Nieuwenrode

Title

Nieuwenrode

Also Known As

Nieuroy, Nieuwrode, Novum Sartum

Dates

Founded 1133-1139; dissolved 1270

Affiliation

Grimbergen

Medieval Diocese

Cambrai

Circary

Brabant

History

A women's community dependent on Grimbergen. The house was built on land given by the lords of Wolvertem. The community died out around 1270, but the property remained in the possession of Grimbergen.

A parochial house, built in the 1640s, stands on the site of the former monastery.

Status

Women's community, later parish church

Bibliography

Verbesselt, Jan. “Het Hof en Klooster te Nieuwenrode in de XIIe en XIIIe eeuw onder Wolvertem en Meise.” Eigen schoon en de Brabander 46 (1963): 467–88.

Image Credit

The site of the former monastery, 2005. Wikimedia.

Files

Collection

Brabant

Citation

“Nieuwenrode,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/606.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Grimbergen