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Nuenen, Canonesses Regular of Soeterbeek
Soeterbeek near the Dommel river, now a manor closed to the general public Full Map on Geoplaza.
IDNR: N39
Parish: Nuenen
Municipality: Nuenen c.a.
Patron Saint: Our Lady
Alias: Soeterbeek
Diocese: Liège
Diocese II: 's-Hertogenbosch
Province: Brabant
Province II: Brabant (Spaans, later Staats), na 1732 Land van Ravenstein
Gender: f
Development: (a) foundation 1448* near Sueterbeeck rivulet, in the parish of Nederwetten
(b) Canonesses Regular 1452* (permission by Nic. Cusanus)
(c) transferred to Nuenen 1462* (area called 'Soeterbeek' near the Dommel river)
(d)Chapter of Venlo 1485*
(e) 1613* joined by the sisters of Sint-Annenborg at Rosmalen (R29)
(f) 1732* removal to Deursen in the Land of Ravenstein
( (g) 1772-1810 rectorate of Arnoldus Beckers, Canon Regular of Windesheim [see Poirters (2016)]
(h) 1812* abolition by the French government, but return already in 1813/4*
(i) 1954* joined by the sisters of Mariëndaal at Sint-Oedenrode (EN01)
(j) 1997* cession to Radboud University Nijmegen, which uses the convent as study centre, with particular interest in the Devotio Moderna, for which Soeterbeek is considered to have been the last institutional representative
Filiation: foundedn by St Ursula's Convent in Louvain (B)
End of monastic life: 1997*
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): -
Archives: Erfgoedcentrum Nederlands Kloosterleven at Cuijk-Sint Agatha: AR-Z104
Literature: Van Dijk (1982); Van Dijk (1986) 597; Van Liebergen (1987) 37-40; 98-101; Tummers (2000); Poirters (2016)
Third Order: -
Monasticon Batavum: II 216-217 s.v. Zoeterbeek; see also II 45 s.v. Deursen nr. 1
MeMO: 781
Van Deventer:
National monument: 511864* (Soeterbeek near the Dommel river)
Coordinates: 164/387C
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First mention: 1448
Last mention: 1997
ENK code: ME-Z102-063; ME-Z102-900

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