Brecht Abbey
Brecht Abbey, also known as the Abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth, is an abbey of Trappistine nuns located in Brecht, in the Campine region of the province of Antwerp.Photo: Grentidez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: trappist abbey in the same town
- Address: Abdijlaan 9
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Westmalle Abbey and Sint-Willibrorduskerk.
Westmalle Abbey
Photo: Pvosta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westmalle Abbey, otherwise the Trappist Abbey of Westmalle, is a monastery of the Cistercians of Strict Observance in Westmalle in the Belgian province of Antwerp. Westmalle Abbey is situated 4 km southeast of Brecht Abbey.
Sint-Willibrorduskerk
Church
Sint-Willibrorduskerk is a church, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Brecht Abbey.
Sint-Michielskerk
Church
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sint-Michielskerk is a church, which is situated 4 km north of Brecht Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brecht and Sint-Job-in-’t-Goor.
Brecht
Town
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Brecht is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor and Sint-Lenaarts. Brecht is situated 3½ km north of Brecht Abbey.
Sint-Job-in-’t-Goor
Village
Photo: AnoukWindey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor is a village in the municipality of Brecht in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor has 8,647 inhabitants. Sint-Job-in-’t-Goor is situated 4½ km southwest of Brecht Abbey.
Westmalle
Town
Photo: John Scholte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Westmalle is a village in the Belgian province of Antwerp which is part of the municipality of Malle. Westmalle is situated 5 km southeast of Brecht Abbey.
Brecht Abbey
- Categories: Cistercian monastery and religion
- Location: Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.31651° or 51° 18′ 59″ northLongitude
4.63181° or 4° 37′ 55″ eastOpen location code
9F368J8J+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 54434307OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q2820645
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Brecht Abbey” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Назарет (Брехт)”
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Назарет”
- Dutch: “Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Nazareth”
- French: “abbaye de Nazareth”
- French: “Abbaye de nazareth”
- French: “Abbaye De Nazareth”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame de Nazareth”
- French: “Abbaye Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth à Brecht”
- German: “Trappistinnenabtei Nazareth”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Brecht”
- Spanish: “abadia de Brecht”
- Spanish: “abadía de Brecht”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Brecht”
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