Church of St. Trudo, Meerhout

On the Sint-Trudokerk in Meerhout there is a baroque tower that was built after a major fire in 1679. The Romanesque substructure dates from about 1100 and still has the original one and a half meters thick walls in iron sandstone. Two tombstones, one of a guild merchant and one of a notary, were built in. Above the entrance door, a coat of arms shows two dolphins and a hexagonal star. It is the blazon of the Abbey of Maagdendaal. The church once again fell victim to the flames when the Belgian army lit the fuse there in May 1940. At the end of the sixties, the interior of the church was decorated by the Halse artist Camiel Colruyt. Although the Belgian army had destroyed the church, Germany had to pay for the costs and paid for the marble, copper and oak wood as compensation for the war damage. The church was protected as a monument in 1976. The surrounding cemetery forms a protected landscape.

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Sonja 🇧🇪 🥾🐱

April 1, 2025

a very beautiful church and especially the tower

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Elevation 90 m

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Location: Meerhout, Turnhout, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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