SAINT ADELBERT Abbey

More than 1,000 years ago, there was already a monastery in this area. It was the first monastery in the north-west of the Netherlands, which was not yet Christianized.
For many centuries, Egmond Abbey has played an important role in the religious, cultural and initially also administrative field in the western Netherlands. For the sake of their livelihood, the monks engaged in all kinds of reclamation activities and were forced to build dikes. Partly because of this, they determined the appearance of the landscape of Kennemerland and its surroundings in the Middle Ages.
The development of Egmond Abbey is inextricably linked to the rise of the Dutch House of Counts. From the 10th century onwards, the Count of Holland was the local ruler. He ruled over an area that largely covers present-day North and South Holland.
The medieval history of the abbey ends in 1573, when the Geuzen set fire to the abbey. The ruins of the abbey still stand in the fields near Egmond for centuries. In 1800, these last reminders were also demolished due to dilapidatedness.
It was not until the 20th century that the monastery was rebuilt. In 1935, the Priory of Saint Adelbert was repopulated by Benedictine monks and in 1950 it was elevated to the status of abbey.

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