There is more to Averbode than ice-cream - topic I have touched more than once- as some of you might conclude after reading a previous Averbode post. There is also the new beer called "Averbode", cheese, bread and goodies.
The abbey was founded in 1134 by Count Arnold II of Loon founded and know. It flourished, grew through the centuries, had its own printing office and published books and magazines ( Zonneland, Zonnekind, Tremplin, Bonjour, Doremi.. ) for the Belgian schools. The abbey was during a long time the motor of the village and surroundings with "also a school, a harmony, a library and a thespian society. It was the center of Marian-centred pilgrimages, which attracted many visitors and benefited the local shops and bars....
In 1896, the abbey first started with missionary work, when two canons left for Pirapora, Brazil,... A second mission started in 1903 in Denmark, where the abbey founded the parish of Vejle, with a new Roman Catholic school and from 1913 on a hospital...."
]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averbode_Abbey
Hallo Anni,
ReplyDeleteEen aangename reeks over het land van "De Witte" en Ernest Claes :-)
Prettig weekend,
Frans
Addition (from an inhabitant of the region (zuiderkempen, where Averbode is located). The order of the abbey fathers is called the Norbertus order (Norbertijnen) the locals call them (Witheren), fathers in white, because of their white frock. Two more abbeys of the same order can be found close-by:
ReplyDeleteTongerlo, Postel ! All three of them are known for their cheese, bread but first and foremost for their BEER ! The Tongerlo beer got the award of Flander's best beer this year. And that counts, since the Flemish beers are absolutely top on the WORLD market !