"The historical development of monastic life in
the present-day Netherlands made a late start in comparison with the surrounding countries,
though ‘foreign’ abbeys from an early moment possessed immovable goods in the Netherlands, which often were
organised in manors (‘courts’). However, the number of monasteries which actually settled in the Netherlands
before 1100 was very modest. What are the facts?
The Temple of Zaamslag or Tempelhof was a Commandery of the Knights Templar, located at Zaamslag, a village in the south-west of the Netherlands. It is a very important archaeological site.
