Monnickendam

Title

Monnickendam

Also Known As

Marienhof, Marken, Markerhoofd, Merkahowe, Merkeraland

Dates

Fl. 13th/14th c.

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Mariëngaarde

Medieval Diocese

Utrecht

Circary

Frisia

History

A community dependent on Mariengaard. Its history is obscure. It may have been a priory but seems more likely to have been a curtis or grange with only a few religious in residence.

Status

Grange?

Bibliography

Bakhuizen van den Brink, Reinier Cornelis. “Markerhoofd.” De Vrije Fries 10 (1865): 101–43. https://koninklijkfriesgenootschap.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/DVF-1865_10.pdf.

Files

Collection

Frisia

Citation

“Monnickendam,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/607.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Mariëngaarde