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Mijmerbank Memorial Bench for Deceased Children

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Mijmerbank Memorial Bench for Deceased Children

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Location: Tessenderlo, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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August 18, 2023

The musing bank has been in Gerhagen since 2012 and was created on the initiative of the self-help group OVOK, short for Parents of Deceased Children. The bench consists of the bench itself, a statue in blue stone and two texts on pedestals. The shape of the sofa has a symbolic meaning: after all, it is a three-quarter circle or in other words: "the circle is not round", which in turn refers to a life not fully lived. The same symbolism can also be found in the fact that the depicted face is only half. At the back of the statue are the letters of the alphabet in random order, also a symbol that was incorporated by sculptor Ralph Timmermans from Loksbergen, a borough of Halen, who realized the bench. The random order represents the unexpected and illogical in a human life.

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Els&Rafiki

December 22, 2022

Bench in commemoration of all deceased children. The head is made from an old granite pillar. The alphabet is written on the back of the head so that every name can be spelled and no one is forgotten.

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Jan

February 1, 2023

Good place to stop during a walk and take some time to check what that bench is...

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Location: Tessenderlo, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

Mijmerbank Memorial Bench for Deceased Children

1. Averbode Forest and Heath – Averbode Abbey loop from Laakdal

2. Averbode Forest and Heath – Averbode Abbey loop from Averbode

3. Pinnekensweier Ponds – Gerhagen public parking loop from Tessenderlo

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