This community was founded in 1143 for Augustinian women. It remained as such until 1443 at which time it became a community of Cistercian nuns. The Cistercian community lasted until 1651.
The Stadtbibliothek in Braunschweig possesses an Orat. from the community, dating to the fourteenth century, #171. The Stadtmuseum in Hildesheim possesses a Breviary from the community in Latin in Niederdeutsch, dating from the fourteenth century, #384. The Bodlien library in Oxford possesses a manuscript from the community, #Lat. th.e. 3 (SC 29807). A Martyrology and necrology held in the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, dating from the twelft -fourteenth century may have belonged to this house, #Helmst. 523 (570). Supposedly a liber precum belonging to Sister Fike existed but it whereabouts remain unknown.
Handschriftenerbe des Deutschen Mittelalters, vol. 1, p. 163.
Further research is necessary
