Aywiers Cistercian Abbey
The Cistercian Abbey AYWIERS (French: Aywières ) was 1215-1796 a monastery of Cistercian nuns in Couture-Saint-Germain, Lasne , southeast Waterloo , Walloon Brabant , in Belgium .
history
The monastery, founded in Awirs , west of Liège , in 1202 , went to Lillois, today Lillois-Witterzée, Braine-l'Alleud , in 1210 , and finally to Lasne in 1215, where it took the name Aywiers (a modification of the original name ) . The holy mystic Lutgard von Tongern (1182-1246) entered the monastery in Awirs in 1208 and died 38 years later in Aywiers. The monastery was destroyed and rebuilt several times. In the course of the advance of the French Revolution , it was closed in 1796 and mostly dismantled. The remaining park (7 hectares) with the remaining buildings (including the Lutgard portal) is only accessible to a limited extent.
literature
- E. Brouette, A. Despy-Meyer, R. Hanon de Louvet, J. Martin, A. Notebaert: Abbaye d'Aywières, à Couture-Saint-Germain. In: Monasticon Belge . IV, 2. Liege 1964, pp. 407-424.
- Isabelle Lévêque-Lamotte, Dorothy Schuermans: L'abbaye d'Aywiers. Au-délà des jardins. Le Carré Gomand, Brussels 2016 (160 pages).
- Désiré Denuit (1905–1987): Blanches Dames d'Aywiers. Six siècles de vie monastique en Brabant. L. Musin, Brussels 1976 (257 pages).
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 382–383.
Web links
- Mention of "Aywières" in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- Site of the owner of the gardens of Aywiers
Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 8.2 " N , 4 ° 28 ′ 1.3" E