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Saint Valentine Chapel (Sint-Valentinuskapel)
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Claudine en Robert🇧🇪🚴
August 25, 2023
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In 1947, a chapel was built on the banks of the Keersop in Westerhoven in memory of the fallen of the Second World War. Close to the famous Valentinusputje. A wonderful well, the water of which never freezes and is higher than the water surface of the Keersop next to it. Now, seventy years later, it is undoubtedly the most idyllic place in Westerhoven. With a monumental status.
The Valentinus chapel was built on the foundations of a distant predecessor. On a triangular piece of land that had never been plowed out of respect for the past.
The Valentinus chapel was built on the foundations of a distant predecessor. On a triangular piece of land that had never been plowed out of respect for the past.
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Klaske Schep
June 14, 2023
Hiking
This chapel is a place where Saint Valentine is venerated. It is said that the well dates back to the 8th century, but this is not clear. The well was …
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Martijn Mol
January 10, 2021
Hiking
Een kapel met een waterputje. Is deze waterput een bron; waarom staat het water in het putje naast de kapel dan hoger dan dat van de erlangs stromende Keersop? Géén vraag is het, of het putwater een heilzame werking heeft op huidziektes en vallende ziekte. Tijdens het bouwen van de kapel op grondvesten van weleer, direct na de laatste W.O., zijn 4 eiken balken blootgelegd, waaruit men heeft kunnen concluderen, dat er ook al in de middeleeuwen een kapel stond vlakbij de geneeskrachtige bron. In vroegere tijden ging men naar dit heilzame putje voor ‘de driedaagse-’ of bibberkoorts.
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