St.-Johannis Church

The St.-Johannis Monastery was founded in 1194 on the Holm, an island in the Schlei near a fishing settlement outside Schleswig. It was dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. An earlier Benedictine settlement in Schleswig, St. Michaelis Monastery, was dissolved in 1192, though the exact connection to St. Johannis is not clearly historically proven. In 1251, Danish King Abel confirmed extensive freedoms for the monastery. By the end of the 14th century, it was explicitly referred to as a Benedictine nunnery. Fires in 1299 and 1487 led to destruction and subsequent rebuilding.