuse La Loubatière inLacombe (1320-1427)
* Chartreuse Ste Anne de Nancy inLaxou (1632-1666; thereafter moved toBosserville (Art-sur-Meurthe )
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonnefoy inLe Béage (1156-1791) [ [http://chartrebon.site.voila.fr Bonnefoy Charterhouse special interest website] ]
* Chartreuse Sylve-Bénite inLe Pin near Virieu (1116-1792)
* Chartreuse du Reposoir inLe Reposoir (Haute-Savoie) (1151-1793, 1846-1901; Carmelites since 1932)
* Chartreuse Montmerle inLescheroux (Benedictines from 1070; Carthusians 1210-1792)
* Chartreuse de Lugny inLeuglay (1172-1791)
* Chartreuse Saint-Jean du Liget inLiget -Chemillé-sur-Indrois (1170-1791)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame d'Arvières inLochieu (Ain) (1132-1791)
* Chartreuse Val Ste Aldegonde inLonguenesse (1298-1791)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame du Lys inLyon (1584-1790, 1810-1901)
*Marienfloss Charterhouse nearSierck (1415-1431)
* Chartreuse Sainte-Marie-Madeleine inMarseille (1633-1791)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Molsheim inMolsheim (1592-1792)
*Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Mont-Dieu ,Le Mont-Dieu (Ardennes) (1134-1791; double monastery from 1616)
* Chartreuse de Vauclaire inMontignac (1328-1790, 1858-1901)
*Chartreuse Notre-Dame des Prés nearMontreuil-sur-Mer (now occupied by the "Famille monastique de Bethléem" (dissolved) [ [http://www.mincoin.com/php1/mon37.php Balades en Pays d'Opale website: Chartreuse Notre-Dame des Prés] fr icon]
* Chartreuse Notre Dame de Montrieux inMéoune lès Montrieux (Var) (extant) (1117-1790, 1861-1901, and 1929- ) [ [http://chartreuse.montrieux.free.fr Montrieux Charterhouse official website] ]
* Chartreuse Saint-Michel du Champ d'Auray ,Brech (Morbihan) (1480-1791; built as a men's collegiate foundation soon after 1364; bought in 1810 by two priests for a school for deaf mutes)
* Chartreuse Mortemart inMortemart (1335-1412; thereafter Augustinians)
* Chartreuse Saint-Joseph de Moulins inMoulins (Allier) (1623-1790)
* Chartreuse Saints-Donatien-et-Rogatien inNantes (1446-1791)
* Chartreuse Bellary nearNevers (founded 1209, dissolved)
* Chartreuse du Mont-Saint-Louis nearNoyon (dissolved)
* Chartreuse Oyron inOiron (1396-1446)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame de Vaucluse inOnoz (1125-1791)
* Chartreuse St. Lazare inOrléans (1622-1790)
*Chartreuse Vauvert inParis (founded 1257 in Gentilly; moved 1258 to the site of the Château de Vauvert, adjacent to the site of the presentJardin du Luxembourg ; dissolved 1792) [ [http://www.minimal.explographies.com/chartreux.pdf Minimal.Explorographies.com: history of the Chartreuse de Vauvert] ] fr icon]
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame Montrenaud inPassel (1308-1791)
* Chartreuse de Seillon inPéronnas (Carthusians to 1169; Franciscans 1178-1792)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame de la Rose inPetit Quevilly ,Rouen (Seine-Maritime) (1384-1682; transferred to St. Julien)
* Chartreuse Saint Julien inPetit Quevilly , Rouen (Seine-Maritime) (1667-1791; leper hospital from before 1183; Benedictine monks from 1600; Carthusians from 1667))
* Chartreuse Notre Dame de Bourgfontaine inPisseleux nearVillers-Cotteret (1325-1792)
* Chartreuse Basseville inPousseaux (1328-1791)
* Chartreuse Val St. Georges inPouques Lormes (1234-1792)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame dePrébayon nearVaison (dissolved)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame des Pomiers inPressilly (1170-1793)
* Chartreuse du Port-Sainte-Marie,Puy-de-Dôme (1219-1792)
* Chartreuse Saint-André deRamières (dissolved)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame d’Apponay inRémilly (Nièvre)(1185-1790)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame Bellevue inSaix near Castres (1359-1791)
*Rettel Charterhouse inRettel nearSierck (1431-1792)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame l’Aveyron inRodez (1511-1791)
* Chartreuse Ste Croix en Jarez inSainte Croix en Jarez (1280-1792)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de la Rose inSeine-Maritime (dissolved)
*Marienfloss Charterhouse ,Marienfloss inSierck (1415-1431)
* Chartreuse du Parc en Charnie or Chartreuse du Parc d'Orques inSt. Denis d’Orques (Sarthe) in theCounty of Maine (1235-1791)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame des Ecouges inSt. Gervais sur Isère (1116-1418)
* Chartreuse de Valbonne inSt. Paulet-de-Caisson (1203-1792; Protestant 1836-1901)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame de Currières inSt. Pierre de Chartres (Isère) (1296-1790)
* Chartreuse Mt. Ste Marie inKoenigshoffen nearStrasbourg (1355-1591)
*Chartreuse de Sélignac or du Val-Saint-Martin de Sélignac inSimandre-sur-Suran (1202-1792 and 1929-2001; continues to operate as a lay house, Maison St Bruno, within the Order [ [http://www.selignac.org/ Maison St Bruno, Sélignac: website] ] )
* Chartreuse de Saint-Sulpice inBugey nearThézilleu (1116-1130; Cisterzians from Pontigny 1133-1791)
* Chartreuse Ripaille Annonciade inThonon-les-Bains )Haute-Savoie) (1604-1793)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Toulouse inToulouse (1569-1791; today a parish church)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame de la Pré inTroyes (1325-1428 inIsles , 1428-1620 in Troyes, 1620-1792 inLargentière )
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame Valencienne inValencienne (1288 inVal St. Paul ; moved to Valencienne 1293; moved to Macourt xxxx - 1794)
* Chartreuse de Meyriat inVieu-d'Izenave (1116-1792)
* Chartreuse Saint-Sauveur inVillefranche-de-Rouergue (1450-1791)
* Chartreuse du Val-de-Bénédiction inVilleneuve-lez-Avignon (1356-1792)
* Chartreuse de Pierre Châtel inVirignin (Ain) (1383-1791)Germany
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Ahrensbök Charterhouse ("Kartause Marientempel" or "Templum Beatae Mariae"),Ahrensbök nearLübeck inHolstein (1397-1564)
* Alhoven Charterhouse nearBedburg (1480-1803)
*Astheim Charterhouse ("Kartause Astheim" or "Kartause Mariä Brück") inAstheim nearVolkach (Bavaria) (1408-1803)
*Buxheim Charterhouse inBuxheim (1402-1802; the only Imperial charterhouse ("Reichskartause"); previously a men's collegiate foundation, 1100-1402; from 1926, Salesians)
*Christgarten Charterhouse ("Kartause" or "Kloster Christgarten") nearNördlingen (1383-1649)
*Cologne Charterhouse ("Kartause St. Barbara") inCologne (1334-1794; the church is now St. Barbara's Evangelical parish church)
*Eisenach Charterhouse ,Eisenach (1378-16th century; now Kartausgarten)
*Engelgarten Charterhouse inWürzburg (1348/52-1803)
*Eppenberg Charterhouse , also known as Vogelsberg Charterhouse nearFelsberg ,Gensungen (Hesse) (1440-1527)
*Erfurt Charterhouse ("Kartäuserkloster Erfurt" or "Kartause St. Salvatorberg") inErfurt (1374-1803)
*Flüren Charterhouse (dissolved)
*Frankfurt Charterhouse ("Kartäuserkloster" or "Kartause Frankfurt") inFrankfurt an der Oder (1396-1568)
*Grünau Charterhouse ("Kloster" or "Kartause Grünau"),Schollbrunn nearHasloch (Bavaria) (1328-1557, 1629-1803)
*Güterstein Charterhouse (dissolved)
*Hildesheim Charterhouse (1777 dissolved)
*Ilmbach Charterhouse ("Kloster Ilmbach" or "Kartause Mariengarten") inIlmbach beiPrichsenstadt (1453-1803)
*Koblenz Charterhouse , nowFort Großfürst Konstantin inKoblenz (1331-1802)
*Mainz Charterhouse on the St.-Michaelsberg,Mainz (founded 1308 in theTal Neuhaus , moved to Mainz 1324, dissolved 1781)
*Maria Hain Charterhouse ,Unterrath nearDüsseldorf (founded 1869; moved to Bad Wurzach in 1964 as Marienau Charterhouse)
*Marienau Charterhouse nearBad Wurzach (extant since 1964)
*Marienburg Charterhouse ("Kartause Marienburg) inKirchspiel (Dülmen ) (1477 - 1804)
*Marienehe Charterhouse ("Kartause Marienehe") inRostock -Marienehe (1396-1552)
*Marienkron Charterhouse ("Kartause Marienkron") nearRügenwalde (founded 1394 inKörlin ; from 1407 in Rügenwalde; dissolved 1534 in the Reformation)
* Neukirchen Charterhouse inNeukirchen (Pleiße ) (1478-1526)
*Nuremberg Charterhouse ("Kartäuserkloster" or "Kartause Nürnberg") (1380-1525; today part of theGermanisches Nationalmuseum )
*Prüll Charterhouse ("Kartause Prüll") inRegensburg (1483-1803; the church is now used as the hospital church for the district clinic)
*St. Alban's Charterhouse inTrier (dissolved)
*St. Bruno's Charterhouse, Konz-Karthaus ("Kloster Karthaus" or "Kartause St. Bruno") inKonz-Karthaus (1680-1802; originally founded as St. Alban's Charterhouse inTrier , from 1330)
*Tückelhausen Charterhouse ("Kloster" or "Kartause Tückelhausen") nearOchsenfurt (1351-1803)
* Vogelsang Charterhouse ("Kartause Vogelsang") nearJülich (dissolved)
*Xanten Charterhouse ("Kartause" or "Karthaus Xanten") inXanten (founded 1417 inFlüren beiWesel ; moved to Xanten 1628; dissolved 1803)Hungary
* Tárkány or Felsőtárkány Charterhouse , at
Tárkány nearEger (1330-1543)
* Ercsi Charterhouse, atErcsi , island ofCsepel (1238-1253; formerly a Benedictine abbey, founded end of 12th century; buildings given to Cistercians 1253)
* Lővőld Charterhouse (St. Michael's Valley), atVaroslőd , nearLake Balaton (1347-1552)Ireland
* Kinalekin Charterhouse (House of God), near Abbey, in the parish of Duniry (Co. Galway) ( [1249 x 1256] - 1341; house surrendered to the
bishop of Clonfert ; and regranted in 1371 to the Friars Minor)Italy
* Allerengelberg Charterhouse or Schnalstal Charterhouse ("Kartause Allerengelberg"), in the South Tyrol [now the Province of Bolzano-Bozen] (dissolved 1782)
*Asti Charterhouse ,Asti (1387-1801)
*Avigliana Charterhouse ("Certosa Santa Trinità di Avigliana") (1598-1630; originally a house of theHumiliati ; given to the Carthusians of Banda in 1595, whose community moved here in 1598; requisitioned and destroyed for military purposes in 1630, and the community transferred to Monte Benedetto; given Collegno Charterhouse as a replacement for Avigliana in 1642)
* Certosa di Banda (Val de Suse , Piedmont) (dissolved)
*Certosa di Padula inBasso Salernitano (founded 1306, dissolved)
* Certosa San Girolamo inBologna (dissolved)
* Certosa San Giacomo onCapri (dissolved)
* Certosa di Carci (dissolved)
* Certosa San Cristoforo inFerrara (founded 1452, dissolved)
* Certosa di Trisulti,Collepardo nearFrosinone (1204-1946)
* Certosa di Farneta inMaggiano (extant since 1338)
*Certosa San Lorenzo di Galluzzo or Certosa Galluzzo,Val d'Ema nearFlorence (founded 1345, dissolved 1960s) [1960s onwards, Cistercian monks]
*Florence Charterhouse ("Certosa Firenze") (dissolved)
* Certosa Genua (founded 1297, dissolved)
* Certosa di Losa (Val de Suse , Piedmont (founded 1191, dissolved)
*Milan Charterhouse ("Certosa Milano") (1349-1779)
* Certosa Monbracco (dissolved)
* Certosa Montello (dissolved)
*Certosa di Montebenedetto Val de Suse, Piedmont (dissolved)
* Certosa di San Martino, in the Castel S. Elmo inNaples (founded 1325, dissolved)
* Certosa diParma ("Certosa Maria della Schola Dei") [sometimes given as "Stola Dei"] [the eponym ofStendhal 's novel "La Chartreuse de Parme "] (1285-1769)
*Certosa di Pavia (dissolved)
* Certosa diPesio , Piedmont (founded 1173, dissolved)
* Certosa di Pisa, also known as the Certosa di Calci,Pisa (1367-1808, 1814-1969)
* Certosa Santa Croce in Urbe inRome (1370-1561)
* CertosaRovarolo (1297-1798)
* "Schnals or Schnalstal, see Allerengelberg"
*Certosa Serra San Bruno , formerly San Stefano del Bosco, (founded 1090 as a Cistercian abbey; extant from 1514 as a charterhouse; resettled in the 19th century)
* Certosa Savona (founded 1480)
* Certosa di Pontignano nearSiena (1343-1785)
* Toirano Charterhouse ("Certosa San Pietro dei Monti di Toirano") nearAlbenga (Savone) (1315-1799; before 1315 a Benedictine monastery, San Pietro dei Monti, founded nk; 1351, united to the charterhouse of Casotte; became autonomous c.1320; transferred to buildings further down the same valley in 1495)
* Certosa di Val Casotto (1171 or 1183-1802)
* Certosa diVedana (1456-1768)
*Venice Charterhouse ("Certosa Venezia") (founded 1199, dissolved)Netherlands
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Amsterdam Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sint-Andries-ter-Zaliger-Haven") (c. 1392/93-1579)
*Delft Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sint-Bartolomaeusdal in Jerusalem") (1470-1572)
*Raamsdonk Charterhouse ("Het Hollandse Huis") nearGeertruidenberg (1336-1573)
* Hertogenbosch Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sint-Sophie te Constaninopel") inVught near Hertogenbosch (dissolved)
* Holland Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sint-Joseph van Holland"), atTubbergen ,Overijssel (1951-61)
* Kampen Charterhouse or Sonnenberg Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sint-Maarten op de Sonnenberg"), atKampen inIJsselmuiden (1485-1580)
* Monnikhuisen Charterhouse,Arnhem (c. 1335/42-c. 1585)
* Noordgouwe Charterhouse or Mount Zion Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sionsberg") nearSchouwen-Duiveland on theZierikzee (1433/34-1578)
*Roermond Charterhouse ("Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Bethlehem" or "Bethlehem Mariae") (1376-1783)
* Utrecht Charterhouse ("Kartuize Nieuwlicht" or "Nova Lux"; also "Kartuize Sint Salvator"), inBloemendaal (1391-1583)Poland
* Grabow Charterhouse, near
Stettin (1342-16th century)
*Kartuzy Charterhouse [also known in German as Karthaus Charterhouse and Marienparadies Charterhouse] inKartuzy [named after the Carthusians, like the former German name, Karthaus] (1380-1826)
* Liegnitz Charterhouse,Legnica (Liegnitz) inLower Silesia (1423-1548)
* Schivelbein Charterhouse, Schivelbein inPomerania [nowŚwidwin , Poland] (suppressed during the Reformation)Portugal
* Cartuxa Santa María de Scala Coeli (Escada do Céu) in
Évora (extant since 1587)Romania
* Oradea Charterhouse (St. Stephen's Charterhouse), at
Oradea (also known as Grosswardein and Nagyvárad) (1494-1498; formerly a Premonstratensian canonry; royal foundation suppressed by the local bishop for the sake of its assets)Slovakia
* Lechnica Charterhouse, also Kláštor Červený ("Red Charterhouse" [because of the colour of its roof tiles] ), at
Lechnica (Carthusians 1320-1563; Camaldolese 1711-1782)
*Letanovce Charterhouse (also known as "Kláštorisko" or "Lapis Refugii") atLetanovce , otherwise Lethenkow (1299-1543) [ [http://www.klastorisko.sk Lapis Refugii Charterhouse website] ]Slovenia
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Pleterje Charterhouse ("Kartuzijanski samostan Pleterje") nearŠentjernej (1403-1593; re-founded 1889; extant) [ [http://www.kartuzija-pleterje.si/index_carthusians.htm Pleterje Charterhouse website] ]
* Geirach Charterhouse ("Kartuzijanski samostan Jurklošter") atJurklošter (founded 1173 or 1174; dissolved)
*Seiz Charterhouse ("Kartuzijanski samostan Žiče") nearSlovenske Konjice (founded 1155-1165; dissolved 1782)
* Freudental Charterhouse ("Kartuzijanski samostan Bistra") nearVrhnika (founded 1255; dissolved)South Korea
* Kartusio Sudowon,
Sangju (extant since 2004)Spain
* Aniago Charterhouse,
Aniago ,Villanueva de Douro ,Valladolid , Castile (1442-1808; 1815-1835)
* Cartuja de Ara Christi,Puzol ,Sagonte near Valencia (1585-1808; 1815-1835)
* Cartuja de Ara Coeli,Lerida (1588-1596)
* Cartuja de Aula Dei,Saragossa (extant since 1564: 1564-1808, 1815-1835; 1901- [re-purchased in 1901 for the Carthusians of Valbonne and Vauclaire in exile from France, who arrived in that year in Cardeña and occupied Aula Dei in 1902; [http://www.auladei.es Aula Dei Charterhouse official website] ] )
* Cartuja de la Annonciade, near Valencia (1442-45; unsuccessful foundation from Porta Coeli)
* Cartuja de MirafloresBurgos (extant since 1441) [ [http://www.cartuja.org/ Cartuja de Miraflores official website] ]
* Cartuja de Baja or Baxa nearSaragossa (1651-1835)
* Cartoixa Santa-Maria de Montalegre,Tiana nearBarcelona (extant; canonesses regular to 1362, charterhouse 1415-1808, 1814-1820, 1823-1835, (1867-) 1901-1939, 1944-)
* Cartuja de Porta Coeli near Valencia (extant since 1272)
*Valldemossa Charterhouse ("Cartuja Valldemossa") (Mallorca) (1339-1835)
* CartujaJerez de la Frontera ("Cartuja Santa María de la Defensión") (dissolved)
*Granada Charterhouse ,Granada (1506 - early 19th century)
*El Paular Charterhouse ("Santa Maria de El Paular") inRascafría nearMadrid (1390-1835; part of the premises were occupied by Benedictine monks in 1954; the remainder is a hotel)
* Cartoixa Scala Dei or Escaladei inLa Morera del Montsant (1285-1769)
* Cartuja Vall de Cristo (1385-1835)
* Cartoixa de Vallparadís inTerrassa nearBarcelona (1345-1415)
* Cartuja de Las Fuentes inMonegros nearLanaja (founded 1507, dissolved)
*Santa María de las Cuevas Charterhouse, on the island ofLa Cartuja on theGuadalquivir nearSeville (founded 1400, dissolved)
* Cartuja de Cazalla (de la Sierra), founded from Santa María de las Cuevas (1477–1834)Sweden
* Gripsholm or Mariefred Charterhouse, at
Gripsholm , now inMariefred , nearStockholm (1493-1526)Switzerland
* Géronde Charterhouse,
Sierre (from before 1233 to 1331, Augustinian Canons; 1331-c. 1355/60, Carthusians; 1425-1644, Carmelites; 1651-60, Jesuits ; 1803-05 and 1831-34, Trappists; Dominicans 1870-73)
*Ittingen Charterhouse inWarth (Thurgau) (from before 1152 to 1461, Augustinian Canons; 1461-1848, Carthusians)
*La Lance Charterhouse ("Chartreuse du Saint-Lieu de la Lance"),Concise (Vaud) [ [http://www.lalance.ch La Lance Charterhouse official website] ] (1317/20-1538)
* Oujon Charterhouse nearArzier (Vaud) (1146/49-1537)
*La Part-Dieu Charterhouse inVaudens ,Gruyères (Fribourg) (1307-1848)
* St. Margarethental Charterhouse inBasle (1401-1529/36)
* Thorberg Charterhouse, nowSchloss Thorberg , inKrauchthal (Bern) (1397-1528)
*La Valsainte Charterhouse nearCerniat (Fribourg) (Carthusians 1294/95-1778; Trappists 1791-98, 1802-12 and 1814-15; Redemptorists 1818-26; recovered by Carthusians 1863, still extant)
* Val de la Paix Charterhouse ("Villa pacis") inChandrossel (1327-after 1333)United Kingdom
England
*
Axholme Charterhouse , nearEpworth , Lincolnshire (1397-1538)
*Beauvale Charterhouse , Nottinghamshire (1343-1539)
*Coventry Charterhouse, West Midlands (1381-1539)
*Hinton Priory , Somerset [founded at Hatherop in Gloucestershire 1222, moved to Hinton 1227] (1222-1539)
*Kingston upon Hull Charterhouse, East Yorkshire (1377-1539)
*London Charterhouse (1370-1538)
*Mount Grace Priory , North Yorkshire (1398-1539)
*Richmond Priory otherwise known as Sheen Priory, Surrey (1414-1539)
*St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster ,Cowfold ,Horsham ,West Sussex (founded 1873; extant) [ [http://www.parkminster.org.uk St. Hugh's Charterhouse official website] ]
*Witham Charterhouse , Somerset (1178/79-1539)Scotland
*
Perth Charterhouse , Perth (1429-1569)USA
* Sky Farm (Charterhouse of Our Lady of Bethlehem), near
Whittingham , Vermont (1950-60; community moved eventually to Transfiguration)
*Charterhouse of the Transfiguration ,Arlington (Vermont) (extant since 1970-71)Charterhouses for women
Belgium
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Bruges :
* Genadedal Charterhouse ("Kartuize Genadedal") inSint Kruis , later Bruges (1318-1783; in Bruges from 1584)
* St. Anne's Charterhouse ("Kartuize Sint-Anna ter Woestijne" or "Chartreuse Sainte-Anne-au-Désert"; "St. Anne's Charterhouse in the Desert")) inSint-Andries , later Bruges (1348-1783; in Bruges from 1580)France
* Chartreuse de Parménie in
Beaucroissant (1257-1424, then transferred to Écouges)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Gard inBelloy sur Somme (1137-1792; Cistercians 1871-1906)
* Chartreuse Sainte Croix de Beauregard inCoublevie (Isère) (1827-1978; transferred to Reillanne)
* Chartreuse Prébayon inGigondas (1150-1200, then moved to St. André)
* Chartreuse St. André de Ramières inGigondas (1200-1734)
* Chartreuse du Mont-Sainte-Marie inGosnay (1329-1792); double monastery with Val St. Esprit in Gosnay
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Salettes,La Balme-les-Grottes (1299-1792)
* Chartreuse Saints Coeurs Jesus Marie inLa Bastide St. Pierre (1854-1903)
* Chartreuse Sainte Roseline Celle Roubaud in Les Arcs (previously Benedictine nuns; 1260-1499 Carthusian nuns; from 1504, Franciscans)
* Chartreuse de Poleteins inMionnay (1238-1605, then moved to Lyon)
* Chartreuse du Précieux Sang de Nonenque,Marnhagues-et-Latour (Aveyron) (extant; Cistercians 1139-1791; Carthusian nuns 1927 onwards)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bertaud or Notre-Dame d'Aurouse,Rabou (1188-1446, then moved to Durbon)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Reillanne,Reillanne (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) (extant from 1978) [ [http://catho04.cef.fr/decouvrir/vierelig/reillanne/chartreuse.htm Diocese of Digne, Riez and Sisteron website: Reillanne Charterhouse] ]
* Chartreuse Eymeu Bonlieu inRomans d’Isere (1300-1310; thereafter Benedictines)
* Chartreuse Notre Dame de Durbon inSaint-Julien-en-Beauchêne (Hautes-Alpes) (monks 1116-1405; nuns 1446-1601; Carthusian monks 1601-1791)
* Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Mélan inTaninges (Haute-Savoie) (1283-1793; women's collegiate foundation 1803-1906)
* Chartreuse de Prémol inVaulnaveys-le-Haut (1234-1792)Italy
* Certosa della Trinita,
Dego (extant since 1994)
* Certosa de Vedana,Sospirolo (extant since 1456)South Korea
* Charterhouse of the Annunciation, near
Sangju (planned, as at 2008)Spain
* Cartuja Santa Maria de Benifaçà,
Puebla de Benifassa nearVinaroz (extant since 1967)Notes
References
*Aniel Jean-Pierre, 1983: "Les maisons de Chartreux des origines à la chartreuse de Pavie", Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris, 1983
*Nouvelle bibliographie cartusienne, Grande-Chartreuse, 2006.ources and external links
* [http://www.chartreuse.info Carthusian Order official website, incl. list of active Carthusian houses]
* [http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/bibliotecartusiana/index.jhtml Analecta Cartusiana] fr icon
* [http://www.cartusiana.org Dutch and Belgian Carthusian history] nl icon
* [http://www.helvetiasacra.ch Helvetia Sacra: Swiss monasteries, including charterhouses] de icon, fr icon, it icon
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