Cistercian Abbey of Nieuwenbosch
The Cistercian Abbey Nieuwe Bosch was 1215-1796 a monastery of Cistercian nuns , first in Lokeren , from 1247 in Heusden, finally, from 1588 in Ghent , Province of East Flanders , in Belgium .
history
The Utenhove patrician family from Ghent founded the Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ten Bosch or Nonnenbosch nunnery in Lokeren in 1204 at a place called "Oudenbosch" , which was accepted into the Cistercian order in 1215 . In 1247 the monastery was moved to Heusden and took the name Nieuwenbosch (also Nieuwen-Bosch ). After a period of prosperity, the unrest of 1578 (with the destruction of the monastery) forced the company to move to Ghent, where new buildings were built. In 1796 the monastery was closed by the French Revolution . Since 1810, part of the Ghent buildings has been managed by the School Sisters of Notre Dame de Namurinhabited whose school is called Nieuwen Bosch . In Heusden, the Bosseveerhoeve is evidence of the former abbey.
literature
- Gabriel Celis: Het klooster van den Nieuwen-Bosch (1201–1797) . In: Bulletijn der maatschappij van Geschied-en Oudheidkunde te Gent , Gent 1919, pp. 56–92.
- C. Vleeshouwers: Abbaye de Notre-Dameau-Bois à Lokeren, puis à Heusden, ensuite à Gand . In: Monasticon Belge . VII, 3. Liège 1980, pp. 379-436.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 375.