Midlum (
N. Low Saxon: ''Millm'') is a village and a former municipality in the
district of Cuxhaven, in
Lower Saxony,
Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the municipality
Wurster Nordseeküste.
History
Originally Midlum was considered part of the
Land of Hadeln. In 1219 six members of the family of the
Lords of Diepholz,
[Elke Freifrau von Boeselager, „Das Land Hadeln bis zum Beginn der frühen Neuzeit“, in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg und Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.), Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995), vol. III 'Neuzeit (2008)', (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehem. Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), ISBN (vol. I) , (vol. II) , (vol. III) , vol. II: pp. 321–388, here p. 373.] owning estates in and near Midlum, founded the
Midlum Nunnery and endowed them to it.
[Nicola Borger-Keweloh, „Das Kloster Neuenwalde – wie es zur Gründung kam“, in: ''Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt'' (No. 718, October 2009), p. 2.] The Diepholz Lords then owned the Hollburg Castle between and Midlum on the brink of the
Wesermünde Geest The Wesermünde Geest (german: Wesermünder Geest; Northern Low Saxon: ''Wersermünner Geest'') is the collective name for several geest ridges in the west of Cuxhaven district and Bremen's in northern Germany. The ridges are separated from one a ...
ridge,
[Otto Edert, ''Neuenwalde: Reformen im ländlichen Raum'', Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2010, p. 27. .] allowing a good view over the lower
Land of Wursten, then a corporation of free
Frisian peasants under only loose overlordship of the
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen.
Rather than establishing the
nunnery
A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican C ...
as their