In the Rue de Lammerschot you can find a water source where the residents came to get their drinking water. The water is no longer drinkable. The inscription "j'ai vu naître Saint Jean-Sart - 1216" is visible on the small wall where the water pipe of the spring ends.
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Willem VS

November 5, 2025

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The Saint-Jean Fountain in Saint-Jean-Sart is a historic spring that marks the origin of the village and is a popular spot for locals to collect drinking water.
According to an inscription on a stone near the fountain, farmers settled here as early as 1216, coinciding with the founding of the nearby Val-Dieu Abbey. The fountain is situated in a gently rolling landscape, surrounded by orchards and woodland, and is still used by residents to fill bottles with spring water.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

August 14, 2022

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Aubel St.Jean-Sart
Coordinates: 50°42'17" North 05°48'48" East
Region : Wallonia
Province: Liège

Access : Motorway Aachen - Eupen - Liège (E40) exit 37 Herve - Fléron to
Aubel, through the village, then left N649 direction Abbaye du Val Dieu.
Then it turns right in the valley to St.Jean-Sart. Turn left in front of the church "Rue de la Fontaine" after about 300m on the right is the source.
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