Park Abbey
Park Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey in Belgium, at Heverlee just south of Leuven, in Flemish Brabant. The Annales Parchenses were written here in the 12th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Norbert Gate and Den Dreef.
Den Dreef
Stadium
Photo: George Bryce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Den Dreef, also known as King Power at Den Dreef for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the Heverlee suburb of Leuven in Belgium. Den Dreef is situated 1½ km west of Park Abbey.
Great Beguinage
Protected area
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The Great Beguinage of Leuven is a well-preserved beguinage and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen streets in the south of downtown Leuven, Belgium. Great Beguinage is situated 1½ km northwest of Park Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heverlee and Kessel-Lo.
Heverlee
Town
Photo: Wouterhagens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heverlee is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977.
Kessel-Lo
Village
Photo: Álvaro Rebón, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kessel-Lo is a sub-municipality of the city of Leuven located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Leuven. Kessel-Lo is situated 2½ km northeast of Park Abbey.
Korbeek-Lo
Village
Korbeek-Lo is a sub-municipality of the municipality of Bierbeek located in the province of Flemish Brabant, Flemish Region, Belgium. As a result of extensive local government boundary changes in 1977 Korbeek-Lo, as a municipality, was abolished. Korbeek-Lo is situated 3½ km east of Park Abbey.
Park Abbey
- Type: Church
- Description: monastery
- Categories: abbey and religion
- Location: Leuven, Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to German—“Park Abbey” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Парк”
- Chinese: “公园修道院”
- Dutch: “Abdij der Norbertijnen, Heverlee”
- Dutch: “Abdij van ‘t Park Heverlee”
- Dutch: “Abdij van ‘t Park”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Park”
- Dutch: “Norbertijnenabdij Heverlee”
- Dutch: “Parkabdij, Heverlee”
- Dutch: “Parkabdij”
- French: “abbaye de Parc”
- French: “Abbaye de Parc”
- French: “Conventus Sanctae Mariae de Parco”
- German: “Parkabtei”
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