The abbey farm housed the restaurant De Abdijpoort for a long time. Stefaan Vertongen was in charge of that business until 2016, when he handed it over due to health problems. Floortje Vanderbeke then took over the Abdijpoort and turned it into a weekend restaurant and party location.
... until the owner decided to sell the entire site in 2019 and the buyer had plans that no longer included the restaurant.
The business is permanently closed. The banners are still hanging on the gate.
Source: HLN 5/2/21

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Wim VHW 🥾🥾 🚲

January 24, 2021

This protected site houses the former monastery farm of the Guldenberg Abbey.
Especially the monumental west gate (1743) and the pigeon tower (1699) in the courtyard of the farm are remarkable. The western gate was restored in 2003 with the support of the city council and the Ministry of the Flemish Community - Monuments and Sites Department.

You can visit the monumental gate via the Kloosterstraat. The pigeon tower is located in the courtyard (private domain) and can also be seen from the Kloosterstraat.

The Guldenberg Abbey was built between 1242 and 1261 near the Lys. It was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1214 in Moorsele by Margaret of Guines, Viscountess of Kortrijk. Cisterzian women lived a very frugal and strict life and possession of livestock and land was essential for their livelihood. Many centuries later, in 1758, the monastery gained secular power. The then abbess Augustina Peuterman bought the manor of Wevelgem and the Goed Te Marrem from the guardians of the seven-year-old Charles d'Esclaibes, Lord of Wevelgem. This gave the abbess the title "Lady of the Parish and Heerlykhede Wevelgem".
After a turbulent history of prosperity and decline, looting and wealth, the monastery was closed with the French Revolution in 1797. The ecclesiastical buildings were demolished stone by stone, only the monastery farm remains as a witness to this past period.

(taken from wevelgem.be)

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