Serooskerke

Title

Serooskerke

Also Known As

Cappelkin, Soetendael, Vallis B. Mariae, Vallis Dulcis, Zoetendael, Zotendale, Zuetendael

Dates

Founded by 1250; dissolved 1572

Dedication

Mary

Affiliation

Middelburg

Medieval Diocese

Utrecht

Circary

Brabant

History

The community of Premonstratensian sisters at Serooskerke was founded by 1250, and possibly as early as the 12th century. It was suppressed in 1572. Nothing remains of the monastic complex today.

Status

Women's community

Archival Sources

Brussels, KBR

MS 4117 (15th c.; Constitutiones Ordinis Praemonstratensis)

Middelburg, Zeeuws Archief

4.1.3, no. 314 (1484)

6.1.1.07, nos. 667-668 (15th-16th c.)

27, no. 402 (1350)

27, no. 403 (1248)

Bibliography

Eisen, G. van der. “Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de abdij te Middelburg en van het nonnen-klooster te Zoetendaal.” Bijdragen voor de geschiedenis van het bisdom van Haarlem 15 (1888): 173–206. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMUTRA01:001598001:00181.

Files

Collection

Brabant

Citation

“Serooskerke,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/626.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Middelburg