Grimbergen Abbey
Grimbergen Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery in Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, established in 1128 in the place of an earlier foundation of Augustinian Canons.
The abbey itself was dissolved in 1796 in the aftermath of the French Revolution, but the abbey church of Saint Servatius survived as the parish church of Grimbergen. After the French Revolution the abbey was reinstated. The building in its present form dates from 1660. It was elevated to the status of basilica minor in 1999.Abbots
After the French Revolution
- 48. Jan-Baptist Van Den Bergen
- 49. Godfried Van Overstraeten
- 50. Ludolphus Van Beveren : Cor unum in Deo
- 51. Alexander Van Put :In dilectione et patientia
- 52. Evermodus Lahaise of Lahaize : In te Domine speravi
- 53. Hiëronymus Hoppenbrouwers : Ora et labora
- 54. Augustinus Cantinjaeu : In de vreugde der liefde
- 55. Hroznata Van Heesch
- 56. Emiel Louis De Winde
- 57. Werenfried Petrus Wagenaar : In vinculo pacis.
- 58. Erik De Sutter : Illum oportet crescere.
Other
Grimbergen is also known for its cheese, bread and beer, although at present its beer is being produced by the Carlsberg Group.
