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居心地の良い、美しい、小さな森

美しい自然遊歩道沿いにある、Kozenの居心地の良いカフェ

Chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Fever. Rectangular brick chapel under a slate gable roof from the 19th century, shaded by several lime trees. Source: Heritage Inventory

A war memorial to reflect on. This beautiful chapel was erected in the heart of the community of Nieuwerkerken. Thanks to this simple chapel, the horrors of war will never be forgotten. The community of Nieuwerkerken thus demonstrates to passersby that they will never forget their victims. An information board on site provides further information: On the night of August 1, 1944, barely a month before liberation, ten people were arrested in Nieuwerkerken by the German secret police during a raid. Joseph Nijns was shot dead on the spot, and the nine others were taken to German camps. Eight of them died in Germany. This monument was erected for them and for Isidoor Bamps, who had been shot dead four months earlier during a resistance operation. The village was traumatized. After the war, all the residents gathered together to build a large memorial. Arrested during the raid on the night of August 1, 1944 (and their ages at the time of death in the German camps): Nijns Joseph (24 years old) Gilis Gaston (21 years old) Vandormael Emiel (30 years old) Vandormael Urbain (27 years old) Vandormael Hubert (59 years old) Borgers Louis (37 years old) Vanstraelen René (22 years old) Vanstraelen Firmin (18 years old) Bamps Armand (50 years old) Bamps Pierre (returned alive) Murdered during resistance activities: Bamps Isidoor (18 years old) Falls of WWI: Bangels Joseph (29 years old) Bonneux Joseph Augustinus (33 years old) Ceuleers Ludovicus (22 years old) Joris Joseph (28 years old) Source information available on-site.

On the night of August 1, 1944, barely a month before liberation, ten people were arrested in Nieuwerkerken during a raid by the German secret police. Joseph Nijns was shot dead on the spot, and the nine others were deported to German camps. Eight of them died in Germany. This monument was erected for them and for Isidoor Bamps, who had been shot dead four months earlier during a resistance operation. The village was traumatized. After the war, all the residents gathered together to build a large memorial.

St. Joseph's Chapel is idyllically situated in the middle of a country lane, along the Raasbeek stream, beneath a weeping willow. There's a bench and a swing attached to one of the weeping willow's branches. And, surprisingly, anyone who pays attention will also notice that this chapel has a house number 😃

You're in Haspengouw, of course, so you'll find plenty of fruit orchards here...

Chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Fever. Rectangular brick chapel from the 19th century, shaded by several lime trees. Our Lady is invoked here for all kinds of illnesses, especially fever.