Do you know the history of the small, old (Kontich) chapel? It goes back to a legend from Duffel in 1637, when a small, primitive statue of the Virgin Mary …

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A stolen statue of the Virgin Mary was found in the Langbos in the 17th century. Years later, a first chapel was built on this site. This became a place of pilgrimage. The neighboring Lint parish hoped to get a share of it by building a second chapel on Lint's territory. Unfortunately for the parishioners, the railway was just being built. The border between Kontich and Lint was moved, so that both chapels came to be in Kontich territory.

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1. Schapenhagen Nature Reserve – Kontich Forest Chapel loop from Waarloos

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2. Kontich Forest Chapel – Schapenhagen Nature Reserve loop from Lint

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3. Forest Path Near Antwerp – Kontich Forest Chapel loop from Kontich-Lint

15.4km

03:54

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Elevation 10 m

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Location: Kontich, Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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Kontich Forest Chapel

1. Schapenhagen Nature Reserve – Kontich Forest Chapel loop from Waarloos

2. Kontich Forest Chapel – Schapenhagen Nature Reserve loop from Lint

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