Klein-Sinaai
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Parish Church of Our Lady in Klein-Sinaai
Klein-Sinaai is a village near the Dutch border in the Belgian municipality of Stekene in the province of East Flanders. Until 1977 it was a part of the municipality of Sinaai.
In Klein-Sinaai are the remains of monastery of the Cistercians. The abbey was founded in 1197 when Boudewijn of Boekel, a monk from St. Peter's Abbey in Ghent, settled in Klein-Sinaai as a hermit. In the early 13th century the abbey was recognised by the Bishop of Doornik. In 1578 the abbey was destroyed by Calvinists from Ghent, but was rebuilt a few years later, within the walls of Ghent itself.
(also known as Boudeloo Abbey), formerly aThe museum of cultural history in Sint-Niklaas exhibits several archaeological finds from Boudelo Abbey.
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- Stekene
- Populated places in East Flanders
- East Flanders geography stubs