Ter Apel

Title

Ter Apel

Also Known As

Apel in Westerwolde, Appelscha, Domus Lucis, Domus Verae Lucis, Huis van het Ware Licht, Lux Mundi, Mons. S. Mariae

Dates

Founded 13th.?; dissolved late 14th c.?

Affiliation

Schildwolde

Medieval Diocese

Osnabrück

Circary

Frisia

History

An obscure house likely active in the 13th/14th centuries as a priory dependent on Schildwolde. It appears to have been abandoned and in a ruinous condition by the 15th century.

Since 1465, the site has been home to a monastery of the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross.

Status

Priory

Bibliography

Hissema, Niek. “Klooster in Ter Apel.” Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, February 19, 1966. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010869389:mpeg21:a0325.

Hoffmann, Lingen. “‘Das Haus des Lichtes’ - ‘das Haus des neuen Lichtes’. Prämonstratenser und Kreuzritter in Ter Apel.” Jahrbuch des Emsländischen Heimatbundes, 1972.

Van Der Leeuw, J.R. “De Voorgeschiedenis van het Klooster Ter Apel.” Der clercke cronike, June 13, 1941. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMNIOD05:000084395:mpeg21:a0018.

Files

Collection

Frisia

Citation

“Ter Apel,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/702.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Schildwolde