{"id":47656,"date":"2024-04-15T13:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/?p=47656"},"modified":"2026-10-10T11:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T15:47:26","slug":"the-history-of-westmalle-abbey-and-its-renowned-trappist-beers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebeertimes.com\/en\/the-history-of-westmalle-abbey-and-its-renowned-trappist-beers\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Westmalle Abbey and Its Renowned Trappist Beers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Jos\u00e9 Manuel Vargas<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The town of Malle, in the province of Antwerp, was actually formed on January 1, 1977, through the merger of two small villages, Oostmalle and Westmalle. With barely 14,000 inhabitants, it lies more precisely in the north of the Kempen region, between Antwerp and Turnhout.<\/p>

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The history of Westmalle Abbey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was probably a Frankish settlement in origin, known as Mallum or Maalberg. Its name first appears in 1194, when the Bishop of Cambrai granted the churches of Malle and Vorsele to the Church of Our Lady in Antwerp.<\/p>\n

From then on, Oostmalle, Westmalle and Zoersel formed a single domain, which belonged to the province of Taxandria.<\/p>\n

In the first half of the 13th century, the domain was split into Oostmalle and Westmalle, as part of the Duchy of Brabant.<\/p>\n

From the 16th century until the French Revolution, Oostmalle belonged to the Renesse family, while Westmalle was held by the Van der Moelen, Cottereau and Powis families. Sadly, in 1965, a tornado destroyed 135 houses and the church of the village of Oostmalle.<\/p>\n

Malle is world famous for its Trappist abbey, which produces an excellent beer and a magnificent cheese<\/a>. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Abbey (Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van het Heilig Hart van Jezus), founded in 1794, belongs to the Cistercian order.<\/p>\n

The order was nicknamed the Trappist order after La Trappe Abbey in French Normandy. There, in the 17th century, Abbot Armand Jean de Ranc\u00e9 led a reform toward a more austere way of life, and in 1892 his followers became an order in their own right, the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance.<\/p>\n