domus S. Clarae (Herford)
Community ID:
1382
Alternate Names:
Clarissarum
Town:
Herford
Dedication:
S. Clare
Date Founded:
1325 or earlier
Date Terminated:
1500-1599 (sixteenth century)
Religious Order:
Poor Claresn by the fifteenth century
Rule:
Clarissen
Foundation Information:
This community was originally a beguinage. In 1325 the community appears in a document transferring it to the possession of the convent Marienfeld. Since the mid-fifteenth century the convent adhered to the Clarissen rule. The community dissolved after the Reformation.
Manuscript Sources:
Documents are located in the Staatsarchiv in Münster, no. 264. A calendar dating from the fifteenth century, held in the episcopal archive in Trier, may have belonged to this community, #Abt. 95, 45.
Secondary Sources:
Monasticon Westfaliae.Handschriftenerbe des Deutschen Mittelalters, vol. 1, p. 347.
Admin. Notes:
more research necessary
Contributors:
June Mecham
Date Started:
1325
Date Finished:
1500
Length:
644
