Gokirch
Community ID:
1370
Alternate Names:
Coenobium S. Odalrici
Town:
Paderborn
Diocese:
Paderborn
Dedication:
S. Mary, S. John the Baptist, S. Odalricus
Date Founded:
1228
Date Terminated:
1810, December 14
Religious Order:
Cistercian / Benedictine after 1513
Rule:
Benedictine
Foundation Information:
The convent was founded in 1228 as a daughter house of S. Aegidii in Muenster. Originally the community was Cistercian. Circa 1513 it joined the Bursfelder Congregation as a Benedictine house.
Dependency Of:
It was a daughter house of S. Aegidii in Münster.
Secondary Sources:
[1]Monasticon Westfaliae.
[2]Bieling, A. Geschichte des Cisterzienserinnenkloster Gaukirch, in Zeitschrift 36 II, s. 62.
Miscellaneous Information:
The community's archives are in the Staatarchiv in Münster and in the Teodorianischen Bibliothek in Paderborn.
Admin. Notes:
Needs more research
Contributors:
June Mecham
Date Started:
1228
Date Finished:
1810
Length:
615
