Brabant Monastery Trail Stage 7: Boxmeer – Boekel
This walking route runs from the Carmelite Monastery in Boxmeer to Huize Padua in Boekel.
This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Boxmeer and Boekel. It runs from the Carmelite Monastery in Boxmeer to Huize Padua in Boekel. On the way you will pass various locations such as the Sint Petrus Basilica and Elsendael Monastery. This route is part of Brabant Monastery Trail, a trail in 15 stages.
Staying overnight
A number of monasteries along Brabant Monastery Trail have the option of staying the night. Always check in advance what is possible, some monasteries are only open on certain days. For all locations and up-to-date information, please visit brabantskloosterleven.nl (Dutch language). There are many hospitable hotels, B&Bs, campsites and other locations where you can stay the night in the trail’s surroundings. You can find an accommodation from this list of places to stay in Brabant.
Brabant Monastery Trail
While walking, become acquain…
This walking route allows amblers to discover the area between Boxmeer and Boekel. It runs from the Carmelite Monastery in Boxmeer to Huize Padua in Boekel. On the way you will pass various locations such as the Sint Petrus Basilica and Elsendael Monastery. This route is part of Brabant Monastery Trail, a trail in 15 stages.
Staying overnight
A number of monasteries along Brabant Monastery Trail have the option of staying the night. Always check in advance what is possible, some monasteries are only open on certain days. For all locations and up-to-date information, please visit brabantskloosterleven.nl (Dutch language). There are many hospitable hotels, B&Bs, campsites and other locations where you can stay the night in the trail’s surroundings. You can find an accommodation from this list of places to stay in Brabant.
Brabant Monastery Trail
While walking, become acquainted with the life and work of the Brabant monks and nuns – then and now. Brabant Monastery Trail takes you past around fifty-five monasteries and abbeys in North Brabant in various stages. The total length of the trail is 330 kilometres, but there are also beautiful trails marked out around various monasteries.
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Signposting
Simply follow the signs and cycle along the route from one numbered junction to the next.
Signposting
Simply follow the signs and cycle along the route from one numbered junction to the next.
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Hotline routes
Hotline routesIf there is something wrong on the route, report it here.
Tips from Brabant residents
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Carmelite Monastery Boxmeer
It is thanks to Count Albert of Bergh and Countess Madeleine of Cusance that there is a Carmelite monastery here.
Steenstraat 395831 JA Boxmeer
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Saint Peter's Basilica
Saint Peter Basilica was built after the Second World War, after the previous church was completely destroyed in 1944.
Titus Brandsma Memorial
Diagonally opposite the basilica you will find Burgemeester Verkuijlstraat with a memorial to one of the most famous Dutch Carmelites: Titus Brandsma.
Elsendael Convent
In 1666 the house Elsendael in Boxmeer was bequeathed with the goal of founding a convent.
St. Anthony's Monastery
The St. Anthony Convent of the Sisters of Charity of Schijndel was founded on December 15, 1896.
St. Anthony the Abbot Church
This church in Sint-Anthonis was consecrated in 1477. Since then, it has undergone extensive renovations, most notably in 1832 and 1931.
St. Anthonis Forest
The St. Anthonis Forest, also known as De Staatsbossen, was established in the 1920s. Scots pines were planted there to support the tunnels in Limburg’s coal mines.
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