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Utrecht, Cistercian Nuns: Servatius
Servatius' Bulwark, now an urban park, prserves the memory of the abbey of Cistercian Nuns Full Map on Geoplaza.
IDNR: U07
Parish: Utrecht-Nicholas
Municipality: Utrecht
Patron Saint: Servatius
Alias: -
Diocese: Utrecht
Diocese II: Utrecht
Province: Nedersticht
Province II: Utrecht
Gender: f
Development: (a) abbey of Benedictine Nuns near Abstede [ this location doubted by Van Moolenbroek ] shortly before 1225
(b) transfer within the walls and transition to the status of Cistercian Nuns 1230*
(c ) 1580*: the possessions are ceded to the Knighthood, the nuns become Secular Canonesses
(d) extinction from 1623* onwards
(e) 1673* demolition of the buildings (in 1830* also of the chapel)
Filiation: abbey, incorporated into the order as daughter of Kamp (G)
End of monastic life: dissolution 1797*
Narrative Sources (CK): -
Narrative Sources (NS): -
Manuscripts (SV): 1195-1196
Archives: HUA: 1005-2
Literature: Van Moolenbroek (1985) 211-212; Van Hulzen (1986) 75-79; Van Tongerloo (1991) nr. 22; Van Kalveen (1997) 155-157; 163-167; Van Moolenbroek (1997/2006); Holt (2015) 180-187
Third Order: -
Monasticon Batavum: III 122-123 nrs. 6 en 8
MeMO: 139
Van Deventer: chapel; 'St Servatii'; [21]
National monument:
Coordinates: 137/456
Archaeological Monument: 12314 (tc)
Archaeological Status: vhav
Archaeological Activities: surveillance 2003 (bulwark); test inquiry 2004/5 (Kromhout)
Archaeological Publication: AKU 2004/5, 86-88; Den Hartog (2016a)
First mention: 1225
Last mention: 1797
ENK code: ME-Z202-049

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