# Dijkstraat 8

> Place profile on Old Aalten.

- Type: Place
- Canonical page: https://oldaalten.nl/en/place/aalten/dijkstraat/8/
- Permanent identifier: https://oldaalten.nl/id/225/
- Language: English (en-GB)

## Profile

- Current address: Dijkstraat 8
- Built: 1837
- Demolished: c. 1981
- Historical names: Sint Elisabethklooster; St. Elisabethgesticht

## Connections

- [R. K. Bewaarschool Aalten](https://oldaalten.nl/en/organisation/r-k-bewaarschool-aalten/) — Based here (1882)
- [RK Modevakschool / Mater Amabilis School](https://oldaalten.nl/en/organisation/roman-catholic-dressmaking-school-mater-amabilis-school/) — Based here (1928–1960)
- [Aafke van der Werf](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/van-der-werf-aafke/) — Lived here
- [Barbara Elizabeth Elzeman](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/elzeman-barbara-elizabeth/) — Lived here
- [Barbera Elisabeth Elseman](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/elseman-barbera-elisabeth/) — Lived here
- [Bernhard Heinrich Groot Langenhoff](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/groot-langenhoff-bernhard-heinrich/) — Lived here
- [Geertje Ruijter](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/ruijter-geertje/) — Lived here
- [Gerrit Peters](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/peters-gerrit/) — Lived here
- [Gerrit Peters](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/peters-gerrit-1769/) — Lived here
- [Johann Heinrich Joseph (Heinrich) Driessen](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/driessen-johann-heinrich-joseph/) — Lived here
- [Johanna Margreta ten Dam](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/ten-dam-johanna-margreta/) — Lived here
- [Maria Carolina Elisabeth Josephina](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/josephina-maria-carolina-elisabeth/) — Lived here
- [Marie Carolina Elisabeth Sträter](https://oldaalten.nl/en/person/strater-marie-carolina-elisabeth/) — Lived here

## Sources

- Aalten en Bredevoort in oude ansichten, E.M. Smilda
- Adresboeken gemeente Aalten, uitgegeven door Aaltens Belang, 1934-1970.
- [Archief De Beukelaer / coll. EHDC](https://www.hdcaalten.nl/)
- [ECAL - archiefrecord Sint Elisabethklooster](https://proxy.archieven.nl/26/CF53D9AA43A24BEEA28A68DE8367FB8E)
- [HisGIS - Kadaster 1832](https://hisgis.nl/kaartviewer/gelderland/)
- [Kadaster Archiefviewer](https://www.kadaster.nl/producten/onderwijs-en-studie/archiefviewer)
- [Kadastrale kaart](https://kadastralekaart.com/kaart/perceel/ATN02/I/11429)
- ‘Geweven goed. De textielgeschiedenis van Aalten en Bredevoort’, H. de Beukelaer en J.G. ter Horst
- Aalten and Bredevoort in old postcards, E.M. Smilda
- [Address directory Aalten (1934 & 1967)](https://oldaalten.nl/en/sources/address-directories/)
- [Delpher](https://www.delpher.nl/)
- [ECAL](https://www.ecal.nu/)
- [HisGIS](https://oldaalten.nl/en/sources/hisgis-land-registry-1832/)
- [Land Registry](https://oldaalten.nl/en/sources/land-registry/)
- [WieWasWie (WhoWasWho)](https://www.wiewaswie.nl/)
- ‘Geweven goed. De textielgeschiedenis van Aalten en Bredevoort’, H. de Beukelaer and J.G. ter Horst
- Kadaster 1832 (HisGIS) — handmatige Old Aalten-transcriptie
- [PDOK Locatieserver / Basisregistratie Kadaster](https://api.pdok.nl/bzk/locatieserver/search/v3_1/)

## Notes

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- Direct profile sources are listed above where available; use the canonical HTML profile for images, full narrative context and the current presentation.