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Lourdes Grotto Oostham

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Lourdes Grotto Oostham

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Location: Ham, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Den Tus Pond – Gerhees Fort loop from Leopoldsburg

15.5km

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2. Bonnekesven – Schans van Gerhees loop from Hamsehoeven

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3. Gerhees Fort – Lourdes Grotto Oostham loop from Het Dorp

10.2km

02:35

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Ann

August 30, 2020

The cave was originally built in the nineteenth century in the church of Oostham. In 1934, during the renovation of the church, it was rebuilt outside the church, but during the war the cave was completely neglected. It was finally demolished in '59. “A group of stretcher bearers thought this was a shame and completely rebuilt the Lourdes Grotto in the forests of the Warande. With horse and cart they carefully brought all the numbered stones to the Warande.”
In the wooded area, the cave grew into a well-known pilgrimage site in the area.

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Sportwandelaar

February 12, 2022

This Lourdes cave or Maria cave is a copy of the cave of Massabielle near the French city of Lourdes.

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December 2, 2024

A still very popular Lourdes grotto at the beginning of the so-called forests of the Warande in Ham, with a parking lot nearby from where you can also enter the Gerheserheide nature reserve.

The history of the chapel and certainly also the perfect location and beauty of the surroundings ensured that people from all over the region soon came to pray, so that the chapel became a local place of pilgrimage. You can read that and much more at lourdesgrotten.com/2008/09/24/ham-oostham-24-9-8

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Location: Ham, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Lourdes Grotto Oostham

1. Den Tus Pond – Gerhees Fort loop from Leopoldsburg

2. Bonnekesven – Schans van Gerhees loop from Hamsehoeven

3. Gerhees Fort – Lourdes Grotto Oostham loop from Het Dorp

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