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Oplinter Church

Oplinter Church

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Oplinter Church

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Location: Tienen, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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1. The Hommel Path – Oplinter Countryside View loop from Sint-Margriete-Houtem

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2. City Park – Oplinter Church loop from Tienen

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3. Oplinter Church – The Hommel Path loop from Bost

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November 19, 2025

Even before 1290, the church of Oplinter was a place of pilgrimage where, following the example of Paris, people came to implore the favors of Saint Genevieve to ward off the plague. The oldest core dates from around 1200. Over the following centuries, the hall church was continually expanded and enlarged. Several fires (in 1506, 1597, and 1676) ravaged the building.

The Saint Genevieve Church has a late Romanesque square tower dating from around 1200. Next to the tower, a three-aisled Gothic nave of four bays, ending in a three-bay choir with a five-sided apse, was built in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The narrow side aisles were vaulted to the same height as the nave, creating a hall church. The construction is attributed to master architect Franco de Lintris, also known as the foreman of the beguinage church in Diest in 1329.

In the century following the completion of the hall church, the following were successively added: a north side portal and a north transept, and a south side portal and a south transept. In the 15th and 16th centuries, two large chapels were added on either side of the choir.

Following fires in 1506, 1597, and 1676, the vault of the choir's nave collapsed. This was replaced by a rococo ceiling depicting scenes from the life of Saint Genevieve. The nave columns also had to be reinforced at that time.

The church was restored several times. During the first restoration in 1878, led by architect A. Van Assche, the exterior decoration of the pinnacles and windows was restored. During a second restoration campaign in 1931-1936, led by Prof. Kan. R. Lemaire, the Gothic choir vault was rebuilt. Finally, between 1972 and 1985, the roofs and exterior walls were repaired, and the modern sacristy behind the choir was demolished.

Inventory of Immovable Heritage: Parish Church of Saint Genevieve, id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/43103

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Elevation 40 m

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Oplinter Church

1. The Hommel Path – Oplinter Countryside View loop from Sint-Margriete-Houtem

2. City Park – Oplinter Church loop from Tienen

3. Oplinter Church – The Hommel Path loop from Bost

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