Dünnwald
Community ID:
2477
Town:
Cologne
Diocese:
Cologne
Dedication:
S. Nicholas
Date Founded:
1143/48 (circa: see "foundation information," below)
Date Terminated:
1803
Religious Order:
Premonstratensian
Foundation Information:
This community was originally established circa 1117-1118 for Augustinian canons. Circa 1143 the community was transformed into a community of Premonstratensian nuns, which it remained until 1803.
Manuscript Sources:
The Hauptstaatsarchiv in Düsseldorf contains a fragmentary cartulary from the convent, circa 15th c., #B. 187. The Historisches Archiv in Cologne also possesses a cartulary, written after 1482, sine numero, and a fragmentary necrology dating from the fourteenth century, also sine numero.
Secondary Sources:
Handschriftenerbe des Deutschen Mittelalters, vol. 1, p. 171.
Contributors:
June Mecham
Date Started:
1143
Date Finished:
1803
Length:
617
