List of Christian monasteries in Belgium explained

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.

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^[1]
• Affligem (Flemish Brabant):
  • Affligem Abbey (Abdij van Affligem) (extant) at Hekelgem: Benedictine monks
  • Saints Mary and Wivina's Abbey, Affligem (dissolved) (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 Province):
  • Amay Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Dieu d'Amay) (dissolved): Cistercian nuns (1244–1797)
  • Amay Priory (Prieuré d'Amay), founded in the former premises of Amay Abbey above, and later moved to form Chevetogne Abbey: Benedictine monks. The premises now accommodate the Centre de perfectionnement aux métiers du patrimoine and the Maison du tourisme Hesbaye et Meuse^[2]
• Andenne Abbey (Abbaye d'Andenne) at Andenne (Namur): Benedictine double abbey, later secular canonesses
• Antwerp

• • Antwerp Charterhouse

Carthusians

• • St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp

Premonstratensians

• • St. Saviour's Abbey, Antwerp (Abdij SintSalvator Antwerpen): Cistercian monks
• Argenton Abbey (Abbaye d'Argenton) at Lonzée, Gembloux (Namur Province): Cistercian nuns
• Assebroek, see Steenbrugge
• Ath Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame du Refuge d'Ath) at Ath (Hainaut Province): 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 or Aywières Abbey (Abbaye d'Aywiers or d'Aywières), founded at Awirs but moved to Couture-Saint-Germain, Lasne (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns

B

• Baudelo Abbey (Abdij van Baudelo or Baudeloo) at Klein-Sinaai (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-Booienhoven, Zoutleeuw, Flemish Brabant: Cistercian nuns
• Béguinages (Begijnhoven) at:
  • Antwerp, Bruges, Dendermonde, Diest, Ghent (Old Saint Elisabeth, New Saint Elisabeth in Sint-Amandsberg and Our Lady Ter Hooyen) Hoogstraten, Lier, Leuven (Large and Small), Mechelen (Large and Small) Kortrijk, Sint-Truiden, Turnhout and Tongeren
• Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden (extant) at Bonheiden (Antwerp): Benedictine nuns
• Bijloke Abbey, also Byloque Abbey (Abdij van der Bijloke or Abbaye de la Byloque) at Ghent (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Bois-Seigneur-Isaac Abbey (Abbaye de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac) at Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant: Maronite
• Boneffe Abbey (Abbaye de Boneffe) at Éghezée (Namur): Cistercian nuns, then Cistercian monks (from 1461)
• Bonheiden Abbey, see Bethlehem Abbey, Bonheiden
• Bonne-Espérance Abbey (Abbaye de Bonne-Espérance^[3]) at Vellereille-les-Brayeux, Estinnes (Hainaut): Premonstratensians
• Bornem, see St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem
• Braschaat Abbey (Abdij SintMichiel Braschaat) 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^[4]
• Brogne Abbey (Abbaye de Saint-Gérard-de-Brogne) at Saint-Gérard (Namur): Benedictine monks (founded 919)
• Bruges (West Flanders):
  • Augustinian Priory, Bruges (Augustijnenklooster, Brugge): Augustinian canons
  • Eekhout Abbey (Eekhoutabdij, Sint-Bartholomeusabdij): Augustinian canons
  • St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges (Abdij Sint-Andries Brugge), now St. Andrew's Abbey, Zevenkerken: Benedictine monks^[5]
  • St. Godelieve's Abbey, Bruges (St. Godelieveabdij, Brugge): Benedictine nuns
  • St. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges (Sint-Trudoabdij, Brugge), originally in Bruges, then Male, now back in Bruges: Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Ten Wijngaerde Béguinage (Begijnhof Ten Wijngaerde): Beguines; from 1927 a priory of Benedictine nuns, as the Monasterium De Wijngaard
• Brussels

• • Coudenberg Abbey (Abbaye du Coudenberg, Abbaye Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg; Abdij Sint-Jacob op de Koudenberg) in Brussels: Augustinian canons
  • English Ladies, Brussels (Abbaye des Dames anglaises de Bruxelles): English Benedictine nuns in exile
  • Jericho Priory (Klooster Jericho, Klooster Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Rosen gheplant in Jericho) in Brussels: Canonesses Regular

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^[6]
• Celles Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Hadelin de Celles-sur-Lesse) at Celles, Houyet (Namur): either Benedictine monks, or a men's collegiate foundation
• Chercq Charterhouse (Chartreuse de Chercq) (dissolved) at Chercq near Tournai (Hainaut): Carthusians
• Chevetogne Abbey (Abbaye de Chevetogne) at Ciney (Namur): Benedictine monks of both Latin and Byzantine rites^[7]
• 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) near Arlon (Luxembourg): Trappist nuns
• Cortenberg, see Kortenberg
• Coudenberg Abbey, see Brussels

D

• Dendermonde Abbey or Saints Peter and Paul's Abbey, Dendermonde (Sint Pieters-en-Paulusabdij, Dendermonde) at Dendermonde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Dieleghem Abbey (Abbaye de Dieleghem) at Dielegem in Jette (Brussels): Augustinian Canons 1095–1140, thereafter Premonstratensians
• Diest, see Zelem
• 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
• Drongen Abbey (Abdij van Drongen) at Drongen, Gent (East Flanders): Premonstratensians
• Ten Duinen Abbey (Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ten Duinen or Abdij Ten Duinen; Abbaye des Dunes) at Koksijde (West Flanders): Cistercian monks

E

• Eekhout Abbey, see Bruges
• 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^[8] There are ruins nearby of an earlier monastery, of which nothing is known
• Eversam Abbey (Abdij van Eversam) at Stavele (West Flanders): Augustinian canons

F

• Flône Abbey (Abbaye de Flône) at Flône, Amay (Liège) - Augustinian canons
• Floreffe Abbey (Abbaye de Floreffe) at Floreffe (Namur): Premonstratensians

• Florennes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Florennes) at Florennes (Namur): Benedictine monks^[9]
• 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

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^[10]
• Géronsart Abbey (Abbaye de Géronsart) at Jambes (Namur): Augustinian canons
• Ghent, East Flanders:
  • St. Bavo's Abbey (Sint-Baafsabdij, Gent): Benedictine monks
  • English Ladies, Ghent (Abbaye des Dames anglaises): English Benedictine nuns in exile
  • St. Peter's Abbey, Ghent (Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent): Benedictine monks
  • Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Rijke Gasthuis: Benedictine nuns
• Ghislenghien Abbey (Abbaye du Val des Vierges de Ghislenghien) at Ghislenghien (Hainaut): Benedictine nuns
• Gistel, see Ten Putte
• Groot-Bijgaarden Abbey, also St. Wivina's Abbey (Abdij van Groot-Bijgaarden, also Sint-Wivina-abdij) at Groot-Bijgaarden, Dilbeek (Flemish Brabant): 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 Kortrijk (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns

H

• Haaltert Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Géry de Haaltert) at Haaltert (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Ter Hage Abbey (Abdij Ter Hage, Terhagen or Tenhagen) first at Axel in the Netherlands, later in Ghent: Cistercian nuns
• Hasselt Priory (Augustijnenklooster Hasselt) at Hasselt (Limburg): Augustinian canons
• 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 de la Chapelle à Hérinnes) at Hérinnes (Flemish Brabant): 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
• Hurtebise Monastery (Monastère d'Hurtebise) at Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg): Benedictine nuns

J

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

K

• 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^[11]

L

• Leffe Abbey (Abbaye de Leffe) (extant) at Leffe, Dinant (Namur): Premonstratensians
• Leuven (Flemish Brabant):
  • Groot Begijnhof, Leuven
  • Keizersberg Abbey, also Mont César Abbey (Abdij van Keizersberg, Abdij Regina Coeli, Abbaye du Mont César) in Leuven: Benedictine monks^[12]
  • Park Abbey (Abdij van 't Park) at Heverlee, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Premonstratensians
  • St. Gertrude's Abbey, Leuven

Augustinian Canonesses

• • St. Monica's, Leuven

Augustinian Canonesses

• • St. Michael's College, Leuven

Jesuits

• • Vlierbeek Abbey (Abbaye de Vlierbeek) at Kessel-Lo, Leuven (Flemish Brabant): Benedictine monks
• Liège

• • Abbey of the Peace of Our Lady, 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^[13]
• Louvain-la-Neuve, see St. Gertrude's Abbey

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): administered together with Stavelot Abbey as the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, Benedictine monks
• Malonne Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Malonne) (dissolved) at Malonne (Namur): Benedictine monks^[14]
• Marche-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Marche-les-Dames or Abbaye de 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^{[15] [16]}
• Maredret Abbey (Abbaye de Maredret) (extant) at Anhée (Namur): Benedictine nuns^[17]
• Maredsous Abbey (Abbaye de Maredsous) (extant) at Denée (Namur): Benedictine monks^[18]
• 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 Leuven, Keizersberg Abbey
• Mont Cornillon Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-Cornillon) in Liège: Premonstratensian double house
• Mont-d'Or Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-d'Or) at Wevelgem (West Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Moorsel Abbey (Abbaye de Moorsel) at Moorsel, Aalst (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
• Mount Thabor Convent, Mechelen (Thaborklooster): Augustinian canonesses
• Munsterbilzen Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Amour de Munsterbilzen) at Munsterbilzen, Bilzen (Limburg): Benedictine nuns

N

• Namur Abbey (Abbaye de la Paix-Notre-Dame de Namur) at Namur: Cistercians
• Nazareth, Our Lady of, see Brecht and Lier
• Nieuwenbosch Abbey (Abdij Nieuwenbosch) at Heusden (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Nieuwpoort Charterhouse (Kartuize Nieuwpoort), also known as Sheen Anglorum Charterhouse, at Nieuwpoort (West Flanders): English Carthusians in exile
• Ninove Abbey (Abbaye de Ninove) at Ninove (East Flanders): Premonstratensians
• 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^[19]

O

• Abbaye de l'Olive at Morlanwelz (Hainaut): Cistercian nuns
• Abdij van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant, see Ypres
• Oost-Eekloo Abbey (Abdij van Oost-Eekloo) at Oosteeklo and later Ghent (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^[20]
• Oudenaarde Abbey (Abdji van Oudenaarde) at Oudenaarde (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Oudenburg Abbey (Abdij van Oudenburg) at Oudenburg (West Flanders): Benedictine monks

P

• Parc-les-Dames Abbey (Abbaye de Parc-les-Dames) at Wezemaal (Flemish Brabant): Cistercian nuns
• Postel Abbey (Abdij van Postel) (extant) at Postel, Mol (Antwerp): Premonstratensians
• Ten Putte Abbey (Abdij Ten Putte, also Sint-Godelieveabdij) (extant) at Gistel (West Flanders): Benedictine nuns

Q

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

R

• La Ramée Abbey (Abbaye de la Ramée) (extant) at Jauchelette, Jodoigne (Walloon Brabant): Cistercian nuns^[21]

• 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^[22]
• Roesbrugge Abbey (Abdij van Roesbrugge) at Roesbrugge (West Flanders): Canonesses Regular (see also Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant, Ypres)
• Roeulx Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Feuillien du Roeulx) at Le Roeulx (Hainaut): Premonstratensians
• Ronse Abbey (Abdij van Ronse) at Ronse (East Flanders): Benedictine monks
• Ten Roosen Abbey (Abdij Ten Roosen) at Aalst (East Flanders): Cistercian nuns
• Roosenberg Abbey (Abdij van Roosenberg) at Waasmunster (East Flanders): Canonesses Regular
• Roosendael Abbey (Abdij van Roosendael) at Sint-Katelijne-Waver (Antwerp): Cistercian nuns
• Rothem Abbey (Abdij van Rothem) at Haelen (Limburg): Cistercian nuns
• Rouge-Cloître Abbey (Abbaye du Rouge-Cloître, Abbaye Saint-Paul en Soignes) in Averghem (south-eastern Brussels): Augustinian canons

S

• St. Andrew's Abbey, Bruges, see Bruges
• St. Bernard's Abbey, Bornem (extant), formerly Bornem Abbey (Sint-Bernardusabdij, Bornem or Abdij van Bornem) at Bornem (Antwerp): Cistercian monks^[23]
• 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^[24]
• Abbey of Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie (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^[25]
  • 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, see Bruges
• St. Godelieve's Abbey, Gistel, see Ten Putte Abbey
• Saint-Hubert Abbey (Abbaye Saint Pierre-Saint-Paul de Saint-Hubert) at Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg): Benedictine monks^[26]
• St. Michael's Abbey, see Antwerp
• Saint-Rémy Abbey, see Rochefort
• St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren, see Westvleteren
• Sint-Truiden (Limburg):
  • Sint-Truiden Abbey (Abdij van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine monks
  • St. Catherine's Abbey, Sint-Truiden (Abdij Sint-Katrien van Sint-Truiden): Benedictine nuns
  • Zeppern Charterhouse, see Zepperen
• St. Trudo's Abbey, Bruges (Sint-Trudoabdij), formerly at Male, now back in Bruges, West Flanders: Canonesses Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
• St. Wivina's Abbey, see Groot-Bijgarden
• 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^[27]
• Sheen Anglorum, see Nieuwpoort Charterhouse
• Sinnich Abbey (Abdij van Sinnich) near Teuven, Voeren (Limburg): Augustinian canonesses
• Soleilmont Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Soleilmont) (extant) at Gilly (Hainaut): 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): together with Malmedy Abbey formed the Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, Benedictine monks^[28]
• Steenbrugge Abbey or St. Peter's Abbey, Steenbrugge (St-Pietersabdij Steenbrugge) (extant) in Assebroek, Bruges (West Flanders): Benedictine monks

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

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^[29]
• 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) at Seraing (Liège): 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^[30]
• Vivegnis Abbey (Abbaye de Vivegnis) at Liège: Cistercian nuns
• Vivier, Abbaye Notre-Dame du, see Marche-les-Dames Abbey

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 or St. Remaclus' Abbey, Wavreumont (Abbaye Saint Remacle de Wavreumont) at Wavreumont (Liège): Benedictine monks^[31]
• Westmalle Abbey (Abdij van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig Hart van Westmalle) at Malle (Antwerp): Trappist monks^[32]
• Westvleteren Abbey or St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtus-Abdij) (extant) at Westvleteren (West Flanders): Trappist monks^[33]
• Ten Wijngaerde, see Bruges

Y

• Ypres (West Flanders):
  • Irish Ladies (Abbaye des Dames irlandaises d'Ypres): Irish Benedictine nuns in exile
  • Abbey of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Nieuwe Plant (Roesbrugge Dames), formerly Roesbrugge Abbey: Canonesses Regular
  • St. John au Mont Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Jean-au-Mont d'Ypres): Benedictine monks

Z

• Zelem Charterhouse, also Diest Charterhouse, at Zelem near Halen (Limburg): Carthusians^[34]
• 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

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Achelse Kluis . Achelse Kluis . 2014-02-17.
2. http://www.institutdupatrimoine.be/code/fr/cent_hist.asp
3. "Good Hope Abbey"
4. Web site: brialmont.be . brialmont.be . 2014-02-17.
5. Web site: sint-andriesabdij.org . sint-andriesabdij.org . 2014-02-17.
6. 1148-?
7. Web site: monasterechevetogne.com . monasterechevetogne.com . 2014-02-17.
8. Web site: ermeton.be . ermeton.be . 2014-01-21 . 2014-02-17.
9. 1010-1796
10. dedicated at first to Saint Peter, after 1175 to Saint Adrian
11. 1095-1798; 1933–, used as a retreat centre etc by various Roman Catholic orders
12. founded as a Francophone house, Mont César Abbey; became Dutch-speaking with its name in the Dutch form Keizersberg in 1968 in connection with language reforms in the University of Leuven, formerly University of Louvain
13. 654-1796
14. 685-?
15. Web site: église de Marche-les-Dames . Users.belgacom.net . 2014-02-17.
16. Web site: Maison Notre-Dame - Madonna House - Marche-les-Dames, Belgium . Madonna House . 2014-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181208/http://www.madonnahouse.org/field/marche-les-dames.html . 2016-03-03 .
17. Web site: Maredret - Abbaye de Maredret . Maredret.be . 2014-02-17.
18. Web site: maredsous.be . maredsous.be . 2014-02-17.
19. Web site: abbayedenizelles.be . abbayedenizelles.be . 2014-02-17.
20. Web site: orval.be . orval.be . 2014-02-03 . 2014-02-17.
21. Web site: Maidez . Abbaye de La Ramée . Ramee.be . 2005-11-15 . 2014-02-17.
22. Web site: trappistes-rochefort.com . trappistes-rochefort.com . 2014-02-17.
23. first community of Dominican friars, 1603 to 1797; premises acquired 1836 by the community of St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, who resettled here
24. fdd 1243 at Lier, moved to Hemiksem 1246
25. closed 2006; nuns moved to Ermeton
26. 810-1610
27. Web site: scourmont.be . scourmont.be . 2014-02-17.
28. Web site: abbayedestavelot.be . fr . abbayedestavelot.be . 2014-02-17.
29. Web site: evolutionbuilder.com . evolutionbuilder.com . 2014-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928183547/http://www.evolutionbuilder.com/val-dieu/ . 2011-09-28 . dead .
30. 1146-1796
31. revival of the former community at Stavelot
32. Web site: L’Abbaye Notre-Dame Du Sacré-Cœur De Westmalle . Trappistwestmalle.be . 2014-02-17.
33. Web site: L'Abbaye de Saint-Sixte &#224 Westvleteren . Sintsixtus.be . 2014-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141019185302/http://www.sintsixtus.be/fr/index2.html . 2014-10-19 .
34. 1329-1796