Belgium
Flanders
South Limburg
Hasselt
Zutendaal
Statue of Mary Help (Maria Hilf) on Hesselsberg
Belgium
Flanders
South Limburg
Hasselt
Zutendaal
Statue of Mary Help (Maria Hilf) on Hesselsberg
Statue of Mary Help (Maria Hilf) on Hesselsberg
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Recommended by 155 out of 162 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen
Location: Zutendaal, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium
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The Hesselsberg is an 87 m high hill, one of the foothills of the Kempen low plateau. On top of the hill there is a 6 meter high statue of Mary. In 1946, the KSA of Limburg planned to build a 'Mary Castle' on Hesselsberg: an infrastructure for young people with playgrounds. In anticipation of this, an image has already been placed. However, St. Mary's Castle was never built and four years later the plaster statue fell from its pedestal during a storm and was shattered. The people of Zutendaal provided a new statue, made of bims stone, which was inaugurated in 1954. Once a year, at the beginning of October, a 'candle procession' moves from the church to this place.
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•March 7, 2024
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