Female Klausa (from German Frauenklause, Klause from Latin claudere - to close, lock) or a meeting of sisters (German to Schwesternsammlung), female monastery , deserts . Created in the early and middle Middle Ages in European countries, usually under the auspices and protection of male monasteries, cohabitation of women who dedicated their lives to the service of God and led a life of gospel advice . For example Begins .
Claus residential and working buildings were fenced off by walls from the outside world and the monastery. Life was led by the rules of a patronizing monastery. Klause could, as in the case of Hildegard of Bingen , develop into an independent convent .