| Midwolda, Cistercian Nuns |
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| The Grijze Vrouwen (Grey Ladies) are the Cistercian Nuns, the counterpart of the Schiere Monniken (Grey Monks) | Full Map on Geoplaza. |
| IDNR: | M39 |
| Parish: | Midwolda |
| Municipality: | Oldambt |
| Patron Saint: | - |
| Alias: | Grijzevrouwen (=Grey Ladies) |
| Diocese: | Münster |
| Diocese II: | Groningen |
| Province: | Ommelanden |
| Province II: | |
| Gender: | m/f, later f |
| Development: | 1269*: at the occasion of the transition of Benedictine doube monastery Menterwold to the Cistercians (see T01) the women were detached and became the Cistercian Nuns of Midwolda |
| Filiation: | branch of Menterwolde (T01); priory un der the authority of the abbot of that monastery, which later became Termunten (T01) |
| End of monastic life: | 1574*: the nuns flee to Groningen; the possessions united with those of Termunten (T01) |
| Narrative Sources (CK): | - |
| Narrative Sources (NS): | - |
| Manuscripts (SV): | - |
| Archives: | Groningen, GrA: 172 |
| Literature: | Van Moolenbroek (1985) nr. 9; Tromp (1989) 37-38; Mol (1991b) 46; Dijk (2011) 77-87; Roemeling (2013) 112; 142; Holt (2015) 157-160 |
| Third Order: | - |
| Monasticon Batavum: | III 83 |
MeMO: | - | |
Van Deventer: | |
National monument: | |
| Coordinates: | 263/580B |
Archaeological Monument: | 7213 | |
Archaeological Status: | hav | |
Archaeological Activities: | digging 1896; excav 1944;; find of gate building 1975, foundations 1998; seal stamps 1990 | |
Archaeological Publication: | Berichten ROB (1952) 19 | |
| First mention: | 1259 |
| Last mention: | 1574 |
| ENK code: | ME-Z202-028 |
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