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Leeuwarden, Tertiaries: Fiswerd
The Beguines' Church is not in use as church any more since 1983, but functions as Theater and Poppodium Romein Full Map on Geoplaza.
IDNR: L02
Parish: Leeuwarden-Oldehove
Municipality: Leeuwarden
Patron Saint: Anna (vanaf 1501)
Alias: Galilea; later: Fiswerd. Grauwe begijnen (= Grey Beguines)
Diocese: Utrecht
Diocese II: Leeuwarden
Province: Friesland
Province II:
Gender: f
Development: (a) Beguines, mentioned 1285 and 1373-1376
(b) Sisters ca. 1440 settled in Galilea on the Dokkum Ee canal
(c) firt explicit mention as Tertiaries in 1465
(d) transfer to mound Fiswerd north of Leeuwarden ca.. 1457
(e) removal to an area within the town walls (northside Bagijnestraat) ca. 1501-1506
Filiation: local origin as community of Beguines
End of monastic life: 1580*
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): -
Archives: Tresoar: 232-08
Literature: Mol (1991a) 141; Mol (1992/3) and (1993/4); Van Engen (2006) 77
Third Order: 106
Monasticon Batavum: I 127 nr. 3; S 99 nr. 3; II 110 nr. 4
MeMO: -
Van Deventer: chapel;'sorores'; [9]
National monument: 24094, 24095
Coordinates:
Archaeological Monument: 9336 (tc)
Archaeological Status: hav
Archaeological Activities:
Archaeological Publication:
First mention: 1285
Last mention: 1580
ENK code: ME-Z207-079

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