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Helmond, Cistercian Nuns: Keizerinnedal / Binderen
Sheepfold on the area of Binderen monastery, functioning as pilgrimage chapel; in the chapel the tomb stone of the last abbess. Full Map on Geoplaza.
IDNR: H51
Parish: Helmond
Municipality: Helmond
Patron Saint: OLV
Alias: Keizerinnedal (=Vale of the Empress). Binderen
Diocese: Liège
Diocese II: 's-Hertogenbosch / Roermond
Province: Brabant (temporarily Guelders)
Province II: Brabant (Spaans, later Staats)
Gender: v
Development: (a) Cistercian Nuns 1244*
(b) stay at Weert 1581-87, afterwards return to Helmond
dissolved 1650*, the nuns take refuge at Venray, where the last abbess deceases in 1701
Filiation: abbey, incorporated into the order as daughter of Villers
End of monastic life: 1650*; the nuns for a long time have residence in Venray
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): -
Archives: -
Literature: Van Bussel (1984); Van Moolenbroek (1985) nr. 2; Van Bussel (1987); Holt (2015) 207-210
Third Order: -
Monasticon Batavum: III 62-63; III 126 s.v. Venray en III 131 s.v. Weert
MeMO: -
Van Deventer: chapel, buildings and moat; 'Bynderen'
National monument:
Coordinates: 174/389AC
Archaeological Monument: 4710
Archaeological Status: hav
Archaeological Activities: tomb stone, found in the 19th century; test inquiry 1980; excav 1994
Archaeological Publication: Van der Sanden (1981); Lauwerier (1981); AKNB (1983) 54
First mention: 1244
Last mention: 1701
ENK code: ME-Z202-018

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