St. Paul's Abbey, Oosterhout

The monks therefore bought 2 hectares of land nearby but had difficulties with the Dutch architect who was working for the nuns.

In the end the restored community at Wisques from 1920 numbered about 30 monks and became a priory under the supervision of Oosterhout.

In 1928 Oosterhout and Wisques became independent abbeys belonging to the Benedictine Solesmes Congregation.

[5] The abbey businesses also flourished: a farm, poultry-raising, an orchid nursery, a pottery, icon painting and the restoration of artworks.

This was the first work on the basis of the architectural numerical ratios that culminated in the Bossche School.

In 1969 a Dutch Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation was formed, which the two abbeys in Oosterhout joined, as did those in Egmond and Slangenburg.