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Herkenrode Abbesses' Quarter

Herkenrode Abbesses' Quarter

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Herkenrode Abbesses' Quarter

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Vlaams Natuurreservaat Herkenrode

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Location: South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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January 3, 2024

In 2023, the last canon sisters of the Holy Sepulcher said goodbye to the monastery on the abbey site of Herkenrode. The six sisters moved to a residential care center, which also marks the end of religious activities on the site, about a year after the monastery was taken over by Toerisme Vlaanderen. The non-profit organization Herita now has the site under lease. The sisters stayed in the modern monastery, which has only existed since 1984 (just like the modern monastery church) and has merged with the abbess's residence from the sixteenth century. The Regular Canonesses of the Holy Sepulcher Bilzen bought those historic buildings and the abbess quarters of the former Cistercian abbey in Herkenrode in 1972 and opened a reflection center there that existed until 2012.

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June 13, 2024

In 1972, the canonesses of the Holy Sepulcher bought part of the domain: the 18th-century abbess's residence with the landscaped park and the ruins of the 16th-century abbess's residence, and in 1974 they established a monastery and a reflection center there. In 1982 they also bought the infirmary from 1658 and the remains of the dilapidated 16th-century sister quarters. The 8 hectare landscape park has been managed by the Nature and Forest Agency since 2015. A new monastery for the community of sisters was built in 1985 on the still existing foundations and vaults of the 'old' abbess quarters from 1538. A year later, the monastery church was also built in contemporary architectural style. Architect Lucas Van Herck based his approach on a philosophy that preserves the heritage while also developing it dynamically. This meant historicizing restoration, curative conservation, infill architecture and new construction. The modern church, always accessible to the public, is conceived as a central building with a 'full void' in the middle where the altar is positioned forward. Around this center are the choir stalls for the monastic community and the stands for the guests. Important for the spirituality of the Grave Sisters is the open burial chamber of the Risen Christ, to the right of the altar. Until the end of 2014, a reflection center was located in the classicist 'new' Abbess residence Herkenrode. Since September 2012, a permanent exhibition about the Order of the Canonesses of the Holy Sepulcher has been located in the vaulted cellars of the 16th-century abbess's residence. In three consecutive rooms the story of the origin and spread of the Order, their influence and spread in Limburg and Hasselt and the life and spirituality of the sisters is told. Since 2018, the north wing (1538) of the four wings grouped around a rectangular courtyard has also been restored.

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August 21, 2021

This zone, which includes the former abbesses' residences, the associated landscape park and the infirmary, were purchased in 1972 by the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre. They built a new monastery with respect for the original architecture.

You can visit the (new) church until 5.30 pm. Thank you for respecting the tranquility here.

Source: abdijsiteherkenrode.be/domein/erfgoed

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Herkenrode Abbesses' Quarter

1. View of Herkenrode Abbey – Herkenrode Abbey Site loop from Stokrooie

2. Herkenrode Abbey Site – Herkenrode Abbey Mill loop from Stokrooie

3. View of Herkenrode Abbey – Herkenrode Abbey site loop from Stokrooie

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