Aland
Title
Aland
Also Known As
Alandia, Alant Ripa Marnae, Alantripa, dat cloester Alant, Insula, Insula Sanctae Mariae, Ollandia, Ripa Beatae Mariae, Ripa Sanctae Mariae
Dates
Founded by ca. 1240; dissolved bef. 1571
Dedication
Mary
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
Aland was founded by ca. 1240. It was a significant local landowner in the Middle Ages, and in the late 13th century was home to approximately 90 Premonstratensians. It affiliated with the monastery of Marne until 1374. It was a double community until 1509, and home only to women after that date.
Aland was suppressed in the third quarter of the 16th century. The site is now in private hands, and nothing survives of the monastic complex.
Aland was suppressed in the third quarter of the 16th century. The site is now in private hands, and nothing survives of the monastic complex.
Heads of Community
Provosts
Focco?, fl. 1255?
Johannes I, fl. bef. 1419
Friederich, fl. bef. 1419
Ubele, fl. 1422
Gerald, fl. 1450
Jacobus, fl. 1482
Johannes II Campis, 1483-1502
Johannes III von Clever, 1502-1519
Jan Oldeguil, ?-1528
Wilhelmus Boemel?, fl. 1536?
Johannes IV Uerselen, fl. 1558
Focco?, fl. 1255?
Johannes I, fl. bef. 1419
Friederich, fl. bef. 1419
Ubele, fl. 1422
Gerald, fl. 1450
Jacobus, fl. 1482
Johannes II Campis, 1483-1502
Johannes III von Clever, 1502-1519
Jan Oldeguil, ?-1528
Wilhelmus Boemel?, fl. 1536?
Johannes IV Uerselen, fl. 1558
Status
Women's community; priory
Archival Sources
Reference
Bibliography
Aits, A. “Aland bei Wirdum in der Krummhörn : einst ein angesehenes reiches Nonnenkloster.” Der Deichwart: Beilage der Zeitung Rheiderland, 1960.
Busemann, Ursula. “Alte Grabsteine zu Wirdum und Kloster Aland.” Quellen und Forschungen zur Ostfriesischen Familien- und Wappenkunde, no. 3 (2000): 74–75.
Dolle, Josef. “Aland.” In Niedersächsisches Klosterbuch. Verzeichnis der Klöster, Stifte, Kommenden und Beginenhäuser in Niedersachsen und Bremen von den Anfängen bis 1810, vol. 1, edited by Josef Dolle and Dennis Knochenhauer, 5–7. Bielefeld: Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, 2012.
Heimatkunde und Heimatgeschichte: Supplement zu Ostfriesische Nachrichten. “Kloster Aland war der Gottesmutter geweiht: Gründung in der ersten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts.” 2011.
Koch, Harm-Jürgen, and Martin Stromann. “Was von damals übrig blieb : Sielmönken und Aland.” Ostfriesland-Magazin, 2008.
Kronsweide, Gerhard. “Wirdum - Kloster Aland (2005).” Emder Jahrbuch 85 (2005): 182.
Reimers, Heinrich. “Bruder Redart und Schwester Hysse in Aland.” Heim und Herd, Beilage zum Ostfriesischen Kurier, December 4, 1930.
Schoolmann, Hinrich. “Kloster Aland.” Heimatkunde und Heimatgeschichte: Supplement zu Ostfriesische Nachrichten, 1932.
Suur, Hemmo. “Aland.” In Geschichte der ehemaligen Klöster in der Provinz Ostfriesland, 96–100. Emden, 1838. https://archive.org/details/geschichtedereh00suurgoog/page/n110/mode/1up.
Wegner, Manfred. “Alte Grabsteine zu Wirdum und Kloster Aland.” Quellen und Forschungen zur Ostfriesischen Familien- und Wappenkunde, no. 2 (2000): 38–51.
Image Credit
A cemetery occupies the site of the former monastery. Wikimedia.
Last Updated
Oct. 2026.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Aland,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/99.
Geolocation
Item Relations
| This Item | DependentOn | Item: Marne (Oldeklooster) |
