Ingelmunster has a long history, going back to the early Middle Age.
In 1580, Ingelmunster became the battlefield between the French Huguenots, under François de la Noue, and the Spanish occupying the castle. The village was destroyed, but de la Noue was arrested. In 1878, a large tapestry depicting this story was woven for the World Exhibition in Paris. It currently hangs on the wall of the Town Hall.
In the 19th century Ingelmunster indeed had an important production of 'gobelins' (tapestries). In 1857, Count Charles Descantons de Montblanc founded the 'Manufacture d'Ingelmunster', to both revive an old tradition and create employment in the region. The workshops were located in the outbuildings of the castle, and the high quality tapestries produced there were very successful. During the first world war, the castle was occupied by the Germans, who put fire on the looms. This meant the end. In Ingelmunster more tapestries were saved, namely 'The Battle at Ingelmunster' (1878) and 'Filip the Fair receives the aldermen of Bruges' (1885). The latter, however, was lost in the fire of the castle in 2001...