Kirchheim
Community ID: 
 
2558
 
Alternate Names: 
 
Kirchheim unter Teck; S. John the Baptist
 
Diocese: 
 
Constance
 
Dedication: 
 
S. John the Baptist
 
Date Founded: 
 
1400 or earlier
 
Religious Order: 
 
Dominican
 
Rule: 
 
Rule of S. Augustine
 
Foundation Information: 
 

Further informatioun about the foundation of this house of Dominican women is needed.

 
Literary Works: 
 

A reform account from this community still survives.

 
Manuscript Sources: 
 

The Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe contains a miscellanouse ascetical work written in the fifteenth century, belonging to this community and later held in Gotteszell, #St. Blasien 97. The chapter library of St. Paul in Lavanttal also contains a Liber chori, written in the fifteenth century and later held in Gotteszell, # 62/1, as well as a martyrology, also from the fifteenth century and held in Gotteszell, #71.

 
Secondary Sources: 
 

Handschriftenerbe des Deutschen Mittelalters, vol. 1, p. 396.
Convent Chronicles: Women Writing about Women and Reform in the Late Middle Ages

 
Miscellaneous Information: 
 

The history of this convent's archives indicate ties with Gotteszell.

 
Contributors: 
 
June Mecham
 
Date Started: 
 
1400
 
Length: 
 
647