Dieleghem Abbey

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Dieleghem Abbey
  • Abbaye de Dieleghem (French)
  • Abdij van Dielegem (Dutch)
Abb. Dieleghem (palais) 2.jpg
The abbot's mansion is the only remaining building of Dieleghem Abbey
Dieleghem Abbey
General information
Type Abbey
Town or city Jette, Brussels-Capital Region
CountryBelgium
Coordinates 50°53′02″N4°19′10″E / 50.88389°N 4.31944°E / 50.88389; 4.31944
ClosedDeconsecrated in 1796

Dieleghem Abbey (French : Abbaye de Dieleghem) or Dielegem Abbey (Dutch : Abdij van Dielegem) is a former abbey located in the Brussels municipality of Jette, Belgium. It was abolished in 1796.

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History

Dieleghem Abbey, engraving by Lucas Vorsterman II, published in Sanderus, Chorographia Sacra Brabantiae (1659) Abdij van Dielegem - 1659.jpg
Dieleghem Abbey, engraving by Lucas Vorsterman II, published in Sanderus, Chorographia Sacra Brabantiae (1659)

The oldest reference to the abbey dates from 1095, when the Bishop of Cambrai issued a charter in its favour. Initially administered by Augustinian canons, in 1140, the abbey's monks switched to the rules of the Premonstratensian order. In the 13th century, the abbey now called Dieleghem possessed half of the municipality's territory and played an important social and economic role until the French Revolution. The abbots, mitred from 1532, sat in the States of Brabant, the representation of the three estates (nobility, clergy and commoners) to the court of the Duke of Brabant.

In November 1796, the canons regular were evicted and deported to an island off the shores of Brittany, France. [1] Dieleghem Abbey was looted and subsequently destroyed, sparing only the abbot's residence. Other abbeys in Flanders, like Afflighem, Grimbergen and Groot-Bijgaarden, shared a similar fate.

The abbot's former residence now houses the collections of the museum of the County of Jette. [2]

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References

  1. (in Dutch) HET NOTITIEBOEKJE VAN PASTOOR MICHEL, mosenghem.skynetblogs.be
  2. County of Jette Communal Museum Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine , brusselsmuseums.be

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