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Oosterwijtwerd, Premonstratensian Canonesses: Nijenklooster bij den Dam
From the monastery the 'dobbe' (pond) remains, next to the farm Nieuwenklooster Full Map on Geoplaza.
IDNR: O12
Parish: Oosterwijtwerd (ofrJukwerd?)
Municipality: Delfzijl
Patron Saint: -
Alias: Nijenklooster bij den Dam (= New Monastery near Appingedam). Rozenwerf. Jukwerd
Diocese: Münster
Diocese II: Groningen
Province: Ommelanden
Province II:
Gender: m/f, later v
Development: (a) failed effort by Feldwerd (H80) to found a Benedictine monastery
(b) double monastery: Premonstratensian Canons and Canonesses 1211
(c) Canonesses only in 1213/4*
Filiation: the foundation was irregular: paternity of Varlar (G)?
End of monastic life: 1584/94
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): 1057
Archives: -
Literature: Ronner (1986); Tromp (1989) 49-50; De Vries (2011a)
Third Order: -
Monasticon Batavum: II 148 nrs. 1 2; III 91
MeMO: -
Van Deventer:
National monument: 45590
Coordinates: 252/596B
Archaeological Monument: 366
Archaeological Status: vhavp
Archaeological Activities: inv 1966; digging 1975; survey+ drill 1984; excav 1997; inquiry 2013
Archaeological Publication: Halbertsma (1963) 20-22; 104; 109; Boersma (1974) 20; Miedema (1989); Miedema (1990) 120 (7Fn1+2); 190; Molema (1997) nrs 101-2; Stöver and Van der Heiden (2016)
First mention: 1211
Last mention: 1594
ENK code: ME-Z097-023

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