Postel Abbey
The Postel Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey in the Belgian municipality of Mol .
history
In 1138 the premonstratensian canons of the Floreffe Abbey in Postel founded a monastery as a dependent priory of their abbey. In 1613 Postel became independent from Floreffe and in 1618 received the status of an abbey . In 1797 the abbey was closed and the canons were expelled as a result of the French Revolution when French troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands . The buildings came into private ownership in 1797, but were returned to the Order in 1847. The buildings were then restored and rebuilt in several phases.
From 1943 until the end of the Second World War, Herman Van Breda was able to hide parts of Edmund Husserl's manuscripts in the abbey; These works, also known as the Husserl Archives , are now owned by the Catholic University of Leuven .
architecture
The abbey church was built in the Romanesque style; its construction time is dated to the end of the 12th century around 1190. Since that time it has been rebuilt several times and today also shows Gothic and Baroque elements. The abbey was surrounded by ramparts and partly also by a moat.
Abbey products
In the past, the abbey produced the as Postel famous abbey beer long myself, but had to sell the 1943 copper brewing vats. The beer has been produced in a privately owned brewery in Opwijk for some time . In the abbey addition is also produced a well-known under the name Abbey cheese . In 1994 a herb garden was created with medicinal plants in which, among other things, ginseng is grown.
See also
Web links
- Abbey website (Dutch)
- Abbey Botanical Garden (Dutch)
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 19.1 ″ N , 5 ° 11 ′ 22.2 ″ E