Cistercian Abbey of Guldenberg
The Cistercian abbey Guldenberg (French: Mont d'Or ) was a monastery of the Cistercian women from 1214 to 1797 , first in Moorsele west of Wevelgem , from 1242 in Wevelgem, West Flanders Province , Belgium .
history
The Wevelgem nunnery was founded in 1214 by a countess of Kortrijk in Moorsele and from 1242 it was gradually moved to the river Leie at a short distance . After some devastation, the structurally impressive monastery flourished in the 18th century. Among the more important of the 36 abbesses were Elisabeth de La Tramerie (1554–1594), Beatrix vanden Abeele (1599–1621), Augustina Peuterman (1727–1769), Caroline de Patin (1769–1784) and Alberica de Madre (1788–1797 ), who left the monastery with 35 sisters, which was dissolved by the French Revolution in 1797. Almost all the monastery buildings were dismantled. Two entrance gates and a barn are left of the monastery estate. The abbey (like Stift Heiligenkreuz ) owned a thorn relic , which is now in the Sint-Hilariuskerk in Wevelgem.
literature
- Histoire de l'Abbaye Notre-Dame du Mont d'Or à Wevelgem , in: Annales de la Société d'émulation pour l'étude de l'histoire et des antiquités de la Flandre . II, 2. Bruges 1844, pp. 187–207 (with a list of the 36 abbesses).
- Paschasius Favorel: Geschiedenis van de Guldenbergabdij te Wevelgem . Kortrijk 1957 (557 pages).
- E. Van Ackere and Philippe Despriet: Kerkelijke divorced van Wevelgem. De Sint-Hilariuskerk, de kapel van OLVrouw-ter-Biest, de Guldenbergabdij , Kortijk 1988 (48 pages).
- Monasticon Belge . III, 2nd Liège 1966.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 368.
Web links
- Mention of "Guldenberg" in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- History of the abbey, Dutch, illustrated, with study on renovation interest
- Official description of the abbey's "Klosterhof" estate, Dutch
- Official description of Moorsele, Dutch
- Tourist information, Dutch, with picture
- Mention of the founding of the monastery in Moorsele, Dutch
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 7.1 ″ N , 3 ° 11 ′ 10.5 ″ E