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Lint Forest Chapel

Lint Forest Chapel

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Lint Forest Chapel

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Location: Kontich, Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

January 13, 2023

It is wonderful to relax at the Lintse chapel. It is a pity that some of it has also disappeared over time, such as the calvary at the back.
Historical interpretation: 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...
During the mobilization of 1938-39 and the subsequent war years, the veneration of Our Lady as the comforter of the oppressed received a boost. The solemn thanksgiving procession on October 18, 1944 has a great turnout. Later, the faithful placed a marble memorial stone on which it reads: “Parochie Lint, thanks to Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ten-Bosch for protection during the war 1940-1945. Ave Maria”. Lint still holds his annual pilgrimage there on the first Sunday of May every year.

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

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