Lobbes Abbey
Lobbes Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Lobbes, Hainaut, Belgium. The abbey played an important role in the religious, political and religious life of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, especially around the year 1000.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey in Belgium
- Also known as: “Saint-Pierre de Lobbes Abbey”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lobbes railway station and Saint-Ursmer Collegiate Church.
Lobbes railway station
Railway stop
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Lobbes railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 110 metres south of Lobbes Abbey.
Saint-Ursmer Collegiate Church
Church
Photo: PMRMaeyaert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Ursmer Collegiate Church is situated 330 metres east of Lobbes Abbey.
Belfry of Thuin
The Belfry of Thuin is a historic building in Thuin, Belgium. Although historically attached to a church, the bell tower has also become a municipal tower, the only belfry of the Principality of Liège. Belfry of Thuin is situated 2 km southeast of Lobbes Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thuin and Sars-la-Buissière.
Thuin
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Thuin is a small, partly hilltop town south-west of Charleroi in the Belgian province of Hainaut on the river Sambre. For rail fans, there is the ASVi museum featuring historic trams from the Vicinal era.
Sars-la-Buissière
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.
Sars-la-Buissière is a village of Wallonia and a district in the municipality of Lobbes, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Sars-la-Buissière is situated 4 km west of Lobbes Abbey.
Aulne
Hamlet
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
Aulne is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km northeast of Lobbes Abbey.
Lobbes Abbey
- Categories: benedictine abbey, religious community, residential area, historic site, and religion
- Location: Lobbes, Arrondissement of Thuin, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.34716° or 50° 20′ 50″ northLongitude
4.26157° or 4° 15′ 42″ eastInception
7th centuryOpen location code
9F2687W6+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 232697063OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialWikidata ID
Q74925
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Picard—“Lobbes Abbey” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “洛布斯修道院”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Lobbes”
- French: “abbaye de Lobbes”
- French: “abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lobbes”
- French: “Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lobbes”
- German: “Abtei Lobbes”
- Italian: “abbazia di Lobbes”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Lobbes”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Saint-Pierre de Lobbes”
- Picard: “Abaïe Saint-Pierre éd Lobbes”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lobbes and Commissariat de Lobbes.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lobbes Abbey”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.