Augustinereremitenkloster Anklam

The Augustinerkloster in Anklam was a monastery of the Augustinian friars. It stood near the town wall where the Brüderstraße meets the Klosterstraße. The site was small at first, with only a single building granted by the town council in 1310.

The friars kept strict rules about property. They could not buy land without the council’s permission, and any houses left to them had to be sold for cash. Despite these limits, the monastery grew after a fire in 1384 allowed an extra plot to be bought. By 1415 the Anklam house was part of a shared school with eight other Augustinian monasteries, moving each year to a different location. Scholars like Thomas Kantzow later used books from the Anklam library for their chronicles.

Johannes Schiphower served as prior here from 1491 to 1497. As the Reformation took hold, fewer donations arrived and some monks left. In 1530 the remaining friars handed the buildings, papers and treasures to the town in exchange for lifelong support. A few years later the complex was pulled down and the ground became a rubbish tip before being sold off.