Official Name: | Klein-Sinaai |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Belgium |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Belgium |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name: | |
Subdivision Name1: | Flemish Region |
Subdivision Name2: | East Flanders |
Subdivision Name3: | Stekene |
Area Total Km2: | 4.70 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,381 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Coordinates: | 51.1802°N 3.9879°W |
Klein-Sinaai is a village near the Dutch border in the Belgian municipality of Stekene in the province of East Flanders. Until 1977 it was a part of the municipality of Sinaai.[2]
In Klein-Sinaai are the remains of (also known as Boudeloo Abbey), formerly a monastery of the Cistercians.The abbey was founded in 1197 when, a monk from St. Peter's Abbey in Ghent, settled in Klein-Sinaai as a hermit. In the early 13th century the abbey was recognised by the Bishop of Doornik. In 1578 the abbey was destroyed by Calvinists from Ghent, but was rebuilt a few years later, within the walls of Ghent itself.[2]
The museum of cultural history in Sint-Niklaas exhibits several archaeological finds from Boudelo Abbey.
In 1877, a railway station opened on the Sint-Gillis-Waas to Zelzate railway. The line closed for passengers in 1952 and the track was removed in 1974.[3]