Global InformationNeuenwalde Convent information
Kloster Neuenwalde | |
 Holy Cross Church (left) and the convent building Altes Kloster (right) | |
  Location of the convent within Lower Saxony | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Conventus Sanct(a)e Crucis (Latin) Klooster Niewohl (Low German) Kloster Neuenwalde (German) |
| Order | Benedictine (as of 1282) Lutheran damsels' convent (as of 1584) |
| Established | 1219 |
| Disestablished | 1630, 1648, and again 1811 |
| Reestablished | 1634 1684, and again 1816 |
| Dedicated to | Holy Cross (and St. Mary), earlier only St. Mary; additionally Mary Magdalene since the sixteenth century.[1] |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of Bremen |
| Controlled churches | Holy Cross Church |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Lords of Diepholz |
| Prior | Veronika von der Decken |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | active |
| Style | early Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | 1330s |
| Completion date | 1330 |
| Site | |
| Location | Neuenwalde |
| Coordinates | 53°40′33″N 8°41′30″E / 53.675946°N 008.691569°E |
| Visible remains | Altes Kloster, the western wing of the cloister, Holy Cross Church |
| Public access | yes |
| Website | www |
The Neuenwalde Convent (N. Low Saxon: Klooster Niewohl, German: Kloster Neuenwalde; Latin: Conventus Sanct[a]e Crucis[2]) is a Lutheran damsels' convent in Neuenwalde, a locality of Geestland, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Since 1683 the convent is owned by the corporation of the Bremian Knighthood and used for Lutheran conventuals and continues to function as such today.[3] It is the only convent preserved in the Elbe-Weser triangle out of a former sample of 14 monasteries.[4] The convent was established as a Roman Catholic nunnery in 1219, and was recorded in 1282 for pursuing the Benedictine observance. The convent relocated twice in 1282 and 1334.
- ^ June Mecham, "Neuenwalde" (section: Dedication), on: Monastic Matrix: A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE, retrieved on 15 January 2015.
- ^ Robert Wöbber, „Geschichtliches über die Ortschaft Neuenwalde“ Archived 2015-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, on: Internetpräsenz der Ortschaft Neuenwalde, retrieved on 2 December 2014.
- ^ June Mecham, "Neuenwalde" Archived 2015-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (section: Miscellaneous Information), on: Monastic Matrix: A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 15 January 2015.
- ^ „Kloster Neuenwalde“, on: Kloster Neuenwalde: Aktuelles, retrieved on 2 December 2014.