Balna Insula

Title

Balna Insula

Dates

Founded 13th century?; dissolved late 13th century?

Dedication

Mary

Medieval Diocese

Osnabrück

Circary

Frisia

History

The history of this foundation, known from references in two catalogues of the order's houses made in the late 13th century, is obscure and its exact location is uncertain.

Heads of Community

Provost

Focco, fl. 1255

Status

Priory

Bibliography

Dolle, Josef. “Balna Insula.” In Niedersächsisches Klosterbuch: Verzeichnis der Klöster, Stifte, Kommenden und Beginenhäuser in Niedersachsen und Bremen von den Anfängen bis 1810, edited by Josef Dolle and Dennis Knochenhauer, 1:33. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Historische Landesforschung der Universität Göttingen 56. Bielefeld: Verl. für Regionalgeschichte, 2012.

Last Updated

Oct. 2026.

Files

Collection

Frisia

Citation

“Balna Insula,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/230.

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