게메르트-바켈 최고의 러닝 경로

Beautiful nature reserve with forest and heathland.

Free swimming in this public lake that is also supervised by the volunteer lifeguards. Very busy in good weather.

a beautiful church, especially in May

Nice place with a nice bike path. Very crowded though. There are also toilets with running water ;-)

this water is moi

Handel's chapel dates from the Middle Ages. It was founded after a statue of Mary was inexplicably found in the hawthorn. Several miracles also took place here in the 17th century. The place therefore became a place of pilgrimage. Over the centuries, the chapel has grown into a parish church.

The history of Handel as a place of pilgrimage for Mary starts around the beginning of the 13th century. Around 1220, a Bakel shepherd found a statue "on a thorn stock" just south of the current church in Handel. The statue is carved from wood, approximately 35 cm tall and depicts the Mother of God in a standing position with the baby Jesus on her left arm. No one knew where the statue came from. Soon the religious people began to venerate the statue. Mary distributed her favors to these "simple" people in the form of miraculous healings and answers to prayers. The Ox Chapel is not located on the spot where, according to legend, the statue of Mary was found in a thorn bush (hawthorn tree). The current parish church (formerly a chapel) was built near this thorn bush, where a spring spontaneously gushed (there was no water far in the area). Source and more information: Handelprocessie.nl

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