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Location: Geel, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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1. St. Dymphna Church – Tourist Office Geel. loop from Geel

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2. St. Dymphna Church – St. Dymphna Church Geel loop from Geel

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3. St. Dymphna Church Geel – Fish Passage Grote Nete loop from Geel

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March 8, 2025

Church built in the period 1349-1570 on the site of an older Romanesque house of worship. Traditionally known place of pilgrimage in honour of Saint Dymphna, patron saint against insanity who, according to 13th century legend, was murdered by her father in a fit of madness in this place in the year 600; from 1565 to 1797 collegiate church served by a chapter of canons, in 1874 elevated to the second parish church of Geel. The veneration of and pilgrimage to Saint Dymphna gave rise to the unique family nursing of Geel.

Oriented three-aisled cruciform basilica with nave, northern aisle and transept from 1349-circa 1480, built in Demer Gothic (use of iron sandstone for finishing, columns without capitals), southern aisle rebuilt after collapse in the mid-15th century, choir with radiating chapels in Brabantine late Gothic from the second half of the 15th century (1470-1490), northern portal from around 1500 in the same style, tower - after the collapse of a first tower in 1541 - built in Kempen late Gothic (1542 to around 1570), never finished tower raised to its current height during restoration from 1949-1952 to a design by J. Schellekens. Work on the church around 1585 halted due to lack of funds. To the south of the church, a so-called "sick room" from 1683 or 1687 built in (neo)traditional style to replace a first sick room from 1475, rebuilt again in 1949 after war damage; sacristy (1949) in the southern choir axil in neo-traditional style. Church damaged during bombings in 1944, restored in 1952-1953 to a design by provincial architect J. Schellekens and restored in 1985-1992 to a design by M. Vangenechten from 1980. Cemetery wall and water pump from 1759, pump restored in 1996.

Inventory of Immovable Heritage 2025: Parish Church of Saint Dimpna, id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/52365

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Location: Geel, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

St. Dymphna Church Geel

1. St. Dymphna Church – Tourist Office Geel. loop from Geel

2. St. Dymphna Church – St. Dymphna Church Geel loop from Geel

3. St. Dymphna Church Geel – Fish Passage Grote Nete loop from Geel

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