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D'Hanens Cross, De Klinge

D'Hanens Cross, De Klinge

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D'Hanens Cross, De Klinge

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Location: Sint-Gillis-Waas, Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

October 29, 2023

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This bluestone accident cross for Willem D'hanens is located along the former Mechelen-Terneuzen railway line in De Klinge (Sint-Gillis-Waas). D'hanens, a lawyer and alderman in Sint-Niklaas, was one of the most important shareholders of the railway and was in the habit of traveling by train to Sint-Gillis-Waas or De Klinge several times a week to make inspection rounds. On a fateful Thursday in the winter of 1888, D'hanens fell dead here on the spot. According to the doctor, he had succumbed to a heart artery rupture. A bluestone cross was placed by his family at the place of his death.

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DirkWi

May 20, 2026

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This bluestone cross (about one and a half meters high), surrounded by an iron gate, is worked as if it were composed of two tree trunks.
The text on the cross reads "Here suddenly died on February 9, 1888, Mr. Willem D'Hanens, lawyer and alderman of St. Nikolaas - My Jesus Mercy".

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Martine DW

November 18, 2022

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This bluestone accident cross for Willem D'hanens is located along the former railway line Mechelen-Terneuzen in De Klinge (Sint-Gillis-Waas). D'hanens, lawyer and alderman in Sint-Niklaas, was one of the main shareholders of the railway and used to travel by train to Sint-Gillis-Waas or De Klinge several times a week to make inspection rounds. On a fateful Thursday in the winter of 1888, D'hanens fell dead on the spot. The doctor said he had succumbed to a heart attack. His family placed a blue stone cross at the place of death.
(source: flickr.com/photos/erfgoed/15627369808/)

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