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Location: Kontich, Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 13, 2023

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 was found in the hollow of a pollard willow. It soon became an object of popular devotion and a chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Good Will was built.

Thousands of pilgrims sacrificed a lot of money or bought medals, pennants, ex votos and prayer cards. The proceeds were also invested in a lot of silverware. In 1683, this stuck out the eyes of six villains: they broke in and stole it. They met in the Langbos in Kontich to divide the loot. The statuette was left behind in an oak tree, the silver was sold in Bergen-op-Zoom. The figurine was found, and months later five of the six thieves. They were broken to pieces.

In gratitude, ardent Marian worshipers from the area had a chapel built on the spot where the statue had been found. Here too there was an influx of pilgrims who filled the offering block. However, the poor council of Kontich demanded half of the funds. The parish of Lint, then still a hamlet of Kontich, opposed this. This quarrel lasted for years until a wealthy widow from Lint had a new and more spacious chapel built in nearby Perkbos. It was consecrated in 1838. In 1869, however, Lint became an independent municipality and the railway became the border, so that the Lintse chapel came to be located on the territory of Kontich...

Source: museumkontich.be/KW Vroegerennu/Boskapel%20Lint.htm

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Luc Van Geyte

January 16, 2022

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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Location: Kontich, Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

Kontich Forest Chapel

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

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