Cellitinnenkloster Klein-Nazareth

The Cellitinnenkloster Klein-Nazareth was a convent in Cologne. It belonged to the Cellitinnen order but, unlike other houses, did not focus on nursing. Instead, the sisters lived by handwork and later by renting out property. In 1307 the founders Heymo and his wife set aside their house for twelve Beguines. By 1477 only six sisters remained, but in 1474 they adopted Augustinian rules and in 1486 built a small private chapel behind locked doors. A century later the community had grown to fifty-one sisters, so the buildings were enlarged in 1639. The chapel measured about twelve by eight metres and opened onto a narrow cloister yard. To the south lay a garden, and to the west a small forecourt with the convent gate. After the convent was dissolved in 1802, a cotton mill took over the site.