List of Christian religious houses in Belgium

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This is a list, as yet incomplete, of Christian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Belgium, for both men and women. All listed so far are Roman Catholic.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• Achel Abbey (Sint-Benedictusabdij van Achel, de Achelse Kluis or Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-La-Trappe-van-de-Heilige-Benedictus) (extant), part in Hamont-Achel, Limburg, Belgium, and part in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands: Trappist monks [2]
• Affligem (Flemish Brabant):
  • Affligem Abbey (Abdij van Affligem) (extant) at Hekelgem: Benedictine monks
  • Saints Mary and Wivina's Abbey, Affligem (extant) (Abdij Maria Mediatrix en Sant Wivina)

Benedictine nuns

• Aldeneik Abbey (Abdij van Aldeneik) at Aldeneik, Maaseik, Limburg: Benedictine nuns, later canons regular
• Amay, former commune of Jehay (Liège):
  • Amay Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Dieu d'Amay) (dissolved): Cistercian nuns^[1]
  • Amay Priory (Prieuré d'Amay), founded in the former premises of Amay Abbey above, and later moved to form Chevetogne Abbey: Benedictine monks^[2]
• Antwerp:
  • St. Saviour's Abbey, Antwerp (Abdij SintSalvator Antwerpen): Cistercian monks
  • Antwerp Charterhouse: Carthusians
• Argenton Abbey (Abbaye d'Argenton) at Lonzée, Gembloux (Namur): Cistercian nuns
• Assebroek, see Steenbrugge
• Ath Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Refuge d'Ath) at Ath (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
• Aubechies Abbey (Abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité et de Saint-Géry d'Aubechies) at Aubechies (Hainaut): Benedictine monks
• Aulne Abbey (Abbaye d'Aulne) at Gozée (Hainaut): Benedictine monks, then secular clergy, then Augustinian canons, then Cistercian monks
• Averbode Abbey (Abdij van Averbode) (extant) at Averbode, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
• Aywiers Abbey (Abbaye d'Aywiers) at Aywiers, Couture-Saint-Germain, Lasnes (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns

[edit] B

• Baudelo Abbey (Abdij van Baudelo or Baudeloo) at Sinaai-Waas (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Beaupré Abbey (Abdij van Beaupré) at Grimminge (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Beaurepart Abbey (Abbaye du Beaurepart) in Liège: Premonstratensians
• Ter Beeck Abbey (Abdij Ter Beeck) at Halle-Boyenhoven: Cistercian nuns
• Béguinages (Begijnhofen) at:
  • Antwerp, Bruges, Dendermonde, Diest, Ghent^[3], Hoogstraten, Lier, Leuven^[4], Mechelen^[5], Courtrai, Sint-Truiden, Turnhout and Tongeren
• Bethlehem Abbey, see Bonheiden
• Bijloke Abbey, also Byloque Abbey (Abdij van der Bijloke or Abbaye de la Byloque) at Ghent (East Flanders): Cistercian monks
• Boneffe Abbey (Abbaye de Boneffe) at Éghezée (Namur): Cistercian nuns, then Cistercian monks ^[6]
• Bonheiden Abbey or Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden (extant) at Bonheiden (Antwerp): Benedictine nuns
• Bonne-Espérance Abbey (Abbaye de Bonne-Espérance^[7]) at Vellereille-les-Brayeux, Estinnes (Hainaut): Premonstratensians
• Bornem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem
• Braschaat Abbey (Abdij SintMichiel Braschaat) (dissolved) at Braschaat (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
• Brecht Abbey or Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Brecht (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth) (refoundation of the earlier house at Lier) at Brecht (Antwerp): Trappist nuns
• Brialmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Brialmont) (extant), in the former Château de Brialmont, Tilff (Liège): Trappist nuns[3]
• Brogne Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Gérard-de-Brogne) at Saint-Gérard, Mettet (Namur): Benedictine monks^[8]
• Bruges, see St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges, and St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges
• Brussels:
  • English Ladies, Brussels (Abbaye des Dames anglaises de Bruxelles): English Benedictine nuns in exile

[edit] C

• La Cambre Abbey (Abbaye de la Cambre or Abdij Ter Kameren) at Ixelles, Brussels: Cistercian nuns
• Cambron Abbey (Abbaye de Cambron-Casteau) at Brugelette (Hainaut): Cistercian monks^[9]
• Celles Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Hadelin de Celles-sur-Lesse) at Celles, Houyet (Namur): either Benedictine monks, or a men's collegiate foundation
• Chercq Charterhouse (Kartuizerkloster Sint-André Chercq) (dissolved) at Chercq near Tournai (Hainaut): Carthusians
• Chevetogne Abbey (Abbaye de Chevetogne) at Ciney (Namur): Benedictine monks of both Latin and Byzantine rites[4]
• Chimay (Hainaut):
  • St. Monegonde's Abbey, Chimay (Abbaye Sainte-Monégonde de Chimay) (dissolved): Benedictine monks
  • Sts. Peter and Paul's Abbey, Chimay: men's collegiate foundation
  • Our Lady of Peace Abbey, Chimay (Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Paix de Chimay): Cistercian nuns, from 1919
  • see also Scourmont Abbey
• Clairefontaine Abbey (Abbaye de Clairefontaine) at Arlon (Luxembourg): Trappist nuns
• Cornillon Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-Cornillon) in Liège: Premonstratensian double house
• Cortenberg, see Kortenberg

[edit] D

• Dendermonde Abbey or Saints Peter and Paul's Abbey, Dendermonde (Sint Pieters-en-Paulusabdij, Dendermonde) at Dendermonde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Dikkelvenne Abbey (Abdij van Dikkelvenne), moved to Geraardsbergen in 1081, at Dikkelvenne, Gavere (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Ter Doest Abbey (Abdij Ter Doest) at Lissewege, Bruges (West Flanders): Cistercian monks
• Doornzele Abbey (Abdij van Doornzele) at Evergem (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Ten Duinen Abbey (Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ten Duinen or Abdij Ten Duinen; Abbaye des Dunes) at Koksijde (East Flanders): Cistercian monks

[edit] E

• Ename Abbey (Sint-Salvatorabdij) at Ename, Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Enghien Charterhouse (Chartreuse d'Enghien) at Enghien (Hainaut): Carthusian monks
• Épinlieu Abbey (Abbaye d'Épinlieu) at Mons (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
• Ermeton Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Ermeton-sur-Biert) at Ermeton-sur-Biert (Namur): Benedictine nuns[5]^[10]

[edit] F

• Floreffe Abbey (Abbaye de Floreffe) at Floreffe (Namur): Premonstratensians
• Florennes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Florennes) at Florennes (Namur): Benedictine monks^[11]
• Florival Abbey (Abbaye de Florival) at Archennes (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
• Forest Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Forest-lez-Bruxelles) at Forest-lez-Bruxelles (Brussels): Benedictine nuns

[edit] G

• Gembloux Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Exupère de Gembloux) at Gembloux (Namur): Benedictine monks
• Geraardsbergen Abbey (Abdij van Geraardsbergen), previously at Dikkelvenne, at Geraardsbergen (East Flanders): Benedictine monks^[12]
• Ghent, East Flanders:
  • St. Bavo's Abbey, Ghent (Abdij-Sint-Baw van Gent): Benedictine monks
  • English Ladies (Abbaye des Dames anglaises), Ghent: English Benedictine nuns in exile
  • Abbaye Saint-Pierre-du-Mont-Blandin, Ghent: Benedictine monks
  • Abbaye Notre-Dame du Rijke Gasthuis, Ghent: Benedictine nuns
• Ghislenghien Abbey (Abbaye du Val des Vierges de Ghislenghien) at Ghislenghien (Hainaut): Benedictine nuns
• Gistel Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Godelieve de Gistel or Abdij Ten Putte) (extant) at Gistel (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
• Grand-Bigard Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Wivine du Grand-Bigard) at Grand-Bigard, Dilbeek: Benedictine nuns
• Grandpré Abbey (Abbaye de Grandpré) at Gesves (Namur): Cistercian monks
• Grimbergen Abbey (Abdij van Grimbergen) at Grimbergen (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
• Groeninge Abbey (Abdij van Groeninge) at Courtrai (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

[edit] H

• Haaltert Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Géry de Haaltert) at Haaltert (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Hastière Abbey (Abbaye d'Hastière) at Hastière (Namur): Benedictine monks
• Hemelsdaele Abbey (Abdij van Hemelsdaele) at Hemelsdaele, Bruges (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Hemiksem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem
• Hérinnes Charterhouse (Chartreuse Notre-Dame de la Chapelle d'Hérinnes) at Hérinnes (Hainaut): Carthusian monks
• Herkenrode Abbey (Abdij van Herkenrode) at Herkenrode, Hasselt (formerly Kuringen) (Limburg): Cistercian nuns
• Heylissem Abbey (Abdij van Heylissem) at Hélécine (Walloon Brabant): Premonstratensians
• Hocht Abbey (Abdij van Hocht) at Lanaken (Limburg): Cistercian monks, then Cistercian nuns

[edit] J

• Le Jardinet Abbey (Abbaye du Jardinet) at Walcourt (Namur): Cistercian nuns to 1430, then Cistercian monks

[edit] K

• Keizersberg Abbey, also Mont César Abbey (Abdij van Keizersberg, Abdij Regina Coeli, Abbaye du Mont César) in Leuven: Benedictine monks^[13]
• Klaarland Priory or Priory of Our Lady of Klaarland (Priorij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Klaarland) at Lozen, Bocholt (Limburg): Trappist nuns
• Kortenberg Abbey (Abdij van Kortenberg) at Kortenberg (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine nuns^[14]

[edit] L

• Leffe Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Leffe) (extant) at Leffe, Dinant (Namur): Premonstratensians
• Liège:
  • Peace of Our Lady Abbey, Liège (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Liège): Benedictine nuns
  • St. James' Abbey, Liège (Abbaye Saint-Jacques de Liège): Benedictine monks
  • St. Laurence's Abbey, Liège (Abbaye Saint-Laurent de Liège): Benedictine monks
• Lier Abbey or Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, Lier (Abdij van Onze Vrouwe van Nazareth) (later refounded at Brecht: see Brecht Abbey) at Lier (Antwerp): Trappist nuns
• Lier, see Hemiksem
• Lieu-Saint-Bernard Abbey, otherwise Abbaye Saint-Bernard-sur-l'Escaut: see St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem
• Lobbes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lobbes) (dissolved) at Lobbes, Hainaut: Benedictine monks^[15]
• Leuven (Flemish Brabant):
  • Groot Begijnhof, Leuven
  • St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven: Augustinian Canonesses
  • St. Monica's, Leuven: Augustinian Canonesses
  • St. Michael's College, Leuven: Jesuits
• Louvain-la-Neuve, see St. Gertrude's Abbey

[edit] M

• Maagdendale Abbey (Abdij van Maagdendale) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Maegdendael Abbey (Abdij van Maegdendael) at Oplinter (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
• Malmedy Abbey (Abbaye de Malmedy) at Malmedy (Liège)^[16]: Benedictine monks
• Malonne Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Malonne) (dissolved) at Malonne (Namur): Benedictine monks^[17]
• Maredret Abbey (Abbaye de Maredret) (extant) at Anhée (Namur): Benedictine nuns[6]
• Maredsous Abbey (Abbaye de Maredsous) (extant) at Denée (Namur): Benedictine monks[7]
• Menin Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix de Menin or Abbaye des Saints-Anges) at Menen (Menin) (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
• Merkem Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre-et-Notre-Dame de Merkem) at Merkem (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
• Mesen Abbey or Messines Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Messines) at Mesen (Messines) (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
• Mons Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Mons) at Mons (Hainaut): Benedictine nuns
• Mont César Abbey (Abbaye du Mont César), see Keizersberg Abbey
• Mont Cornillon, see Cornillon Abbey
• Mont-d'Or Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-d'Or) at Wevelgem (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Moorsel Abbey (Abbaye de Moorsel) at Moorsel, Alost (East Flanders): Benedictine nuns
• Moulins-Warnant Abbey (Abbaye de Moulins-Warnant) at Anhée (Namur): community of women (no known rule), then Cistercian nuns 1233-1414, then Cistercian monks
• Munsterbilzen Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Amour de Munsterbilzen) at Munsterbilzen, Bilzen (Limburg): Benedictine nuns

[edit] N

• Namur Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Namur) at Namur: Cistercians
• Nazareth, Our Lady of, see Brecht and Lier
• Nivelles Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Gertrude de Nivelles) at Nivelles (Walloon Brabant): women's collegiate foundation
• Nizelles Abbey (Abbaye de Nizelles) at Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian monks[8]
• Nouveau-Bois Abbey (Abbaye du Nouveau-Bois) at Ghent (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

[edit] O

• Abbaye de l'Olive at Morlanwelz (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
• Oost-Eecloo Abbey (Abdij van Oost-Eekloo) at Eeklo (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Orienten Abbey (Abbaye d'Orienten) at Rummen (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
• Orval Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Orval) (extant) at Villers-devant-Orval, Florenville (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks, then Canons Regular, then Cistercian monks, then Trappist monks [9]
• Oudenaarde Abbey (Abdji van Oudenaarde) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Oudenbourg Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Oudenbourg) at Oudenbourg: Benedictine monks

[edit] P

• Park Abbey (Abdij van 't Park) at Heverlee, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
• Parc-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Parc-les-Dames) at Wesemael: Cistercian nuns
• Postel Abbey (Abdij van Postel) (extant) at Postel, Mol (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
• Ten Putte Abbey, see Gistel

[edit] Q

• Quévy Abbey (Abbaye de Quévy) at Quévy (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

[edit] R

• La Ramée Abbey (Abbaye de la Ramée) (extant) at Jauchelette, Jodoigne (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns[10]
• Renaix Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul de Renaix) at Renaix / Ronse (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Robermont Abbey (Abbaye de Robermont) at Robermont (Liège): Cistercian nuns
• Rochefort Abbey or St. Rémy's Abbey, Rochefort (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy) (extant) at Rochefort (Namur): Cistercian nuns to 1464, then Cistercian monks, then Trappist monks[11]
• Roeulx Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Feuillien du Roeulx) at Le Roeulx (Hainaut): Premonstratensians
• Ten Roosen Abbey (Abdij Ten Roosen) at Aalst (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Roosendael Abbey (Abdij van Roosendael) at Sint-Katelijne-Waver (Antwerp): Cistercian nuns
• Rothem Abbey (Abdij van Rothem) at Haelen (Limburg): Cistercian nuns

[edit] S

• St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges (Abdij SintAndries Brugge) at Zevenkerken, Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine monks[12]
• St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem (extant), formerly Bornem Abbey (Sint-Bernardusabdij, Bornem or Abdij van Bornem) at Bornem (Antwerp): Cistercian monks^[18]
• St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, also St. Bernard's Abbey on the Scheldt (Sint Bernaerdts op Scheldt or Sint Bernardusabdij) at Hemiksem (Antwerp) (moved to St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem, in 1836): Cistercian monks^[19]
• Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie) at Saint-Denis, Mons (Hainaut): Benedictine monks
• St. Gertrude's Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Gertrude de Louvain-la-Neuve) at Louvain-la-Neuve: Benedictine nuns^[20]
  • see also St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven
• Saint-Ghislain Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Ghislain or Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul de la Celle) at Saint-Ghislain (Hainaut): Benedictines
• St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges (St. Godelieveabdij, Brugge) (extant) in Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
• Saint-Hubert Abbey (Abbaye Saint Pierre-Saint-Paul de Saint-Hubert) at Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks^[21]
• Saint-Rémy Abbey, see Rochefort
• St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren, see Westvleteren
• Sint-Truiden (Limburg):
  • St. Trudo's Abbey (Abdij van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine monks
  • St. Catherine's Abbey, Sint-Truiden (Abdij Sint Katrin van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine nuns
  • Zeppern Charterhouse, see Zepperen

• Salzinnes Abbey (Abbaye de Salzinnes) at Salzinnes (Namur): Cistercian nuns
• Saulchoir Abbey (Abbaye du Saulchoir) at Kain in Tournai (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
• Scheut Charterhouse (Kartuizerkloster Scheut) at Anderlecht (Brussels): Carthusian monks
• Scourmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont) (extant) at Forges, Chimay (Hainaut): Trappist monks[13]
• Soleilmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Soleilmont or Soleimont) (extant) at Fleurus (Walloon Brabant): Trappist nuns
• Solières Abbey (Abbaye de Solières) at Ben-Ahin (Liège): Cistercian nuns
• Spermaillie Abbey (Abbaye de Spermaillie) at Bruges: Cistercian nuns
• Stavelot Abbey (Abbaye de Stavelot) at Stavelot (Liège)^[22]: Benedictine monks [14]
• Steenbrugge Abbey or St. Peter's Abbey, Steenbrugge (St-Pietersabdij Steenbrugge) (extant) in Assebroek, Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine monks

[edit] T

• Tongerlo Abbey (Abdij van Tongerlo) (extant) at Tongerlo, Westerlo (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
• Tongeren Abbey (Abdij van Tongeren) at Tongeren (Limburg): Benedictine monks
• Tournai Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Martin de Tournai) at Tournai (Hainaut): Benedictine monks

[edit] V

• Val-Benoît Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Benoît) at Liège: Cistercian nuns
• Val-du-Ciel Abbey (Abbaye de Val-du-Ciel) at Ophoven (Limburg): Cistercian nuns
• Val-Dieu Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Dieu or Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val-Dieu; Abdij van Godsdal) at Aubel (Liège): Cistercian monks[15]
• Val-Notre-Dame Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Notre-Dame) at Antheit (Liège): Cistercian nuns
• Val-Saint-Bernard Abbey (Abbaye du Val-Saint-Bernard) at Diest (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
• Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey (Abbaye de Val-Saint-Lambert): Cistercian monks
• Abbaye du Val-Saint-Georges, Cistercians: see Salzinnes
• Val des Vierges, see Ghislenghien Abbey
• Valduc Abbey (Abbaye de Valduc) at Hamme-Mille, Beauvechain (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
• Vellereille-les-Brayeux, see Bonne-Esperance Abbey
• La Vignette Abbey (Abbaye de la Vignette) at Leuven: Cistercian nuns
• Villers-la-Ville Abbey (Abbaye de Villers-la-Ville) at Villers-la-Ville (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian monks^[23]
• Vivegnis Abbey (Abbaye de Vivegnis) at Liège: Cistercian nuns
• Le Vivier Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Vivier) at Marche-les-Dames (Namur): women's community of no known order until c. 1235, then Cistercian nuns to 1856; Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul to 1880, Ursulines to 1914, Carmelite sisters to 1973; non-religious boarding school to 1980; the Little Sisters of Bethlehem to 2000; now occupied by the lay community Madonna House[16][17]
• Vlierbeek Abbey (Abbaye de Vlierbeek) at Kessel-Lo, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine monks

[edit] W

• Waulsort Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Waulsort) at Waulsort, Hastière (Namur): Benedictine monks
• Wauthier-Braine Abbey (Abbaye de Wauthier-Braine) at Wauthier-Braine (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns
• Wavreumont Abbey (Abbaye Saint Remacle de Wavreumont) at Wavreumont (Liège): Benedictine monks^[24]
• Westmalle Abbey (Abdij van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig Hart van Westmalle) at Malle (Antwerp): Trappist monks[18]
• Westvleteren Abbey or St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtus-Abdij) (extant) at Westvleteren (West Flanders): Trappist monks[19]

[edit] Y

• Ypres (West Flanders):
  • Irish Ladies (Abbaye des Dames irlandaises d'Ypres): Irish Benedictine nuns in exile
  • St. John au Mont Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-au-Mont d'Ypres): Benedictine monks

[edit] Z

• Zelem Charterhouse at Zelem near Halen (Limburg): Carthusians^[25]
• Zepperen Charterhouse (dissolved) at Zepperen, Sint-Truiden (Limburg): Carthusians
• Zevenkerken, see St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges
• Zonnebeke Abbey (Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Zonnebeke) at Zonnebeke, Ypres (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns
• Zwijveke Abbey (Abdij van Zwijveke) at Zwijveke, Dendermonde (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Berlière, U., 1955-92 (revised edition). Monasticon Belge (7 vols, first published 1890). Bruges.
• Cottineau, L., 1939-70: Répertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés (3 vols). Mâcon.
• d'Haenens, Albert, 1971: Abbayes de Belgiques. Groupe Clio 70: Brussels.
• Michel, E., 1923: Abbayes et monastères de Belgique. Brussels.