page_title: Averbode Abbey
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Averbode Abbey / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Averbode Abbey (Belgium): interior of the church. Français&#160;: Abbaye d'Averbode (Belgique)&#160;: vue intérieure de l'église. Nederlands: Abdij van Averbode (België): binnengezicht van de kerk. This is a photo of onroerend erfgoed number 42758
context_page_description: Averbode Abbey is a Premonstratensian abbey situated in Averbode, in the municipality Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, in the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels in Belgium.
  It was founded about 1134, suppressed in 1797, and reestablished in 1834. Throughout the 20th century the abbey press was a leading children's publisher in Belgium.
caption: Interior of the church
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