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3. View of Attenrode-Wever – Church Path loop from Wever

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March 19, 2023

Saint Anthony's Church

Until the time of French rule, the right of the church of Wever belonged to the lord of Attenrode. The pastor had a meager income in the first half of the 17th century; of the proceeds of the tithe he collected 180 guilders, or half of that of Attenrode.

The old church stood 200 m south of the current church, next to the still existing graveyard. In 1635 it burned down during the destruction of Tienen. In 1642 she was covered with straw. In 1787 she was repaired for 300 florins.

The construction of the new church started in 1857 according to plans by architect Alex Van Arenberg from Leuven. It was consecrated on October 5, 1862. It is dedicated to Saint Anthony's eremit, while Saint Anthony abbot was the patron of the old church.

The single-aisled neo-Romanesque building is made of brick with door frames, windows and plinth in natural stone.

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November 9, 2024

When the first church of Wever was built in the Middle Ages, the village was hidden away in the seemingly endless forests of Hageland. The village originated on a ridge between the Velpe valley and the Broekbeek valley.

In 1374, the community of Wever consisted of 46 families. In 1492, Wever still had 13 families, after Albrecht van Beieren had mercilessly punished our regions for the uprising against Maximilian of Austria, who ruled in the name of his minor son Philip, nicknamed the Fair, our last Duke of Burgundy.

The village belonged to the lords of Dalem, who also gave their name to the watermill on the Velpe, which is located on the border with Vissenaken. The lords of Dalem were not vassals of the Duke of Brabant as far as their land was concerned. Wever therefore formed an allodium. This situation remained unchanged until 1432 when Jan van Dalem recognized Philip, the Duke of Burgundy and Brabant, as his feudal lord and received his lands again from the Duke in fief.

The lords of Dalem were allowed to nominate the pastor in Wever. However, there were also ecclesiastical properties in Wever. In 1277, the abbey of Saint-Denis-en-Brocqueroie (near Bergen) in the county of Hainaut was mentioned as the owner of the land. In 1806, meadows and a pond measuring 11 ha and 47 a, formerly owned by the Popes' College in Leuven, were sold by the French government.

Around 1618, this right of patronage was shared by Conrad van Berlaimont, lord of Attenrode, Wever and Dalem through his marriage to Francesca van Houtem, and Jacob van Ranst, married to Lucia Traetsens, the granddaughter of Christiaan Traetsens, formerly mayor of Tienen. They did this by virtue of succession in the allodial hereditary lands of the Dalem estate.

In the same year, the pastor collected the tithes from Wever. That earned him only 70 florins per year. In addition, he was allowed to use 3 acres of arable and pasture land, which was known as Pastoryegoed in the 18th century.

The rectory was rebuilt in 1618. In 1705, the church and the rectory were plundered by the troops of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough after they had broken through the Getelinie of the French-Spanish troops at Wange.

Source: kerkglabbeek.be/kerken-en-kapelletjes-wever-sint-antoniuskerk

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November 9, 2024

In the 13th century, Wever had a church, because in 1248 there was mention of a pastor (investitutus de Wevere). The old church was close to the old presbytery (so in the middle of the current cemetery).

The old church was demolished in 1862 after a new one was built, which towers above the Broekbeek valley. It is a neo-Gothic building that is one of the most successful designs of architect Alex Van Arenbergh, who also designed the church of Glabbeek. In the front facade rest date stones, which refer to the most important construction dates. They are chronograms. This means that in the text the date is hidden in the Roman numerals.

The first bears the date 1857 in the text: eCCLesIa Mea ConDItVr, which refers to the laying of the foundation stone. The other texts refer to 1854 and 1862: J. SneyDers antIstes hanC eCCLesIaM erIgIt and QuInta oCtobrIs Ista eCCLesIa ConseCrata est AntonIo aeremItae a praeCLaro episcopo Engelberto. This last text refers to the blessing of the new church on 5 October 1862 by Bishop Engelbert.

There was only one benefice in the church, that of Our Lady. It was linked to an endowment of a bunder of pasture and a tax book, the income of which yielded 42 florins in 1787. The chaplain, for his part, had to read two masses every week.

On the main altar is a 17th-century painting depicting the Temptation of St. Anthony. There is a second 18th century painting: Our Lady with Rosary. The church also has a wealth of old statues from the 16th to the 18th century.

The patron saint of the church of Wever is St. Anthony of Egypt, who in the Middle Ages was better known to us as St. Anthony the Hermit or St. Anthony Abbot. In common parlance, people also spoke of St. Anthony with his pig.

Source: kerkglabbeek.be/kerken-en-kapelletjes-wever-sint-antoniuskerk

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