Adelheid, a nun from the convent of Kitzingen, founded the convent of Heidingsfeld near Würzburg. The community was originally established near S. Aegid outside of Heidingsfeld, but as the location proved unhealthy, the convent was transferred in 1237 to a location within the city with the approval of Bishop Hermann. The new cloister was called "Paradise" (Link, 608).
Known abbesses were: Helena, 1257; Othilia, 1282; Elisabetha, 1291; Ludhart Zobelin, 1301; Margaretha, 1322; Anna, 1356-1371; Irmel, 1391-1401; Magdalena, 1463; Barbara, 1489; Sabina, 1514; Anna von Bibra, 1528-1546.
Persons appearing as patrons of the community are: Heinrich von Rimpar, 1257; Hessenburger, a resident of Würzburg, who sold his possessions in Wolkshausen to the convent in 1278; Zobel, a knight from Heidingfeld, who granted the convent a farm-property in Eisfeld in 1281; Hildegund of Heidingsfeld, 1292; Berle, wife of Arnold of Rotenstein, a Würzburg patrician, (1356); and Konrad of Milz, a canon at Würzburg, 1514. Other patrons made gifts to the convent in return for masses (Link, 608). The anchorage at S. Lorenz also was united with the convent, along with its possessions and its farm.
In 1267 the convent received possessions in Rottendorf, Sulzdorf, Lindflur, Giebelstadt, Herchsheim, Rorensee, Fuchsstadt, Wolkshausen, Rottenbauer and Reichenberg (Link, 608).
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