Bedburg
Community ID: 
 
2448
 
Town: 
 
Bedburg
 
Diocese: 
 
Cologne
 
Dedication: 
 
S. John the Baptist
 
Date Founded: 
 
1201 or earlier (see "foundation information," below)
 
Date Terminated: 
 
1804
 
Religious Order: 
 
Premonstratensian
 
Rule: 
 
Rule of S. Augustine
 
Foundation Information: 
 

This Premonstratensian monastery was founded in 1124 for monks. A reference of 1138 refers only to male inhabitants. By 1201 the community had become a double house and reference is made to both fratres et sorores, brothers and sisters. Since 1227, however, the community was exclusively female. In 1519 the community ceased to adhere to the Premonstratensian order and became instead a chapter of canonesses. Final dissolution of the community occured in 1804.

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

The Haag preserves a copy of the monastery's statutes, Kgl. B, 128, G 21.

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Handschriftenerbe des Deutschen Mittelalters, vol. 1, p. 78.
SCHOLTEN, Robert. Das Praemonstratenserinnen-Kloster Bedburg, Cleve, 1902.

 
Manuscripts Produced: 
 

Only one work from the community remains, a copy of their Statues, written in 1445 by Simon Bermen, preserved in the Haag.

 
Admin. Notes: 
 

More research necessary

 
Contributors: 
 
June Mecham
 
Date Started: 
 
1201
 
Date Finished: 
 
1804
 
Length: 
 
773