Zundert Trappist Abbey
The Trappist Abbey Zundert (Latin Abbatia BM de Refugio ) has been a Dutch monastery in Klein-Zundert, Province of North Brabant , diocese of Breda since 1900 .
history
The Dutch abbey Tilburg of the Trappists founded the monastery Maria-Toevlucht ("Maria Refuge") in 1900 in Zundert , the birth town of Vincent van Gogh , near the Belgian border, which was intended for the reception of French monks who at the time had to fear from to be expelled from the Third Republic , which was hostile to the monastery , but this did not happen in this case. The monastery was elevated from the priory to an abbey in 1938 . It lived for a long time from dairy farming and from arable and fruit growing, but had to adapt in 2009. The newly built brewery has been producing the Trappist beer "Zundert" since 2013 . The monastery, which at times housed up to 80 monks, is now reduced to around 20.
Superiors, priors and abbots
- Nivardus Muis (1900–1902 and 1906–1942)
- Bernardus Oomens (1902-1906)
- Alfonsus van Kalken (1943–1958)
- Emmanuel Schuurmans (1958–1966)
- Hieronymus Witkam (1967-2001)
- Wiro Fagel (2001-2007)
- Daniel Hombergen (2007–)
literature
in order of appearance
- Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans: Een halve eeuw Trappistleven. Kroniek of the Cistercians abdij Maria Toevlucht te Zundert, 1900–1957 . Bergmans, Tilburg, 2nd improved and expanded edition, 1957.
- Abdij Maria Toevlucht (Ed.): Broeders te wezen. Abdij Maria Toevlucht Zundert 1900–2000 . Abdij Maria Toevlucht, Zundert 2000.
- Maria van Mierlo (Ed.): Monniken in de moeren. Cisterciënzer abdij Maria Toevlucht Zundert . With the collaboration of Maria Boemaars. Cisterciënzer Abdij Maria Toevlucht, Zundert 2006.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 416.