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Chapel De Heilige Eik

Chapel De Heilige Eik

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Chapel De Heilige Eik

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Location: Oirschot, North Brabant, Netherlands

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1. Monastery Nazareth circular walk in Oirschot – Our Monastery Path

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2. Scenic Stream in the Forest – Kleine Beerze loop from Oostelbeers

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3. Wooden Bridge in Nature – Weir in the Beerze loop from Spoordonk

6.23km

01:34

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Nicole

January 10, 2021

The origins of this idyllic and busy chapel of Our Lady of the Holy Oak on the Proosbroekweg go back many centuries. There are different versions of the legend, but according to the legend that Petrus Vladderaccus wrote down in a notebook in the early 17th century, a statue of Mary with child was found on the sand in the Beerze river in the early 15th century. This statue was placed in an oak tree and venerated by farmers and shepherds. After the statue had been taken to the church of Oostelbeers or Middelbeers, it was back in its original place the next day. The statue was then brought to Oirschot and a primitive wooden chapel was built on site.

In another version of the legend, the story is further expanded: here the statue floated upstream and two attempts were made to store the statue in 'Beers'.

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JakobusPilger

September 28, 2022

The Way of the Cross, which ends at this Marienkapelle, can be found as a hiking highlight under the following link: komoot.de/highlight/2900008

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Mark 🇳🇱

June 30, 2021

Beautiful chapel, in May there are usually candy stalls. The row of statues about the crucifixion of JC is beautiful, nice area to walk

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Elevation 50 m

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Location: Oirschot, North Brabant, Netherlands

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Chapel De Heilige Eik

1. Monastery Nazareth circular walk in Oirschot – Our Monastery Path

2. Scenic Stream in the Forest – Kleine Beerze loop from Oostelbeers

3. Wooden Bridge in Nature – Weir in the Beerze loop from Spoordonk

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