The household of the monastery

The provost was in charge of the monastery's income. The tenant farms played an important role in this, such as the tenant farm built on the monastery grounds in 1759 to a design by the Aachen architect Couven. 

The tenant farm within the monastery walls to a design by Couven

‍TheTenant Farms】.

In addition, since the Middle Ages the St. Gerlach monastery had several tenant farms outside the monastery walls in the Land of Valkenburg. These included farmstead Cardenbeek in Klimmen, the Ruyssche Molen in Klimmen, farmstead Dolberg in Klimmen, farmstead Printhagen in Beek, the court of Raer in Meerssen, tenant farmstead De Heek, the Tiendhof in Oirsbeek and the Walemerhof in Schin op Geul. The western monastery wing built in 1708 was also used as a castle farm at the end of the 18th century:

Above: the land around the monastery is hayed at the end of the ^18th century. 

Furthermore, monastery gardens played an important role in the monastery's economy. This garden is depicted on a 1781 map after measurements by Matthias Soiron: ‍

The monastery complex‍

Below, the drawing shows the tenant farm (51) with some utility outbuildings above it (stable, washhouse, bakery, cow stables, brewery, workshop, coal shed and two horse stables, one for travellers). There was a shed for carriages and wagons. There was also a school. Vegetables were grown in part of the gardens, the kitchen gardens. There were also orchards and ponds for fishing.  

Floor plan drawing of the St. Gerlach monastery from 1781 after measurements by Matthias Soiron.‍

The (first) refuge house‍

In 1279 the monastery came into the possession of a refuge house in Maastricht at Stokstraat 55. In times of war and calamity monastics could bring themselves and their most precious possessions to safety in this refuge house. This refuge house would serve as such until 1731.

Above: the refuge of St. Gerlach at Stokstraat 55 (1279 to 1731). From 1731 to 1777 the refuge of St. Gerlach was located at Brusselsestraat 77 in Maastricht.

The monastery forest north of St. Gerlach monastery and the meadows of the Geul River also provided income and goods for the monastery, including wood and hay.