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Construction of St Peter's Abbey, Oudenburg
former abbey in Oudenburg, Belgium
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former abbey in Oudenburg, Belgium
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former abbey in Oudenburg, Belgium
Arnold founded the abbey after he was removed from his position as Bishop of Soissons and at the abbey Arnold began to brew beer to remove pathogens from the water and encouraged the locals to drink it.
In 1173 this abbey started to reclaim salt marshes (flooded land). This resulted in the creation of the Bamberg polder.
In medieval times the pigeons in the town square belonged to the Abbey farm.
The abbey was demolished at the time of the French Revolution. On the 16 February 1797 the abbey and all properties were sold and the buildings were largely demolished. The last monk was Veremundus Norbertus Da (1770–1852) and the property became a farm.
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