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Borgloon

Town Hall

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Location: Borgloon, Tongeren, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Viewpoint – View of the Doorkijkkerk loop from Vechmaal

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2. Grootloon High-Stem Orchards – Kattensteeg loop from Groot-Loon

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3. Kattensteeg – View of the Doorkijkkerk loop from Borgloon

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Dominiek Van Dooren

April 7, 2025

The first mention of the building dates from 1358; the name 's grevenhuis indicates that it was possibly the residence of the counts of Loon, when they resided in Borgloon. The town hall was built between 1668 and 1680; the latter year is indicated by means of anchors. Restoration by P. Langerock in 1905 with modification of the arrangement of the ground floor Furniture and painting by the same architect.

(Inventory of Immovable Heritage)

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Katrien

July 4, 2021

Borgloon Town Hall is a town hall in the Belgian town of Borgloon, built as a manor house with a corner tower in 1680. The town hall is entered through a round-arch arcade with six bays. In this arcade is a bluestone with the titles of Robert Ernest d'Argenteau, a former viscount of the castle of Loon.

In the 11th century a building in Rhine-Westphalia style stood here as the oldest residence of the Counts of Loon, hence Grevenhuis as an alternative name for the town hall. In the Middle Ages, the town hall served as a meeting place for the aldermen, the guilds and crafts. In 2004 the Tourist Office has found shelter there.

The town hall shows all elements of the Maas style in Limburg: a brick construction, cross windows, bluestone layers, scaffolding holes, window and door frames in bluestone or marl sandstone and relief arches above the windows. The decoration is kept sober. The facade is clear and simply laid out.

The wedding hall refers to Loon's past: the stained glass windows show the coats of arms of the ten Loon cities (Borgloon, Beringen, Bilzen, Bree, Hamont, Hasselt, Herk-de-Stad, Maaseik, Peer and Stokkem). You will also find stained glass windows with the blazons of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. There is also a 12th-century treasury in which the privileges of the city and the guilds were stored. A torture device (a wooden block in which hands and feet were fastened) used in witch trials is another relic of the past.

The statue of Mary, placed in a niche at the corner of the building, refers to the year 1676. The plague then caused the death of 167 inhabitants of Loon.

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October 7, 2023

The courtyard, which adjoins the town hall to the south, is surrounded by fencing, resting on a flint plinth, rhythmically interrupted by pillars in natural stone and brick. The pillars allow a gradual construction, depending on the slope of the site. inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/31791

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Location: Borgloon, Tongeren, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Viewpoint – View of the Doorkijkkerk loop from Vechmaal

2. Grootloon High-Stem Orchards – Kattensteeg loop from Groot-Loon

3. Kattensteeg – View of the Doorkijkkerk loop from Borgloon

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