Klosteramt
A  (lit. 'monastery office') was an administrative unit in certain states of the Holy Roman Empire that, after the Reformation in the 16th century, took over the administration of the estates of dissolved monasteries and also their lower court powers. In Old Württemberg the head of the  was the prelate (), a Protestant clergyman appointed by the Duke, who had a seat and vote in the . The administrative business was managed by the monastery reeve () or steward (), who from 1759 held the title of . The  were dissolved after the Napoleonic Wars at the beginning of the 19th century in the course of the subsequent reorganization of states like the Kingdom of Württemberg. List of  in Württemberg 
The following  are recorded:

 Adelberg
 Alpirsbach
 Anhausen
 Bebenhausen
 Blaubeuren
 Denkendorf
 Herbrechtingen
 Herrenalb
 Hirsau
 Königsbronn
 Lichtenstern (nunnery, no prelate)
 Lorch
 Maulbronn
 Murrhardt
 Reichenbach (Klosterreichenbach),  Baiersbronn municipality, in the Freudenstadt district, Baden-Württemberg
 St. Georgen

The poorer monasteries had administrative units called a Klosterhofmeisterei or Stiftsverwaltung. They were not represented in the state parliament. References

Literature 
 Erwin Hölzle: Der deutsche Südwesten am Ende des alten Reiches, Stuttgart 1938, S. 30ff. Hans-Martin Maurer: Altwürttembergisches Archiv (A-Bestände). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-17-002175-3, S. 160 (Veröffentlichungen der Staatlichen Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg, Band 32). External links 
 Studies and Materials on the History of the Klosteramt of Reichenbach

History of Christianity in Germany
Christianity in Baden-Württemberg