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The Minckhuisje (Toll House)

The Minckhuisje (Toll House)

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The Minckhuisje (Toll House)

Name: The Minckhuisje (Toll House)
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Location: Ypres, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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December 3, 2023

The Minckhuisje
The Minckhuisje was designed in a neo-Gothic, picturesque style by architect Jules Coomans and built in 1899. A year earlier, three houses on the Kiekenmarkt had been expropriated to provide more space for the Vismarkt so that the toll pavilion with its beautiful wrought iron fence could be built there. In 1901, the city council also approved plans to shift the building line on the west side, which would cause the Carmelite Fathers to lose ground. However, these plans were never implemented. During the First World War, the Minckhuisje miraculously escaped the first shelling, but was later destroyed anyway. Architect Coomans was allowed to design it for the second time in 1923. The coats of arms that adorn the toll house were only coloured in in 2006 at the initiative of the Gidsenkring.

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Elevation 20 m

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