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Koningshoeven Abbey

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Koningshoeven
Koningshoeven

Koningshoeven Abbey (Dutch: Abdij Koningshoeven, Abdij Onze Lieve Vrouw van Koningshoeven) is a monastery of the Trappists (Order of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance) founded in 1881 in Berkel-Enschot in North Brabant, the Netherlands.

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Koningshoeven Abbey
Eindhovenseweg, Tilburg

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Eindhovenseweg
5066 WB Tilburg
North Brabant, Netherlands
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