According to the wall anchors, this Gothic-Baroque chapel was built or restored in 1617, but it may be even older. In 1754 it was restored again after a fire. The …

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Situated along the road from Helchteren to Heusden-Zolder, near the former, now disappeared, probably dating from the 17th century watermill on the Mangelbeek. The fact that Saint Catherine of Alexandria was invoked as patron saint of wheelwrights and millers, among other things, may have been the reason for the construction of the chapel. On 18 October 1595, Willem Theus appeared before the court to register the receipt of the interest of one guilder on behalf of the chapels of Leyelo, which indicates that a chapel already existed at that time.

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A Gothic-Baroque chapel, built or restored in 1617. After a fire, it was restored again in 1754. In 1996, it was classified as a protected monument. For centuries, it was a local place of pilgrimage for Saint Catherine.

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