Founded as a benedictine nun's abbey in the late 10th century by count
Ansfried and his wife Hereswint (or Hilsondis); secular stift
('hoogadellijke rijksabdij') since the 12th century. The chapter was
formed by 20 canonesses (during its most thriving period) and four to
six canons.
The chapter was disbanded in 1797; the church is now functioning as
parish church.
| NL-M Jägers 523, Officia
propria choro eccl. ..., ca 1600 (sometimes incorrectly considered a
15th-century rituale) |
| NL-M, inventaris Flament nr.1633 (p. 859), containing a.o.
Vespers, Matins and Lauds for the dead, 15th century (In Van Acht it is referred
to as Habets-Flament, Thorn 4 nr 32). Hufnagelschrift |
| NL-M, Fragment of an antiphoner, 15th century (See Van Acht, pp. 18, 22,
142-149, afb. 31). Hufnagelschrift
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