The Gothic Saint Walburga Church towers over the city of Oudenaarde with its 88m. A landmark in the historic city center, where you will also find the beautiful historic city hall on the Grote Markt and the small Beguinage.

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Willem VS

March 17, 2025

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If there is one thing that characterizes Oudenaarde, it is the 88-meter-high tower of the Saint Walburga Church. The remarkable thing is that the monument consists of two different architectural styles. The early Gothic choir section, built in Tournai limestone, dates from the 12th century. The rest of the lower church is a beautiful example of 15th-century Brabant Gothic. The rich history can also be read from the beautiful stained glass windows. The church was restored in 2019.

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Dominiek Van Dooren

June 10, 2025

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Certainly, a count's castle chapel already stood here in the first half of the eleventh century. It was located on the outer bend of the Scheldt bend, which had only been filled in between 1963 and 1970, at the Meerspoort gate, and was dedicated to Saint Walburga, an English nun (710-779) who evangelized in southern Germany. The church was reduced to ashes in 1127 and, after being rebuilt in Tournai stone, reconsecrated in 1159. It had a rectangular choir and a crossing tower.
(Information board on site)

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