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Graethem Chapel and Beguinage Chapel, Borgloon

Graethem Chapel and Beguinage Chapel, Borgloon

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Graethem Chapel and Beguinage Chapel, Borgloon

Name: Graethem Chapel and Beguinage Chapel, Borgloon
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Location: Borgloon, Tongeren, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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July 18, 2024

There was also once a beguinage in Borgloon. It was founded in 1258 at the Graethempoort where you can only view the old chapel (Graethemkapel). In line with the protected chapel that is being restored, a neo-Gothic chapel was also built between 1909 and 1912. The beguinage was founded at the time for nine beguines. It was a square-type beguinage with the chapel of the Johannietershospital in the center where the Count of Loon, Louis I, who died in 1171, was buried. During archaeological excavations in the 1960s, the bones of Lodewijk and those of his wife Agnes van Reinecke were found. She donated the hospital to the abbey of Villers in 1174.

Louis I and his wife Agnes are both buried in the beguinage chapel of Borgloon. The city, with the support of the province of Limburg, has major plans for the realization of a new experience center of which the beguinage chapel and the guest house chapel are part, as you can read at visitlimburg.be/nl/blog/de-historie- from-the-county-wage

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July 19, 2024

The Borgloon beguinage was built around the chapel of the Johannietershospital in Graethem, near the city gate. This chapel is the burial place of Louis I († 1171), Count of Loon and his wife Agnes, who is mentioned twice in the St. Servatius legend by Hendrik van Veldeke. The tomb was preserved until around 1860. In 1174, widowed Agnes donated the hospital and all dependent goods to the abbey of Villers; she endows it with her grounds as Witch. After some time, Beguines began to settle around the hospital; A beguinage was finally established in 1258 or 1259. The Villers Abbey retains the right to patronize the chapel and the right to appoint the nine Beguines. In 1582, this right was transferred to the Saint Lambert Chapter of Liège. From 1500 onwards, the city council appointed a guesthouse master at the hospital. In 1654, the nine Beguines' houses were burned down by Lorraine troops during the siege of the city. The Beguines rebuild their houses with the income of their prebends and the alms from the cathedral of Liège. Around 1714 the hospital had deteriorated to such an extent that it was transferred to the other side of the road; In 1784 it was taken over by the city's poor council. By decree of November 25, 1797, the beguinage came under the management of the Office of Benevolence. In 1802 the beguinage was turned into a retirement home; there were four more Beguines staying there at the time. In 1814 the chapel was opened for public worship. Construction of the old men's house started between 1836 and 1844; an enlargement took place between 1868-1872, a later enlargement in 1891 and 1896 after a design by E. Serrure. In 1846 a girls' school was added to this complex; the latter, led by the Sisters of Charity, only functioned there until 1849, when it was transferred to the old Brigittine convent. In 1911, a new chapel was built at the elders' home. The beguinage chapel is said to have been used as a schoolroom for several years.

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February 15, 2025

For an update, see the highlight GRAAF about the new experience center in the two chapels and their surroundings: komoot.com/nl-nl/highlight/7273786

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Graethem Chapel and Beguinage Chapel, Borgloon

1. Saint Servatius Church – Canons' House, Speelhof loop from Groot-Loon

2. Kattensteeg – View of the Doorkijkkerk loop from Borgloon

3. Kuttekoven Village Trails – Helshoven Chapel loop from Borgloon

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