The community was founded as a free religious cooperative without vows. The community originated as a community of Beguines. The statutes for the community were drawn up on December 31, 1320 by the ten beguines then in residence and were sealed by the local Dominican prior and echevins. In the statutes none of the women are designated as magistra, but the statute provided that rules for the house must be established by the "maior pars et senior" (McDonnell, 136).
In 1320 when the community's statutes were drawn up, there were ten religious women in residence.
The archives are contained in the archiv auf Schloss Anholt
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This community may have been one of many Beguine houses that later became Dominican convents.