{"id":142485,"date":"2021-08-08T14:10:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T12:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/st-elisabeths-convent\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:37:38","slug":"st-elisabeths-convent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/aalten\/st-elisabeths-convent\/","title":{"rendered":"St Elisabeth&#8217;s Convent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle has-large-font-size is-style-text-subtitle--1\"><strong>Dijkstraat 8, Aalten<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e8d42fb0b1f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e8d42fb0b1f\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"584\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aalten-Dijkstraat-Sint-Elisabethklooster.jpg\" alt=\"St Elisabeth&#x2019;s Convent, Dijkstraat, Aalten \" class=\"wp-image-1201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aalten-Dijkstraat-Sint-Elisabethklooster.jpg 780w, https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aalten-Dijkstraat-Sint-Elisabethklooster-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aalten-Dijkstraat-Sint-Elisabethklooster-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St Elisabeth&#8217;s Convent in Aalten was originally the residence of textile manufacturer <a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/society\/population\/biography\/heinrich-driessen\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"11479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johann Heinrich Joseph (Heinrich) Driessen<\/a> (Bocholt, 10 July 1794 \u2013 Aalten, 4 July 1879). On 29 June 1837, his eldest son, Theodoor, laid the foundation stone. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heinrich was also known as \u201cDen veursten Driessen\u201d (The front Driessen); his cousin <a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/business\/anton-driessen\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"12160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anton<\/a> also lived on what was then Landstraat, in <a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/aalten\/beekhuize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Villa Beekhuize<\/a>, slightly further south of the town centre, and was therefore known as \u201cd\u2019n achtersten Dreessen\u201d (The rear Driessen). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business premises were also established on the property, which served primarily as storage for yarns and woven fabrics. These fabrics were transported by wagon, usually pulled by an ox, to the <a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/dale\/slatdijk-blekerij-anton-driessen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bleachery in Dale<\/a>. The driver carried the fitting nickname \u2018Ossen Willem\u2019 (Ox Willem).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Heinrich\u2019s death, the house came into the possession of the Roman Catholic Church, after which it was put into use as a convent for nuns. On 30 May 1882, six sisters were brought to Aalten from Lichtenvoorde-Groenlo station in a carriage drawn by four horses. The convent was named after Heinrich\u2019s wife, Elisabeth. Locally, it was also referred to as the St Elisabeth Institute.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-onderwijs-en-ziekenverpleging\">Education and Nursing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For eighty years, the sisters provided education here to the Catholic school children of Aalten. The sisters\u2019 \u2018sewing and knitting school\u2019 was also based there. Not everyone held pleasant memories of the nuns. The sewing and knitting school, later the <a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/aalten\/dijkstraat-08-modevakschool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fashion Vocational School<\/a>, was highly regarded. Partly for this reason, it was not only Catholics who knitted there, but people of all denominations.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 23 December 1962, the last sisters left for a convent in Bennebroek. Later, the convent served as accommodation for guest workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 20 December 1980, a small fire broke out in the completely boarded-up building. Just as a \u2018foundation stone\u2019 had once been laid, the last stone was removed shortly after the fire. The building made way for the Parish Centre. This has since disappeared as well and has been replaced by an apartment building named \u2018Kloosterhof\u2019 (Convent Court).   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"eigenaren\"><strong>Owners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Overview is incomplete.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Year<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Plot<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Owner<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1832<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">I-1208<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Peter Driessen, <em>merchant in Bocholt<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">410 m\u00b2 house &amp; yard<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bewoners\">Residents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1813\">1813<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aalten 45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gerrit Peters<\/strong> (Heerde, 25-07-1769), <em>tanner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 man<br\/>1 woman<br\/>1 son<br\/>4 daughters<br\/>1 old woman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bevolkingsregister-1823-1838\">Population register 1823-1838<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/CF53D9AA43A24BEEA28A68DE8367FB8E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 45<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gerrit Peters<\/strong> (Heerde, 24-09-1769), <em>tanner<\/em><br\/><strong>Johanna Margreta ten Dam<\/strong> (Aalten, 29-10-1774)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-volgende-bewoners\">Next residents:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Johan Hend. Joseph Driessen<\/strong> (Bocholt\/D, 10-07-1794), <em>merchant<\/em><br\/><strong>Marie Carolina Elisabeth Str\u00e4ter<\/strong> (Rheine\/D, 13-03-1803)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bevolkingsregister-1838-1850\">Population register 1838-1850<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/5818A2E41A9E4D26BDFE277EDA47E401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 44<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Johan Henrich Joseph Driessen<\/strong> (Bocholt\/D, 10-07-1794), <em>manufacturer &amp; merchant<\/em><br\/><strong>Marie Caroline Elisabeth Str\u00e4ter<\/strong> (Rheine\/D, 13-03-1803)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bevolkingsregister-1850-1860\">Population register 1850-1860<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/B680C1F83F844B68991736BBE3286108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 44<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Johan Henrich Joseph Driessen<\/strong> (Bocholt\/D, 10-07-1794), <em>merchant<\/em><br\/><strong>Maria Carolina Elisabeth Str\u00e4ter<\/strong> (Rheine\/D, 13-03-1803)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bevolkingsregister-1860-1870\">Population register 1860-1870<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/59336AC39A7242209FF7427D88A4C03C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 44<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Johan Henrich Joseph Driessen<\/strong> (Bocholt\/D, 10-07-1794), <em>manufacturer<\/em><br\/><strong>Maria Carolina Elisabeth Josephina<\/strong> <strong>Str\u00e4ter<\/strong> (Rheine\/D, 13-03-1803)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bevolkingsregister-1870-1880\">Population register 1870-1880<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/9525D92759E34C31A847C8FB019C8E84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 61<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Johann Heinrich Joseph Driessen<\/strong> (Bocholt\/D, 10-07-1794), <em>manufacturer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-volgende-hoofd-bewoner-1879-1882\">Next (head) resident (1879-1882):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bernhard Heinrich Groot Langenhoff<\/strong> (Dingden\/D, 13-09-1833), <em>servant<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bevolkingsregister-1880-1890\">Population register 1880\u2013-1890<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/72A4CCAA7348404FAA876379B065F898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 66<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bernhard Heinrich Groot Langenhoff<\/strong> (Dingden\/D, 13-09-1833), <em>farmer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-volgende-hoofd-bewoner-1882-1901\">Next (head) resident (1882-1901):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barbara Elizabeth Elzeman<\/strong> (Gouda, 06-10-1835), <em>sister of charity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bevolkingsregister-1890-1900\">Population register 1890-1900<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/8DD014A797114B5C81238943B676C139\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 65<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barbera Elisabeth Elseman<\/strong> (Gouda, 06-10-1835)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bevolkingsregister-1900-1910\">Population register 1900-1910<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/A576EB95D88441E5A8B147EFD8A31542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten 82 &gt; A20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barbera Elisabeth Elseman<\/strong> (Gouda, 06-10-1835)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-volgende-hoofd-bewoner\">Next (head) resident:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Geertje Ruijter<\/strong> (Westwoud, 08-06-1857)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bevolkingsregister-1910-1920\">Population register 1910-1920<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/44FDC0E174E14B5BA340876C3B3DBA03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten A20<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Geertje Ruijter<\/strong> (Westwoud, 08-06-1857), <em>mother superior<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-volgende-hoofd-bewoner-0\">Next (head) resident:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy.archieven.nl\/26\/8B059BB431C547E1A585CBA0BFB641F8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aalten A20 &gt; A6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aafke van der Werf<\/strong> (Bolsward, 21-10-1872), <em>nurse<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-adresboek-1934\">Address directory 1934<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aalten A6 &gt; Dijkstraat 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Convent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-adresboek-1967\">Address directory 1967<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dijkstraat 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Former Convent<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n\t\t<div id=\"maps-marker-pro-ccab874b\" class=\"maps-marker-pro mmp-list-below\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"mmp-map-wrap-ccab874b\" class=\"mmp-map-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"mmp-map-ccab874b\" class=\"mmp-map\" style=\"height: 320px;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"mmp-list-ccab874b\" class=\"mmp-list\" style=\"flex-basis: 400px;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-kenmerken-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kenmerken\">Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Cadastral no.<\/td><td>I-11429<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Function<\/td><td>Residential,<br\/>Convent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Year of construction<\/td><td>1837<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Demolition<\/td><td>c. 1981<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-bronnen-gradient-background has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bronnen\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aalten and Bredevoort in old postcards, E.M. Smilda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/sources\/address-directories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Address directory Aalten (1934 &amp; 1967)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hdcaalten.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Archive De Beukelaer \/ coll. EHDC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delpher.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Delpher<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecal.nu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ECAL<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018Geweven goed. De textielgeschiedenis van Aalten en Bredevoort\u2019, H. de Beukelaer and J.G. ter Horst <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/sources\/hisgis-land-registry-1832\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HisGIS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oudaalten.nl\/en\/sources\/land-registry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Land Registry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kadastralekaart.com\/kaart\/perceel\/ATN02\/I\/11429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cadastral map<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiewaswie.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WieWasWie (WhoWasWho)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e8d42fb416e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e8d42fb416e\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1039\" height=\"484\" 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