Cistercian Abbey of Roermond

It was originally called the Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dutch: Klooster van de Heilige Maagd Maria).

That is when, in the presence of the papal legate Conrad van Urach, the foundation deed was signed by Gerard III, Count of Guelders, and his wife, Margaret of Brabant.

Originally on the south side of this church there was a cloister with the refectory, chapter house, palace hall (?)

West of the Munsterkerk, where the music kiosk now stands on Munsterplein, originally stood the abbesses' house, which is mentioned as early as 1293.

[4] When the prison was moved elsewhere in the middle of the 19th century, the abbess house and some other dilapidated buildings were demolished to make way for a public park.