Den Haag

Title

Den Haag

Also Known As

's-Gravenhage, Arme Susterhuys in den Haighe, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Prostie Konvent, Bettelem, Sinte Barbaren in den Haighe, Sta. Barbara in Haga Comitum, The Hague

Dates

Founded 1482; Premonstratensian from 1494/96; dissolved 1576

Dedication

Barbara

Affiliation

Middelburg

Medieval Diocese

Utrecht

Circary

Frisia

History

Originally an Augustinian house, Den Haag joined the Premonstratensian Order ca. 1496. The community was suppressed in 1576.

Heads of Community

Provosts

Jan Allaerts, fl. 1487
Govert Janszoon, ?-1541
Mathias van Heeswijk, 1543-1549
Vincentius Mulock, 1549-1558
Nicolaus Martini Sanguijn van Hasselt, 1561-563

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Den Haag, Nationaal Archief

Finding Aid (1470-1579)

Bibliography

Backmund, Norbert. “Die Propstei St. Barbara im Haag.” Analecta Praemonstratensia 9 (1933): 157–66.

Van der Horst, J.D. “Het klooster Bethlehem te ’ s-Gravenhage.” Bijdragen voor de geschiedenis van het Bisdom van Haarlem 3 (1875): 99–105. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrlmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA99.

Image Credit

The monastery as it was ca. 1570. Detail from Gerrit van der Giessen, "Beschryving van 'sGraven-hage." Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Frisia

Citation

“Den Haag,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/542.

Geolocation