This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are ancillary establishments (distilleries, printing houses) and the "houses of refuge" used by the communities expelled from France in the early 20th century.
Since the establishment of the Carthusians in 1084 there have been more than 280 monastic foundations and several more unsuccessfully attempted ones,Analecta Cartusiana website: see below and this list aims to be complete. Dates of foundation and suppression are given where known. there are 21 extant charterhouses, 16 for monks and 5 for nuns, indicated by bold type.Chartreux.org (official website of the Carthusian Order): List of active Carthusian houses of monks; List of active Carthusian houses of nuns. Retrieved 3 May 2022In addition, the Maison Saint Bruno, formerly Sélignac Charterhouse, has been a house of laity since 2001. The Hermitage of St. Bruno founded in 1975 at Parisot is also a lay retreat house, run not by the Carthusian Order but by the International Fellowship of St Bruno.
Europe
Austria
Aggsbach Charterhouse (Kartause Aggsbach or Kartause Marienpforte) in Aggsbach, Lower Austria (1380–1782)Thomas Aigner: "Aggsbach", in: Monasticon Cartusiense, ed. Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, vol. 2, Salzburg 2004, pp. 119–123 Gaming Charterhouse (Kartause Gaming or Kartause Maria Thron) in Gaming, Lower Austria (1330–1782)Thomas Aigner: "Gaming", in: Monasticon Cartusiense, ed. Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, vol. 2, Salzburg 2004, pp. 82–87 Mauerbach Charterhouse (Kartause Mauerbach) in Mauerbach near Vienna, Lower Austria (1313–1782)Thomas Aigner: "Mauerbach", in: Monasticon Cartusiense, ed. Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, vol. 2, Salzburg 2004, pp. 77–81
Belarus Biaroza Charterhouse, Biaroza, formerly Biaroza-Kartuskaja (1648–1831)"Bereza" in Maisons de l'Ordre des Chartreux, Parkminster 1919, vol. 4, ch. 37–38 (online version at Gallica.bnf.fr)
Belgium Antwerp: St. Catherine's Charterhouse, Antwerp, also known as Kiel Charterhouse (Kartuize t’Kiel or Kartuize Sint-Katharina-op-de-Berg-Sinai) (1324–1543, when relocated to Lier)Cartusiana.org: Antwerpen 1 & Lier (Cartusia Sanctae Catharinae Montis Sinaii in Kiel apud Antverpiam; Cartusia Antverpiensis 1) St. Sophia's Charterhouse, Antwerp (Kartuize Sint-Sophia, Antwerpen) (1625–1783)Cartusiana.org: Antwerpen 2 (Cartusia Sanctae Sophiae Constantinopolitanae Antwerpiae; Cartusia Antverpiensis 2) see also Sheen Anglorum Bruges, see (1) Genadedal; and (2) Sheen Anglorum Brussels Charterhouse (Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Gratie), Brussels (1588–1783; transferred from Scheut)Cartusiana.org: Brussel (Cartusia Nostrae Dominae de Gratia; Cartusia Bruxellensis) Chercq, see Mont-Saint-Andre Diest, see Zelem Enghien, see Herne Genadedal or Genadendal Charterhouse (Kartuize Genadedal or Genadendal), Sint-Kruis (1383–1584); relocated to Bruges (1584–1783)Cartusiana.org: Brugge 1 (Monachi) (Cartusia Vallis Gratiae; Sancta Crucis apud Brugas; Cartusia Brugis) Ghent Charterhouse, otherwise Charterhouse of Sint-Bruno in Eremo (Kartuize Sint-Bruno in Eremo), Ghent (1584–1783); successor to Koningsdal. Herne Charterhouse (Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-Kapelle), Herne (Flemish Brabant) near Enghien (Hainaut) (1314–1783)Cartusiana.org: Herne (Cartusia Capellae Sanctae Mariae in Herne apud Angiam) Koningsdal Charterhouse (Kartuize Koningsdal or 's-Koningsdale; Chartreuse Val-Royal), Rooigemoriginally intended to be founded in Kortrijk (1328–1578); after a temporary refuge in Saint-Omer, relocated to Ghent (1584–1783)Cartusiana.org: Gent (Cartusia Vallis Regalis; Cartusia Gandavensis) Kortrijk, see Koningsdal Leuven Charterhouse otherwise Louvain Charterhouse (Chartreuse Sainte-Marie-Madeleine-sous-la-Croix; Kartuize Maria-Magdalena-onder-het-Kruis op de Calvarieberg), Leuven (c. 1489/91–1783)Cartusiana.org: Leuven (Cartusia Beatae Mariae Magdalenae sub Cruce in Monte Calvariae in Lovanio; Cartusia Lovaniensis) see also Sheen Anglorum Liège Charterhouse, also known as Mont Cornillon Charterhouse (Chartreuse des douze apôtres du Mont-Cornillon or Kartuize Twaalf Apostelen op de Mont Cornillon), Liège (1357–1796)Cartusiana.org: Liege (Cartusia Duoecim Apostolorum apud Leodium; Cartusia Omnium Apostolorum de Cornelio Monte apud Leodium; Cartusia Leodiensis) Lier Charterhouse (Kartuize Sint-Katharina-op-de-Berg-Sinai), Lier (Antwerp) (1543–1783; transferred from Kiel, Antwerp)Cartusiana.org: Antwerpen 1 & Lier (Cartusia Sanctae Catharinae Lyrae; Cartusia Lyrensis) Malines, see Sheen Anglorum Mont-Saint-André Charterhouse (Kartuize Sint-Andreasberg or Chartreuse Mont-Saint-André), Chercq near Tournai (c. 1376/77–1783)Cartusiana.org: Chercq (Cartusia Montis Sancti Andreae in Chercq apud Tornacum; Cartusia Cercana) Namur, see Sheen Anglorum Nieuwpoort Charterhouse, also known as Sheen Anglorum (Kartuize Nieuwpoort) (1626–1783; in other towns in Belgium from 1559): see Sheen Anglorum Scheut Charterhouse (Kartuize Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Gratie), Scheut near Anderlecht (1454–1588; relocated in Brussels)Cartusiana.org: Brussel (Cartusia Nostrae Dominae de Gratia) Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse (Charterhouse of Jesus of Bethlehem): English Carthusians in exile, located successively in Bruges (Val-de-Grâce) (1559–69), Bruges (Sinte-Clarastraat) (1569–1578), Namur (1578), Louvain (1578–1589), Antwerp (1589/90–1591), Malines (1591–1626) and Nieuwpoort (1626–1783)Cartusiana.org: Sheen Anglorum (Cartusia Domus Shenae Anglorum; Cartusia Shenensis) Sint-Martens-Bosch Charterhouse or Sint-Martens-Lierde Charterhouse (Kartuize Sint-Martens-Bosch or Sint-Martens-Lierde) Sint-Martens-Lierde, Geraardsbergen (1329–1783)Cartusiana.org: Sint-Martens-Lierde (Cartusia Silvae Sancti Martini in Sint-Martens-Lierde (Lierde) apud Gerardimontem) Tournai, the order's printing press: transferred to Parkminster (1913–1954)Cartusiana.org: Tournai Zelem Charterhouse, also Diest Charterhouse (Kartuize Sint-Jansberg or Sint-Jansdal), Zelem, Diest (1328–1796)Cartusiana.org: Zelem (Cartusia Sancti Johannis Baptistae in Zelem apud Diestum; Cargtusia Zeelhemensis) Zepperen Castle, Sint-Truiden (1901–1905; house of refuge for exiled French community from Glandier)Cartusiana.org: Zepperen
Czech Republic Brno Charterhouse, Královo Pole Charterhouse, or Königsfeld Charterhouse (Holy Trinity), Brno (1370–1782)Emanuel Kral: Geschichte der Karthause in Königsfeld bei Brünn von ihrer Erbauung 1375 bis zur Gegenwart, Brünn 1888Cartusia Brunensis – dějiny královopolského kláštera a jeho proměny v 21. století. Dolany Charterhouse (Our Lady of the Valley of Jehosaphat), Dolany near Olomouc (1389–1437; moved here from Tržek (Litomyšl); moved to Olomouc in 1437, when the monastery at Dolany was ruined by Hussites)Rafał Witkowski: "Olomouc/Olmütz" in Monasticon Cartusiense, ed. Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, Band 2, Salzburg 2004, pp. 129–133 Litomyšl, see Tržek Mariengarten, see Prague Olomouc Charterhouse (Our Lady of the Valley of Jehosaphat), Olomouc (1437–1782; settled by the displaced community from Dolany) Poděbrady Charterhouse, at Poděbrady near Prague (1360–1369)Žak, Alfons, Österreichisches Klosterbuch. Statistik der Orden und Kongregationen der katholischen Kirche in Österreich. Vienne-Leipzig, 1911, p. 145 Prague Charterhouse (Kartause Mariengarten), Smichow, Prague (1342–1419)Rafał Witkowski: "Praha/Prag" in Monasticon Cartusiense, ed. Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, Band 2, Salzburg 2004, pp. 95–101 Štípa Charterhouse, near Fryšták, Zlín (Moravia) (1617–1620; destroyed by Protestants during Thirty Years' War; refounded at Walditz)"Walditz" in Maisons de l'Ordre des Chartreux, Parkminster 1919, vol. 4, ch. 46 (online version at Gallica.bnf.fr) Tržek Charterhouse (Kartause Mariae Dornbusch [Our Lady of the Thornbush]), Tržek near Litomyšl (Bohemia) (1378–1390; moved to Dolany)Stanislav Petr: "Rukopis kartuziánského kláštera v Tržku ve vatikánské knihovně Palatina a nové poznatky k osobě zakladatele tržecké kartouzy Alberta ze Šternberka" in Studie o rukopisech 41 (2011), pp. 19–56 Valdice, or Kartouzy-Valdice Charterhouse (Kartause Marienfeld, later Mariae Himmelfahrt), Valdice near Jičín (Bohemia) (1627–1782; settled by the displaced community from Štípa)
Denmark Asserbo Charterhouse, to the north of Roskilde (1162 or 1163–c.1169; site abandoned)Aigner, Thomas, 2004: Monasticon cartusiense, vol. 2 (eds. Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg). Analecta cartusiana, No. 185.2. Salzburg: Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik - Asserbo Elvedgaard Charterhouse, Søndersø, island of Fyn (proposed 1475; not proceeded with because of insufficient endowment, and proposed instead as a hospital of the Order of the Holy Ghost, apparently also not proceeded with)Danskeherregaarde.dk - Elvedgård Glenstrup Charterhouse, Glenstrup, Mariagerfjord (Benedictine monks; Carthusian foundation here proposed c. 1428–30, but formally abandoned for lack of funds in 1446. The project was for a time under the management of the Bishop of Aarhus, and the proposed charterhouse here was also sometimes referred to as Aarhus Charterhouse)."Glenstrup kloster" in Salmonsens Konversationslexikon, nd.
France
La Grande Chartreuse, Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse near Grenoble (Isère), mother house of the Carthusian Order (extant since 1084: 1084–1792, 1816–1903, 1940– )Musée de la Grande Chartreuse websiteLa Correrie, the former lower monastery, is now the Museum of the Grande Chartreuse Abbeville Charterhouse, also Thuison Charterhouse or Val-Saint-Honoré Charterhouse (Chartreuse Saint-Honoré de Thuison-lès-Abbeville, Chartreuse Val-Saint-Honoré), Abbeville (Somme) (1300–1791)Lefebvre, François, La chartreuse de Saint-Honoré à Thuison près d'Abbeville, Paris, 1885, 571 p. Aillon Charterhouse, also Mont-Sainte-Marie Charterhouse (Chartreuse Notre-Dame d'Aillon, Chartreuse Mont-Sainte-Marie), in Aillon-le-Jeune, Le Châtelard (Savoie) (1178–1793)Aillons-Margériaz website: Aillon Charterhouse ) Aix Charterhouse (Chartreuse Sainte-Marthe d'Aix) in Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône) (1623–1791) Apponay Charterhouse (Chartreuse Notre-Dame d'Apponay), Rémilly (Nièvre)(1185–1790) Arvière Charterhouse (Chartreuse Notre-Dame d'Arvière), Lochieu (Ain) (1132–1791) Auray Charterhouse (Chartreuse Saint-Michel-du-Champ d'Auray), 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) Basseville Charterhouse (Chartreuse Notre-Dame du Val-Saint-Jean, Basseville) in Pousseaux (Nièvre) (1328–1791) Bellary Charterhouse (Chartreuse de l'Annonciation de la Sainte-Vierge), Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis, Donzy (Nièvre) (1209–1791) Bellevue Charterhouse, Beauvoir Charterhouse or Belvezer Charterhouse, see Saïx Bonlieu Charterhouse (Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonlieu), Bonlieu, Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux (Jura) (1171–1791) Bonnefoy Charterhouse (Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonnefoy) in Le Béage (Ardèche) (1156–1791)Bonnefoy Charterhouse special interest website Bonpas Charterhousealso known as Bompas Charterhouse (Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Bonpas or Bompas), Caumont-sur-Durance (Vaucluse) (1318–1792; previously a house of the Knights Hospitallers from 1281) Bordeaux Charterhouse (Chartreuse Notre-Dame de Miséricorde), Bordeaux (Gironde) (1383–1460; 1605–1790) Bosserville Charterhouse (Chartreuse de l'Immaculée Conception, Bosserville), Art-sur-Meurthe (Meurthe-et-Moselle) (1666–1792; noviciate house 1835–1901; exiled to Saxon 1901 and moved to Pleterje in 1903)