fˈoːɹ lˈuːθɜːɹən ˈæbəts dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd ðɪ ˈæbi ʌntˈɪl wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt wɛn ðə kˈaʊnt ʌv hˈoʊnstaɪn ɐpˈɔɪntᵻd hɪz sˈʌn æz ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌeɪɾɚ, ˈæftɚ hˌuːz dˈɛθ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti θɹˈiː ðə hˈælbɚstˌæt kɐθˈiːdɹəl tʃˈæptɚ lˈɛft ðɪ ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən ʌv hˈoʊnstaɪn ænd wˈɔːkɛnɹid ˈæbi tə ðə pɹˈɪnsᵻz ʌv bɹˈʌnswɪkwˈʊlfənbˌuːɾəl.
Four Lutheran abbots directed the abbey until 1578 when the Count of Hohnstein appointed his son as administrator, after whose death in 1593 the Halberstadt cathedral chapter left the administration of Hohnstein and Walkenried Abbey to the Princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.