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| Utrecht, Benedictine Nuns: Oostbroek | |
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| IDNR: | U04 |
| Parish: | Utrecht-Nicolaas |
| Municipality: | De Bilt |
| Patron Saint: | Our Lady and Laurentius |
| Alias: | Vrouwenklooster. Nieuw Bethlehem. De Bilt |
| Diocese: | Utrecht |
| Diocese II: | Utrecht |
| Province: | Nedersticht |
| Province II: | Utrecht |
| Gender: | f |
| Development: | (a) Benedictine Nuns at Oostbroek (De Bilt) 1113* (b) from 1356/60* onwards free choice of prioress (c) raised into an Abbey 1503* (d) transformation into a Protestant college of Secular Canonesses recruited from among the nobility, under the authority of the Knighthood, in1580*: Buildings demolished in 1585*. The replacement of Catholic by Protestant Ladies took several decades. |
| Filiation: | branched off from Oostbroek (U03) |
| End of monastic life: | dissolution 1797/8*. |
| Narrative Sources (CK): | 325 |
| Narrative Sources (NS): | NL0210; NL0350; NL0351 |
| Manuscripts (SV): | - |
| Archives: | 1005-4 |
| Literature: | Van Kalveen (1997) 152-154; 163-167; Van Moolenbroek (2003/2006); Doedens and Looijesteijn(2010); Broer (2011) 153-169 |
| Third Order: | - |
| Monasticon Batavum: | III 120-121 nr. 4 |
MeMO: | 566 | |
Van Deventer: | not | |
| National monument: | |
| Coordinates: | 141/457 |
Archaeological Monument: | 2207 | |
Archaeological Status: | hav | |
Archaeological Activities: | finds 1953; observation 1966; excav 1970 (find of well); excav 1995; survey 2004; surveillance 2011 | |
Archaeological Publication: | Halbertsma BKNOB 1966, 74; JbOU 1966, 144; AKU 1970-79, 12; 1994/5, 60-63; Kolman (1994); Briels (2013) | |
| First mention: | 1113 |
| Last mention: | 1797 |
| ENK code: | ME-Z011-022 |
