According to Hauck, the convent was an espicopal foundation made by Liuthard of Paderborn (Hauck, 553). The foundation of this convent was confirmed by the council of Worms (synod of Worms) in 868. The foundation is recorded in the acts of the council of Worms and in documents from Louis the German and Karl III. At the instigation of Bishop Bisos of Paderborn Neuenheerse received a confirmation of its possessions from Pope Stephan V. The original document still exists. The convent was placed within the protectorate of the diocese of Paderborn (Heineken, 46-7).
One of the first members of Neuenheerse was Waldburg, recorded as being "in sanctimoniali proposito permanens" (Heineken, 98).
Neuenheerse paid a tithe to the episcopal church in return for episcopal protection of the convent's properties (Heineken, 60).
The convent was placed within the protectorate of the diocese of Paderborn. The episcopal church continued to have influence in the sisters' choice of an abbess.
A letter from Rimbert to a nun in Neuenheerse exists; however, it is valuable more for its existence than for its contents.
The archives for this community are located in the Staatarchiv in Münster.
At Neuenheerse the exercise of jurisdiction never lay in the hands of the abbess. Provosts exercised the jurisdictional authority. The king chose the provost for Neuenheerse. On November 29, 1803 the convent was transformed into a home for needy noblewomen.
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