Ten Putte Abbey
The Abbey Ten Putte ( nl. Abdij Ten Putte ) is located three kilometers west of the Belgian city of Gistel . It was built around a pond into which St. Godeleva was thrown in 1070 . The buildings and the surrounding walls are whitewashed. Visitors can visit the pond, which was set as a fountain, the dungeon in which the saint is said to have been locked up, the chapel in which she is said to have performed a miracle, the abbey church and a museum about Godeleva.
history
The abbey was founded in the 12th century between 1137 and 1171. Individual descriptions of Godeleva's lives, written in Latin and Middle Dutch , name Edith, the daughter of Godeleva's husband and his second wife, as the founder and first abbess of the Benedictine monastery after she was cured of her blindness by Godeleva's miraculous work .
During the wars of religion, the abbey was attacked and devastated by the Geusen on October 12, 1578 . Only the tower from the 14th century was preserved. The sisters eventually settled in Bruges , where they built a new abbey in 1623.
The church, which was rebuilt in 1614–15, became a popular place of pilgrimage . On July 2, 1891, eleven sisters from Bruges returned to Ten Putte. The new abbey buildings were designed by Ghent Baron Jean-Baptiste de Béthune , a famous neo-Gothic architect , and consecrated by Johan Joseph Faict , Bishop of Bruges.
literature
- M. Brammer, Th. Gott, M. Ivory (Eds.): The Green Guide: Belgium, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , Michelin Travel Publications 2004.
Web links
- Ten Putte Abbey on kneading.be (nl.) ( Memento from May 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 57 " N , 2 ° 55 ′ 38.1" E