men or women in their own name, rather than from any group religious or municipal effort. Most hofjes were meant for elderly women, because there were far more poor aged women in the streets than poor aged men. However, after the iconoclasm of the Reformation in Haarlem in 1566, the Catholics (and their hofjes) were forced underground, and many became quite poor. When the 'Oudemannenhuis' opened in 1609, many of the poor men who were accepted were Catholics. List of Haarlem hofjes (by year of foundation) 1395: Hofje van Bakenes (or Bakenesserkamer) 1435: St. Barbara Gasthuis (or Onse Lieve Vrouwegasthuis) 1440: Vrouwe- en Antonie Gasthuys (Merger of Onse Lieve Vrouwegasthuis op Bakenes, and Sint Antoniegasthuis) 1472: Brouwershofje (or Sint Maartensgasthuis) 1489: Hofje van Loo (or St. Elisabeth's Gasthuis) 1607: Frans Loenenhofje 1609: Frans Hals Museum (or Oudemannenhuis) 1609 & 1684: Hofje Codde en Van Beresteijn 1610: Bruiningshofje 1614: Lutherse Hofje 1616: Hofje In den Groenen Tuin 1616: Hofje van Guurtje de Waal 1640: Zuiderhofje 1650: Hofje van Willem Heythuijsen 1662: Wijnbergshofje 1730: Hofje van Staats 1752: Teylers Hofje (or 1787, see article) 1760: Hofje van Noblet 1768: Hofje van Oorschot 1773: Remonstrants Hofje 2001: Gravinnehof 2007: Johan Enschedé Hof External links Haarlem Shuffle - Haarlem's Secret Gardens Video tour of Haarlem's Hofjes Haarlemse Hofjes Krant References 400 Jaar St. Elisabeth's of Groote Gasthuis te Haarlem; A.F. Gaarlandt-Kist, Leeuwarden 1981 Deugd boven geweld, Een geschiedenis van Haarlem, 1245-1995, edited by Gineke van der Ree-Scholtens, 1995, Haarlems hofjes, Dr. G. H. Kurtz, Schuyt & Co C.V., Haarlem, 1972, Door gangen en poorten naar de hofjes van Haarlem, L. Peetorn and L. van der Hoek, Stichting Uitgeverij Barabinsk Leiden, 2001, History of Haarlem Hofjes