Bloemkamp Abbey

Bloemkamp Abbey, from the Atlas Schoemaker, 1710-35

Bloemkamp Abbey (Dutch: Abdij Bloemkamp, also Oldeklooster;[1] Latin: Floridus campus) is a former Cistercian abbey in the Netherlands, located in Hartwerd in the municipality of Wûnseradiel to the north-east of Bolsward, in the province of Friesland.

  1. ^ The name Oldeklooster ("old monastery") was sometimes used in the local context in order to distinguish it from the nearby nunnery founded c 1240 at Sneek (Scharnegoutum), which was known as the Nijeklooster ("new monastery").