Editing Ingelmunster (section)

===Habsburg rule===

The [[Treaty of Utrecht]] in 1713 ameliorated the strife. The Southern Netherlands were transferred to Austrian rule. Between 1716 and 1794, five governors-general directed the local government. Proof of Ingelmunster's revival was the reconstruction of the castle. The old fortification was demolished and a residential castle was built on its foundations around 1736.

Under the rule of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], the [[Kortrijk]]-[[Bruges]] road was rebuilt. In Ingelmunster, the bridge over the [[River Mandel]] was renewed and the toll rights were sold in 1751. A private company maintained the connection between [[Kortrijk]] and [[Bruges]] and operated a post in Ingelmunster.

Pastor Jacobus Dufort felt that something had to be done about the education of the local children. Paying from his own pocket, he constructed the Dufort Institute (later called "Marullenschool"), a school for the poor employing seven nuns. From this school, the local monastery was founded in 1881. This monastery is still a part of Ingelmunster.