Everything about Drongen totally explained
Drongen (
French:
Tronchiennes) is a submunicipality of the city of
Ghent (
Arrondissement of Ghent,
East Flanders,
Flanders,
Belgium).
Drongen is divided into three parishes:
Drongen-Centre,
Luchteren and
Baarle.
Drongen is known for its early medieval monastery, founded in the
7th century by the monk Amandus, the
Missionary of the Leie and Schelde. Destroyed by the
Normans in
853, the monastery was rebuilt by the
counts of Flanders. The monastery was the victim of the religious wars following the
Reformation, and in
1578 it was once again destroyed by
Calvinists. In
1638 the abbey church was rebuilt and between 1638 and
1698 the monastery was restored. After a fire in
1727, the church tower was restored once again in
1734, with a distinctive appearance. In
1797 the
French occupied and sold the abbey. In
1804 Lieven Bauwens used the monastery as a textile plant. The current monastery and abbey church date from
1859 and remain in use as a spiritual centre dedicated to the teachings of
Ignatius of Loyola.
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