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Roermond, Beguines: Nieuwenhof
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IDNR: R26
Parish: Roermond
Municipality: Roermond
Patron Saint: Catharina
Alias: Nieuwenhof (= New Court)
Diocese: Liège
Diocese II: Roermond
Province: Guelders
Province II: Gelre (Spaans, later Oostenrijks)
Gender: v
Development: (a) Beguines scattered across the town
(b) beguinage near St Nicholas' Chapel outside the town 1279*
(c) building of St Catharine's Chapel ca. 1294*
(d) removal to Nieuwenhof within the walls between 1311 and 1325
(e) during the suppression of the women's convents in the years 1783-85* many female religious took their refuge in the beguinage
Filiation: not applicable
End of monastic life: 1797*
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): -
Archives: Maastricht, RHCL: 14.D040
Literature: Denslagen (1978) 217; Van Schaïk (1987) 301; Polak (1988); Simons (2001) nr. 90; Nissen (2014) 260
Third Order: -
Monasticon Batavum: -
MeMO: -
Van Deventer: chapel; [11]
National monument:
Coordinates: 197/356
Archaeological Monument: 16306 (tc)
Archaeological Status: hav
Archaeological Activities: field inventory 2004
Archaeological Publication: Bergman (2004)
First mention: 1279
Last mention: 1797
ENK code: ME-Z010-053

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