Westmalle Trappist Abbey
| Westmalle Abbey | |
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 Portal of Westmalle Abbey |
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| location |
Belgium Antwerp Province |
| Lies in the diocese | Antwerp |
| Coordinates: | 51 ° 17 '5 " N , 4 ° 39' 24" E |
| founding year | 1794 (priory) 1836 (abbey) |
| Mother monastery | Charterhouse of La Valsainte |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
| Congregation | Trappists |
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Daughter monasteries |
1838: Achel Abbey, Hamont-Achel |
The abbey of Westmalle (Latin: Abbatia BM a Sanctissimo Corde Jesus ; Dutch: Abdij van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig Hart ) is a Belgian Trappist monastery in Malle (Belgium) , Province of Antwerp region Kempen .
history
In 1794, the Antwerp bishop Cornelis Franciscus de Nelis (1736–1798) was able to persuade a group of Trappists from the Swiss monastery of La Valsainte , who had been sent by Augustin de Lestrange on a trip to Canada, to settle in Westmalle with the consent of their superior June). Prior was Arsène Durand, subprior Eugène de Laprade . On July 24th they fled from the advancing French Revolution and settled in Darfeld-Rosenthal Monastery in Westphalia . In 1802 23 Darfeld monks returned to Westmalle. From 1811 to 1814 they had to go into hiding in the vicinity of the monastery because of the dissolution of the order by Napoleon . In 1836 the priory was raised to the rank of abbey. Since then, a Trappist beer produced by the monks under the name Westmalle has been associated with the abbey .
Foundations
Trappist monasteries
- Trappist Abbey Achel (1838 in Meersel-Dreef, Hoogstraten ; from 1844 in Hamont-Achel )
- Ulingsheide Abbey in Tegelen (1884, Abbey 1933)
- Notre-Dame de St-Joseph in Bamania near Mbandaka , Democratic Republic of the Congo (1894–1925)
Trappist convent
- Trappist Abbey of Nazareth in Brecht (Belgium) (1950, settled with nuns from the Trappist Abbey of Soleilmont )
Priors and abbots
Priors
- Arsenius Durand (1794–1795)
- Eugenius Bonhomme de Laprade (1795)
- Maurus Mori (1802-1810)
- Alexius Van Kerckhove (1810-1826)
- Martinus Cathedral (1826–1836)
Abbots
- Martinus Cathedral (1836–1872)
- Benedictus Wuyts (1872-1896)
- Ferdinandus Broechoven (1896–1911)
- Herman-Joseph Smets (1911–1929, then Abbot General of the Trappists until 1943 )
- Tarcisius van der Kamp (1929–1939)
- Robertus Eyckmans (1940-1956)
- Eduardus Wellens (1956–1967)
- Déodat De Wilde (1967-1975)
- Bartholomeus de Strijcker (1975-1987)
- Ivo Dujardin (1987-2004)
- Nathanaël Koninkx (2005-)
literature
- Bernard Peugniez : Le guide routier de l'Europe cistercienne. Wit des lieux. Patrimoine. Hôtellerie. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 364.
- Omtrent de Trappists. 200 jaar abdij te Westmalle. Westmalle 1994.
- Immo Eberl : The Cistercians. History of a European Order. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart 2002.
- Wilhelm Knoll: 30 years of Trappist settlement in Darfeld 1795–1825. A contribution to the church history in the Coesfeld district. Bernardus-Verlag, Mainz 2012.
Web links
- http://www.trappistwestmalle.be/ (website of the abbey, Dutch)
- http://www.cistopedia.org/index.php?id=2813&L=0 (entry of the Cistercian order)