Abbey of Notre-Dame de Scourmont

The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Scourmont, near the Belgian city of Chimay, is an abbey of the Trappist order. The abbey is located in the territory of Forges, about ten kilometers from Chimay itself. The abbey was founded on 25 July 1850 as a Trappist monastery, on the initiative of Father Jourdain, a parish priest of a neighbouring village. Seventeen monks from the monastery of La Trappe in Westvleteren began to cultivate a piece of land that had been given to them by the Prince of Chimay. In 1871, the monastery became a full-fledged abbey.

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